AR/VR Headset Rumor Recap: 10 Features Coming to Apple's Next Major Product

[jhwalker]

Isn’t this dead obvious? The theater experience is unique. Not only do you get the energy and enthusiasm of the audience watching with you but it makes the film a special event that you schedule and leave your home to attend. Watching a movie in a theater on a big screen results in a completely different experience than watching the exact same film in your living room, no matter what interface you’re using.

I agree it's "completely different" - it's much worse.

I've never had as pleasant an experience in a movie theater as I do in my home theater 🤷‍♂️

I don't care that other people want to "go to the movies" - knock yourself out! But I think it's pretty presumptions of some of the posters here to try to tell me the way *I* enjoy watching movies is not the "right way," or that it makes me a bad person if I choose to do so. That's just over the top.

 

[Surf Monkey]

I agree it's "completely different" - it's much worse.

Maybe if you’re an anti-social kind of person?

I've never had as pleasant an experience in a movie theater as I do in my home theater 🤷‍♂️

See above.

I don't care that other people want to "go to the movies" - knock yourself out! But I think it's pretty presumptions of some of the posters here to try to tell me the way *I* enjoy watching movies is not the "right way," or that it makes me a bad person if I choose to do so. That's just over the top.

The point is that there is a significant difference between a home theater and a movie theater. The experience is completely different, even when it’s the same film. There’s a reason people go to public events like movies and plays and other types of live shows. Movies didn’t kill theater. TV didn’t kill movies. AR/VR isn’t going to kill TV or movies or theater. All of these can exist together.

What we’re taking issue with is the idea that “it can provide you with a giant virtual TV” is enough to sell this to most average Americans. I get that media consumption could be the “killer app” for it. The Apple TV set of you will. But I don’t think that’s enough to float this boat.

 

[The Game 161]

Just want it to arrive at this point. Let’s see if people rethink how useful this will be

 

[Dark-Signature]

The point is that there is a significant difference between a home theater and a movie theater. The experience is completely different, even when it’s the same film. There’s a reason people go to public events like movies and plays and other types of live shows. Movies didn’t kill theater. TV didn’t kill movies. AR/VR isn’t going to kill TV or movies or theater. All of these can exist together.

What we’re taking issue with is the idea that “it can provide you with a giant virtual TV” is enough to sell this to most average Americans. I get that media consumption could be the “killer app” for it. The Apple TV set of you will. But I don’t think that’s enough to float this boat.

I have exactly 7 different AR (Hololens2)/VR (HTC, META, PICO ...) glasses with me. Today, no pair of glasses would be a serious alternative for me to watch a film with pleasure. The optical quality simply wouldn't be enough for me yet.

It doesn't matter whether they are Pancakes or Fresnel lenses. I expect better solutions in the future, even if the "image" is beamed onto my retina by laser.

But then there could be a completely new form of film, namely (artificially generated films, of course) where you are part of the film and not just a spectator in front of a 2D screen.

 

[Surf Monkey]

I have exactly 7 different AR (Hololens2)/VR (HTC, META, PICO ...) glasses with me. Today, no pair of glasses would be a serious alternative for me to watch a film with pleasure. The optical quality simply wouldn't be enough for me yet.

It doesn't matter whether they are Pancakes or Fresnel lenses. I expect better solutions in the future, even if the "image" is beamed onto my retina by laser.

But then there could be a completely new form of film, namely (artificially generated films, of course) where you are part of the film and not just a spectator in front of a 2D screen.

All valid. We’ll see how Apple approaches it soon enough.

 

[Jensend]

Maybe if you’re an anti-social kind of person?

I think it's non-sensical to judge how social someone is in general because of how they prefer to watch movies. Movies are generally watched in the dark, talking to others is considered rude, and it's mostly a passive experience. Most of the social part is before and after the movie. I'd say that watching a movie at home is more social if you are watching it with friends/family/significant others.

What we’re taking issue with is the idea that “it can provide you with a giant virtual TV” is enough to sell this to most average Americans. I get that media consumption could be the “killer app” for it. The Apple TV set of you will. But I don’t think that’s enough to float this boat.

The rumored Apple headset has a ton of superfluous features for people who would mostly just use it as an Apple TV, which means it will be much more expensive than a device made primarily just for being a media viewer would be. So I agree that that the "giant TV" use case alone won't carry the product to success.