Imhotep397
macrumors 6502
Ultimately, I think the most useful features of AR really can and will be implemented on mobile phones and tablets, therefore the use of AR in an HMD specifically for most people will bear out that there are very few use cases that make it critical in real world AR application.
VR, obviously from an HMD, on the other hand ultimately has a positively transformative effect on gaming. Apple is horrible at gaming, Sony is pretty great at gaming. Apple, going back to Steve Jobs, has always had an affinity for Sony industrial design and technology as well as Sony's real world application of technology in general. Sony is very likely secretly proud of or envious of Apple's success which has largely been hoisted on the back of design and in part inspired by their work.
It only makes sense that these companies should work together. Even after Steve Jobs vowed to never bring back Mac clones in any way he and multiple Apple executives flew to Japan on an unscheduled visit with the most expensive Sony Vaio hacked to run MacOS. There are a number of areas where each company can help strengthen the other, but VR gaming is really the perfect starting point for something really special that a lot of people have though should have happened decades ago.
VR, obviously from an HMD, on the other hand ultimately has a positively transformative effect on gaming. Apple is horrible at gaming, Sony is pretty great at gaming. Apple, going back to Steve Jobs, has always had an affinity for Sony industrial design and technology as well as Sony's real world application of technology in general. Sony is very likely secretly proud of or envious of Apple's success which has largely been hoisted on the back of design and in part inspired by their work.
It only makes sense that these companies should work together. Even after Steve Jobs vowed to never bring back Mac clones in any way he and multiple Apple executives flew to Japan on an unscheduled visit with the most expensive Sony Vaio hacked to run MacOS. There are a number of areas where each company can help strengthen the other, but VR gaming is really the perfect starting point for something really special that a lot of people have though should have happened decades ago.