A custom battery that won't fit anything else, and cost a small countries annual budget? It depends on what they mean by 'replaceable'. That word can be very elastic.
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Apple Reportedly Demoed Mixed-Reality Headset to Executives in the Steve Jobs Theater Last Week
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A custom battery that won't fit anything else, and cost a small countries annual budget? It depends on what they mean by 'replaceable'. That word can be very elastic.
Yup. There has to be enough content to compel consumers to (a) want to buy this at whatever price point it eventually has, and (b) want to put on and wear the gear long/frequently enough to make the expenditure in (a) worthwhile.
You might be surprised. People were spending absurd many hundreds of dollars for 'tennis shoes'. Some willing to literally kill for them.
Sure. I have two of them. Last time I saw any 3-D content? Hmm, what year is it? Maybe 2018? Don't get me wrong, it does work, but the glasses are a joke, they smoke batteries like a chimney, and content? WHAT CONTENT! But the screen is 'faster' so I guess that's a win?
Everything seems to be going wrong for Meta these days. No one cares about Metaverse, then they tried to get into the "AI" race by releasing "Galactica" large language model for scientists and it was a dumpster fire because people noticed they cannot rely on it at all (it produces misinformation).
Now to be honest, all LLMs have problem with that, but I guess Microsoft/"OpenAI" have better marketing.
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I bet my life savings this product will be used to view adult content once it's released.
A good one-sentence description of the “ideal product” in this space.
But in order to be in a good position to make that ideal product successful you can’t rely on a stealth launch. Instead it matters who owns the default App Store, the selection of apps and so on. An early launch aiming to own the product space may actually make sense.
They're rushing this headset when they could be bringing back 3D Touch...
They are rushing it because adult content is the main reason why people will buy this. It's one of those things the vast majority of people watch but refuse to admit they do.
I think Apple will not allow porn on the device…. Just like the AppStore.
Go buy an Oculus or something if you want to rot your brain.
Oh… yes that makes perfect sense. I forgot completely how the Apple Watch kind of useless until they “figured it out” from public feedback and study.
👍 spot on. I’ll expect the goggles to be the same way.
The increase in the single male demographic is proportional to the increase in Onlyfans users. From a capitalists perspective, it makes sense to indirectly target this audience using plausible deniability such as video games and non-pornographic content.
Morals aside, this is a genius move by Apple. Look at the iphone for example, it allows you to upload videos into apps, thus never showing up in your main gallery or show in storage stats as number of videos, rather just file size held by a certain app.
I can't see how they sell any of these unless there is some compatibility with a commercial application and/or PC gamers. These are the only people who can justify $3k for a toy. And if I'm not mistaken, this thing isn't going to be able to replace your Valve Index or HP Reverb.
The only way this thing goes to market is Apple feels it excites people enough by teasing them what could be in future iterations of the product. Apple Watch Series 0 was an absolute dog**** product, hilariously unreliable and underpowered, but when I bought it I knew something was brewing under the surface. But I had to experience it to know that...and unless Apple puts these VR headsets in Apple stores for people to use/try, nobody is going to care.
The only way this thing goes to market is Apple feels it excites people enough by teasing them what could be in future iterations of the product. Apple Watch Series 0 was an absolute dog**** product, hilariously unreliable and underpowered, but when I bought it I knew something was brewing under the surface. But I had to experience it to know that...and unless Apple puts these VR headsets in Apple stores for people to use/try, nobody is going to care.
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Sounds like you haven’t been keeping up with AR tech and software. Some of the apps are insane regarding what can be achieved.
I mean this makes no sense. Just release the product when it’s ready. Apple Watch O was not ready until version 2 or possibly 3.
iPod Turns 18: Here's What People Thought in 2001
Today marks the 18th anniversary of Steve Jobs unveiling the original iPod at a small event on Apple's Infinite Loop campus. While the iMac...
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These replies remind me of how this place responded to the iPod announcement
And here we go again… iPod was introduced when there were millions of discman (I think that was the name) and mo3 players used by people already, same scenario with the iPhone - what is used today that this headset is going to replace??? Name something other than gaming headsets please?iPod Turns 18: Here's What People Thought in 2001
Today marks the 18th anniversary of Steve Jobs unveiling the original iPod at a small event on Apple's Infinite Loop campus. While the iMac...
These replies remind me of how this place responded to the iPod announcement
If the glasses have a web browser, people will most definitely be watching porn on them. 🤷♂️