Apple's Unusual Headset Design Has Led to Unprecedented Production Challenges

Onimusha370 said:
I feel like 1-5 were all true of the original iPhone.
Re 6, all the info we have so far is that it's going to be very lightweight and have great AR passthrough...
Re 7, things will change, just like they did when the App Store was launched.

Everything we've heard so far is extremely positive imo, feature set sounds amazing!
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BROAD GENERAL CATEGORY DEVICE.

This headset is AN ACCESSORY
 
JamesHolden said:
Doubtful (for the foreseeable future). The price point is too high. $3K for a big screen TV that all four members of the family can watch is reasonable (although still expensive for most people). $12K for that same family of four to each have a headset is 0.1%er territory.
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Four members of the family cannot use a computer at the same time either, but they can take turns.
 
cicalinarrot said:
Think you and most people are only wrong about one thing: the iPhone wasn't *the iPhone* as we know it at day one.
It was considered way too expensive, it lacked many important features, many people were very skeptical.
The only thing that worries me in this case is the rumoured skepticism inside of Apple.
All of the rest is stuff we've seen with most Apple new products:
- wearables, tablets and ultrabooks as we know them were all invented or reinvented by Apple. Competitors struggled just as much
- Apple's stuff is alway pricier
- Apple's first gen stuff rarely makes it clear where it's going
- Apple's first gen stuff is always expensive, then we get more popular cheaper models

Again, I'm quite worried too but I think we'll have to wait a couple more generations of this to understand if it's going to fail.
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Yes, somehow it will become a more comfortable helmet with a small external battery for $3000
 
DarthBuzzard said:
So a device that has all the compute on-board and can process, calculate, read/write data, display media, browse the internet, and so on - is somehow not a computer?

Can we be real for once?
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You know exactly what I was referring to when I said computer. You're again being pedantic for the sake for arguing in favor of an immensely niche and expensive product.
 
HobeSoundDarryl said:
Those guys say EVERYTHING so they are always right and always wrong depending on which prognostication one re-checks later.
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Ok, I agree with you. I will bet my $1000 it isn't announced next week. Thank you for your insight. Ming Chi Kuo just doesn't understand the supply chain and/or have internal sources like you do.
 
Choco Taco said:
You know exactly what I was referring to when I said computer. You're again being pedantic for the sake for arguing in favor of an immensely niche and expensive product.
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1980s PCs are the closest comparison you can make to this device lau9nching in 2023. Back then, PCs were immensely niche and expensive, and ridiculed for being just as useless (even if that wasn't true).
 
Spaceboi Scaphandre said:
You keep saying GENERAL BROAD USE CASE IN ALL CAPS when you haven't even considered that VR/AR headsets also have GENERAL BROAD USE CASES. VR/AR is the next generation of computing, as anything you can do from a mobile device you can do on a HMD too. You can watch media, make calls, play games, do fitness, monitor health, browse the web, do work.
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I have an 86" TV I don't have to strap to my face I can watch comfortably on the couch and do all the others on my iPhone right in front of me.

And the two combined cost me about $2300

And I don't exercise wearing a helmet
 
The more I read about this product, the more I fear it’s going to be a total train wreck.

Where’s the market? I just don’t see one.

I don’t see Apple has much choice but to downplay this launch. It’s not going to change the world and if they try and market it as the next giant leap forward, it’s going to be a brand disaster. It’s just so niche, especially at the mooted price point.

Even without the insane price, and the apparent practicality concerns, you can’t wow people with an on-stage demonstration. VR only has impact in person.

Rumours of the iPhone had people losing their minds in anticipation - and the keynote demo even more so.

There is no comparison between this and the build-up to the iPhone’s unveiling.

They need to frame this as a glimpse of the future, a niche ‘hobby’ for the company as the original Apple TV was described by Steve Jobs.
 
rudi.tapper said:
It has fab screen and many cameras but in description it just mentions left and right speakers hope they are good would like surround sound experience with movies
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The rumors were that you’re supposed to use AirPods Pro for the real immersive experience. The built-in speakers are probably just to have a basic default sound output.
 
Choco Taco said:
Aside from your condescending tone, there isn't any comparable products out there as we have no idea exactly what Apple is going to present to us.
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I meant for the industry as a whole. This is specifically about VR/MR.

There is no closer comparison than PCs, and given how 1977->1984 lead us to the Macintosh, and 2016->2023 will lead us to this headset, it makes complete sense to consider this headset launch as something akin to an early 1980s PC product, like the Lisa or Macintosh.
 
klasma said:
The rumors were that you’re supposed to use AirPods Pro for the real immersive experience. The built-in speakers are probably just to have a basic default sound output.
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For the rumored price this is going to be, it better have above average speakers.


DarthBuzzard said:
I meant for the industry as a whole. This is specifically about VR/MR.

There is no closer comparison than PCs, and given how 1977->1984 lead us to the Macintosh, and 2016->2023 will lead us to this headset, it makes complete sense to consider this headset launch as something akin to an early 1980s PC product, like the Lisa or Macintosh.
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No.
 
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