TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
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I hope to God it's not going to be something like this. Seriously?
I wish the audience had an opportunity to reply back instead of just starting at him. 🐓
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Apple's Mixed Reality Headset to Feature iOS-Like Interface, Advanced Hand Tracking, and Will Work as Second Display for Mac
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I wish the audience had an opportunity to reply back instead of just starting at him. 🐓
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And, as long as there’s a few million out of the 8 billion in the world that fit that description, it’ll do fine. 🙂
canadianreader
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Yeah I think in the near future monitors could become obsolete with AR/VR tech and, saving energy and desk space.
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
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If iMac doesn’t get updated this year, I’m blaming Apple's AR/VR headset for it. 😒
MacWiz_007
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People wearing an AR/VR headset like the one shown in the renders for 8+ hours a day, 5+ days a week, to save a little energy and a little desk space isn't going to be happening en masse anytime soon.
I was thinking a lot about this the other day when the rumours came suggesting AR Glass was being shelved.
Assuming it has a decent 10+ metre set of Lidars on it, it would make a massive impact for the blind. It could also be used to map streets in major cities with absolute precision, and would supplement Operation Titan.
On top of that, many visually impaired people have a reduced periphery so between the cameras, the haptics and possible audio, it could be used to give the user an experience and mobility that they would never have had. And for $3,000 that would be a bargain.
I don’t for a second believe they are ready for this, but in the area of visual impaired people, it could make a huge difference.
Tim has always said he believes Apples biggest contribution to people would be in Health. Maybe the future is near.
Saturn007
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"Reality Pro" is a terrible name for this White Elephant and will roundly lampooned.
Is reality now only for professionals?! 😎 Are they trying to hide the reality this is a digital device with a virtual world?
It's as bad a name as the "Kindle" was for Amazon's e-reader -- seemed like no one at Amazon had ever heard of or read Ray Bradbury's classic, Fahrenheit 451.
Is reality now only for professionals?! 😎 Are they trying to hide the reality this is a digital device with a virtual world?
It's as bad a name as the "Kindle" was for Amazon's e-reader -- seemed like no one at Amazon had ever heard of or read Ray Bradbury's classic, Fahrenheit 451.
UltimateSyn
macrumors 603
Keep in mind that all of the rumors about the iPad pegged it at $800-$1000 before it was introduced. People were floored when Jobs got on stage and said $499. I'm expecting a similar set of events here where it ends up being ~$1799 and people are surprised (even though that's still expensive, it's not AS expensive as the rumors are indicating).
"it will sell for somewhere around $3,000"
I was predicting less than $2000. If this turns out to be true, that's a major hinderance to adoption. Not using controllers will be huge though. If Apple has figured that out, that's a huge step forward.
This is not a product for me. What I'm interested in is a set of eyeglass-type lenses for pure AR.
I was predicting less than $2000. If this turns out to be true, that's a major hinderance to adoption. Not using controllers will be huge though. If Apple has figured that out, that's a huge step forward.
This is not a product for me. What I'm interested in is a set of eyeglass-type lenses for pure AR.
These comments are almost as funny as the ones ridiculing the iPhone rumors. Almost as funny.
Kylo83
macrumors 603
So it’s basically just like the iPad a big iPhone, all that money for a vr iPhone lol, I think iOS needs a huge change and now looks like it will still have the boring look of iOS now
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Steve Jobs made sure to make the iPad extremely cost-effective. By offering it at $499 it was appealing to many users thus it became a successful product. That's something Steve Jobs was very good at. But Tim Cook doesn't seem to be that way. In 2017, If Tim Cook is telling us $999 is a "value price" for an iPhone (Base Model) imagine what he is preparing to tell the world in 2023. (6 years later). I highly doubt it's going to cost $1799. Apple is going to need all the money it needs for the ROI. It's a niche product, targeted toward the cool rich kids living in Beverly Hills.
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v0lume4
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"Can't wait to pick up this $3,000 headset to use with my $2,000 MacBook" said no one.
Mydel
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I would get it with proper software. I can see it uses in medical training and in engineering. Imagine it overlays the prpee screw setup on the engine you are fixing with all the schematics or allow me to practice some small surgeries. Im sure there is ton of interest in military as well.
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And people thought Mac Studio setup was expensive. Whopping $11,000.00.
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zarmanto
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I am indeed looking forward to seeing what Apple can do in this space... but aside from the obvious iOS-esque interface and anticipated refinements, almost all of the features described herein already exist in other devices. The Meta Quest 2 "passthrough" isn't anywhere near as impressive as the Quest Pro -- and I fully expect Apple's implementation to match or beat the Pro... but the Quest 2 is $400, and the Quest Pro is $1500.
So, implementing the stuff that the competition already has is all well and good, but Apple's going to have to bring some very seriously impressive improvements over those products in order to command double the price.
So, implementing the stuff that the competition already has is all well and good, but Apple's going to have to bring some very seriously impressive improvements over those products in order to command double the price.
MacsRgr8
macrumors G3
I just want VR in X-Plane 12 on Mac....
UltimateSyn
macrumors 603
Unusual? It sounds EXACLY like the other headsets that have come out, but just apple's version. Not unusual at all. lol
UltimateSyn
macrumors 603
I would bet money it won't be more than $2499 - same price as a 16" MacBook Pro but it can emulate a 100+" screen! It's a steal! 🙂 I know you are buying one, you wouldn't dare miss out on this breakthrough experience!Steve Jobs made sure to make the iPad extremely cost-effective. By offering it at $499 it was appealing to many users thus it became a successful product. That's something Steve Jobs was very good at. But Tim Cook doesn't seem to be that way. In 2017, If Tim Cook is telling us $999 is a "value price" for an iPhone (Base Model) imagine what he is preparing to tell the world in 2023. (6 years later). I highly doubt it's going to cost $1799. Apple is going to need all the money it needs for the ROI. It's a niche product, targeted toward the cool rich kids living in Beverly Hills.
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In his first interview since Apple’s iPhone X event last week, today Tim Cook sat down with Good Morning America...
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While the iPhone X starts at $999 in the United States, with an even more expensive 256GB model available for $1,149, Apple CEO Tim Cook...
Google had a failed product launch and gave up. Meta would have done it anyway. Apple has spent more money and resources on this effort then both of these companies, so it would be a pretty bad tactic...
I think it is obvious that XR headsets will be here to stay once refined enough. It makes perfect sense for Apple to get in to this. The Mac/iPhone/iPad are at the point where you hardly notice a new device is better or faster, but a headset will need an upgrade every couple years because it will be noticeably better.
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randolorian
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I look forward to the day that we don’t have to look at this same mock-up with every Apple VR post.
At 3000, Apple can shove this. It'll be a concept product that suckers...sorry, 'early adopters', will buy just so a cheaper version can come along. Thank you to them - more money than sense!