Personally I don't doubt that Apple will design an amazing device. I just question whether enough of the public will be interested, especially if the price point is anywhere near the rumored $3K price. $500 and it flies off the shelf. $3000 and I think the market is very very limited.
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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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Some people can afford a $90,000 Range Rover, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s objectively expensive.
True, but MS also almost completely left the smartphone OS and hardware space over the last few years.
Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens
HoloLens, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are all but dead at Microsoft.www.windowscentral.com
Interesting that Microsoft is seemingly pulling back from the VR space at the same time when Apple is set to enter it.
Do you think Apple’s going to break into your house, steal your 2D display, and replace it with AR goggles?
"Eye and hand-tracking will be a "major selling point" for the headset"
It obviously remains to be seen, but I've always said that this feature alone would make it worth it and successful. Everything else is just useless without eye tracking and hand gestures. And that's why other companies have so far failed.
It obviously remains to be seen, but I've always said that this feature alone would make it worth it and successful. Everything else is just useless without eye tracking and hand gestures. And that's why other companies have so far failed.
oh that’s a fact. if it’s truly $3K… I will not be an early adopter lol. I can justify $1,500 or less.
I still think they’ll sell a lot though.
I’m assuming it won’t run without an iPhone. similar to the Apple Watch, but we’ll see.
Travel, real estate, medical research, construction, games — just to name a few.
The possibilities are endless. This is not a "computer" like you might be thinking of it.
We're not in Kansas anymore Toto.
While it’s kind of disappointing that they’re not designing a cool new interface, (minority report etc) it makes a lot of sense to a wary consumer that doesn’t want to learn a new interface on a new device. The barrier of entry lowers enormously.
And ... Apple hasn't raced to be first. They're aiming to provide best experience. Some will claim that this will be a me-too product, but has any Apple product ever truly been a me-too product, or a category disruptor?
You're disappointed in something that nobody outside of Apple has seen yet? 🤣 Don't waste negative energy on rumours.
There is pent up demand, I’m sure they will sell as many as they can make. I’m sure it will be supply constrained due to so many specialty parts. There may be a long wait if not prepared to pull the trigger immediately. By the time they can make these in higher volumes it may be refined enough for average users to have interest. Volume production also helps to bring prices down.
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Somewhere in the middle. Like you said, Apple has never really been first, but they do have a knack for putting their own twist on existing product categories, and using their control over hardware and software to iron out the frustrating kinks that were preventing said products from truly taking off.
They also have a billion strong user base which on average has more disposable income, as well as an ecosystem that can help prop up any new product as necessary.
An example would be airtags. Tiles have long existed but they never really took off because its effectiveness was dependent on mass adoption, making it a chicken-and-egg problem. Apple brings with it a high density of iPhone users to help power its own find-my network, and I suspect this network of airtags will in turn add value to AR glasses by lending context to our surroundings. For example, imagine wearing a pair of Apple Glasses, going "Hey Siri, where's my car" and a giant arrow pointing to where you last parked your vehicle (courtesy of AirTags).
I have over a thousand hours in VR. I've cumulatively spend a couple hours with phone/tablet AR just because it's interesting from a technology perspective, but it isn't really useful or even enjoyable for anything (for me, at least).
Yes as ever these are rumours, but this is a rumour site and we pick apart titbits of news like vultures.
Apologies, I'm not hatin' on the news - as above, I came to the conclusion that if they're going to introduce a brand new interface and input method that having familiarity in it is certainly for the best for the wary consumer. Billions of people know how to use an iPhone so the safest approach is to design the interface around that understanding.
But yeah, would be nice to have a completely novel Minority Report/Ready Player One interface so I can feel like I'm living in the future instead of a 2007 iOS Springboard
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Its cost is no issue. But they should be making for mass usage than 3000.00 screaming its cost is too much isn't going to solve the cost problem. 999.99 us I buy but 3000.00 no.
Yeah, but I very much doubt Apple will allow such an app. My overall point is, any app that would gain huge popularity due to adult content would also be instantly banned by Apple, and therefore I don't think that adult content will be able to be a major driver for the adoption of Apple's goggles. It's simply antithetical to Apple's content policies and self-image to allow that to happen. (That doesn't mean that I agree with Apple's content policies.)
Agreed until the issue of some users getting motion sickness is come on. How many years ( other makers ) has there been a VR headset? Long time! still, have these problems? I wait!
Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens
HoloLens, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are all but dead at Microsoft.
Interesting that Microsoft is seemingly pulling back from the VR space at the same time when Apple is set to enter it.
This makes no sense to me. There's definitely a need, so I don't get it. Then again, it's money, so.... what?
Makes me think there are a bunch of wimps up there in Redmond
the issue is if they don’t put a marker in the sand in terms of what they intend to do as a consumer device, who is going to develop and create for it?
I am a creator and am fully in the AR camp, however have absolutely no idea what this can and cannot do, and wont until it’s released and I can play with it. I think this is the whole point of the initial release, then release v2 with a lower price and with immersive content and apps for the consumer.
Funny thing is everything my studio is doing in AR has absolutely nothing to do with video conferencing. Lol.
Like one MacRumors poster previously stated, no one wants something strapped to his/her head. So many people prefer AirPods Pro because the Max is squeezing the sides of their heads And they’re heavy.
Stay away from my face, you bastards. Yeah, yeah, I don’t have to buy it. And I won’t.
The phone slabs will still be the main go-to until the 2030s. And probably well beyond then.
Stay away from my face, you bastards. Yeah, yeah, I don’t have to buy it. And I won’t.
The phone slabs will still be the main go-to until the 2030s. And probably well beyond then.