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Apple's AR/VR Headset Expected to Enter Mass Production in October Ahead of Late 2023 Launch
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Kind of like the iPhone following other cellular phones (from Motorola, Erickson, and Nokia, commonly referred to as MEN in the cellular phone industry) being around for awhile? Where are MEN now?
Or maybe like the Macintosh following the IBM PC, which was around for awhile?
Only if I wanted one.
People are allowed to be excited for things like a headset. It's possible that the actual headset will be less exciting than they initially thought... just like with a child. 🤣
Of course. But what do we know what is exciting about the headset?
Seems to be a lot of unknowns.
Seems to be a lot of unknowns.
I think you're remembering that pretty inaccurately. People didn't know they needed or wanted iPhones/iPods when they came out. There wasn't huge interest or demand in the phones that had these features and the ones that did it well were relatively niche. People were happily using phones with no internet or cameras and the idea seemed ludacrous to begin. The main difference here is a vast majority of people were using phones of some sort when they iPhone came out, whereas with VR there are many people not using it currently. That being said, many people did not use MP3 players or access music in any other way when they bought their first iPod. When the iPod came out and could hold 1000 songs, nobody thought that was a problem they had, that they NEEDED 1000 songs. But as new technology is introduced it enables people to do what they couldn't before whether or not it was a problem.
Tim would never do a one more thing. If that's how they imagine Apple will present the headset then it has no hope
I heard that one of the big use cases is going to be video conferencing. I was really struggling to visualize what that might be, but I just saw the Nvidia keynote where they explain that this is the transition from doing what we've done for the past 60 years, which is to send a signal from one end to the other, to generating the image artificially.
You can see what it looks like at about the ten minute mark:
(The whole video is mind blowing, but this specific part is relevant to this thread.)
You can see what it looks like at about the ten minute mark:
(The whole video is mind blowing, but this specific part is relevant to this thread.)
That’s arguable, as those prior smartphones had fundamentally different technologies behind them. The touchscreen and the corresponding interface reinvented the whole field.
I agree with you but I don't believe Apple is trying to sell to consumers yet. I expect something much more focused on developers. Apple had a much smaller ecosystem when they started OS X. They also spent years talking about what they were about to do. I think this is a big enough shift in Apple's business model to warrant a similar treatment.
The iPhone was a new product ready for the masses to try. The iPod was the first version of the software that eventually built the iOS. This is a whole new software ecosystem that will require trial and error for both Apple and their software partners. I expect only developers to be able to buy this device for at least the first 6 months.
I hope there is a larger iMac on the way. The all in one layout avoids much of the pain from large numbers of cables. My iMac is currently maxed out with cables and the desktop under my monitor is a mess as a result. Larger screens are really inexpensive and a huge benefit.
It didn’t hold thousands. It player casettes which were around 60 minutes so about 20 songs.You must be kidding.
Right, and that was the problem being solved. Duh.
Just to be clear, you said people were perfectly happy with the way things were. No, they weren't. No one was happy listening to 20 songs. We carried cases of cassettes with us to have more variety. We wanted to listen to more than 20 songs. MP3 players solved that problem. I don't believe for a second that the iPod created a need that didn't previously exist.
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If it will follow the same price progression as the iPhone then the AR headset would go beyond $3k over time.
Original 2007 iPhone 2G was $500(?) and the current Pro Max base model is $1,099?
Unlike the iPhone I'd probably delay purchase to a decade(?) just like what I did with the Watch when I waited for the EKG in the Series 4, 4 years later.
In 15 years the price of the base iPhone only increased by $200. $599 to $799 for the iPhone 14.
Apple makes all our lives richer and more meaningful.
I share the same sentiment but reading those words on screen makes it come across as cult-ish. ;-)