If there were a market for it someone would have already done it. Think about that.
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You: Siri, turn on the living room lights.
Siri: Here’s what I found on the web for Enhanced Political Might . . .
Robot: Stupid ****.
You: I know, right?
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If it relies on Siri that’s going to be a problem unless Apple can magically make Siri a million times better than it is currently.
Kevin already tried to kill Adobe in his previous job, and now he's driving Apple to the same slow demise until he leaves or retires. Adobe finally got back on track when he left. When I saw his name I immediately got a feeling of doom on this project.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Robot: "Shall I activate targeting scanners and load photon torpedoes?"
You: "No, I still need it for the NON-Siri functionality."
Robot: "Can I refer you to a codependent psychologist in this area?"
You: "No, I need no such help."
Robot ponders yet another example of the illogical nature of the biological "master"... and discreetly sends observations back to the secret-but-rapidly-accumulating Skynet A.I. database.
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Still seems like silly overkill. What prevents Facetime call participant(s) from getting confused and responding “I’m already looking at you?….”
Better handled as a setting that says “always follow me during a call”, or short of that, maybe even some hand gesture, but using voice to command the device you are using while engaged in an audio or audio+video call sounds like a recipe for disaster.
With how long they take to make a foldable device, I will be farting into dirt before I see an Apple robot
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
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"No shaken... SHAKEN!"
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And when you post this sequence on a forum, the usual 10 or 20 guys will spin YOUR mistake and/or tout Apple bacon as the one and only good bacon.
I admit I don't often agree with your points, but this WAS funny. Not sure about your last line so will gloss over it lol.
Yeah, I agree. Siri is not Apple's finest moment. I only use it for relatively simple things. But I am an old fart and do a lot of things for myself.
You’ll be disappointed unfortunately. Apple no longer releases products with cool/unique names like that. They’d name it the Apple Robot or something like that.
I completely disagree
I do not believe a giant headset will every become somewhat mainstream
augemented reality will have get down to near normal eyeglass size to ever get serious uptake
spatial computing interfaces, meanwhile, will be projected rather than worn on the face
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Not sure what you mean.Vault #191 is not full of cash yet.
I hope this helps.
The Apple "car situation" was due to a 100% tariff announced in May 2024 for EVs manufactured in China, and in place by the end of 2024.
You might not be aware that doubling the price of Apple's car in the US would not make it competitive.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Joke. Apple's cash vault #191 needs filling. That's the "usefulness" of the device to Apple. 💰💰💰
Whether it does anything for buyers they can't already do on existing tech is TBD.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
While we don't know the MSRP Apple intended, my guess is that if they HALVED the price of an Apple car, it would not be competitive.
While we don't know the MSRP Apple intended, my guess is that if they HALVED the price of an Apple car, it would not be competitive.
No, it would be incredibly competitive at $30-40K. However, Apple would be losing money doing that. Not a good thing.
So nothing to do with years and years of supposed development, rumoured total lack of direction of the project, no product to show, billions wasted, endless staff including high profile ones leaving, and no manufacture agreeing a manufacturing deal with Apple.
I think those factors at least contributed heavily to it being scrapped, more so then tariffs being applied, plenty of European and American based manufacturers. It of course Apple wouldn’t be able to hit its 30% profit margin then.
The Apple car project seemed a mess not long after it supposedly started, I wonder if making robotics will follow the same path? At least robotics is a new field for home use though and much much more in line with Apples target market.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
So you know MSRP would be $60K-$80K, because I never saw that announced anywhere?
I just don't envision an Apple-branded car for "only" $60K-$80K at all. And as a wild guess, THAT was likely the problem that led to scrapping the project.
Definitely not ... not the company that releases a VR headset at a basically untenable price of $3500