But it still begs the question: what developers are going to invest money into a platform that's basically only full of other developers? i.e., little to no actual end users.
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If you look closely it isn't the same as the mic board. The headset will have similar sensors that are spaced out and have a similar looking part as a result.The second photo is 100% the old HomePod mic's. MR, I think someone is pulling your leg.
Developers will optimize their existing apps for it, port games from other VR platforms, and we will likely see some new professional apps. I would be surprised if Adobe doesn't release Substance Modeler for it. Shapr3D I'm sure will support it. It won't just be developers. There are other professionals that will be early adopters.
I'm sure there will be enough Apple super fans to support early VR game ports from other platforms. Those games are already used to working in a smaller market. A lot of them don't make much money and are essentially to allow studios to figure out how to make games in advance of it becoming mainstream. This headset is more powerful then the Meta Quest and may allow ports of games currently targeting Playstation VR or PC. That may mean more games overall even if they won't get some Meta exclusives. Tim Cook has been courting VR game studios for years, so I suspect some of them got early access to prototypes.
Part of it will be pioneered by Apple. Apple has a VR media company that has probably been working on figuring out how to bring unique content to it for years. Disney also thinks XR will be big in the future and will probably bring a lot of content over to prepare for something more mass market.
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Instant buy. If it’s only for an immersive desktop, I’m in.
Literally ANYTHING to tear us away from the drudgery that has become modern information work.
Literally ANYTHING to tear us away from the drudgery that has become modern information work.
I think you need to stop kidding yourself... there identical
Oh, the $3000 VR headset that the Apple design team says isn't quite ready, but Tim Cook still insists on pushing for launch? Yeah, no thanks - I think I'll pass.
I believe that’s actually a photo of Sarah Palin.
Agreed it’s the same cable. Doesn’t make sense that it would be in that orientation.
I hope they add some really good AR features to this, I can't really see people wanting this headset otherwise.
AR is Apple's thrust and where the market is.
VR will likely come along for the ride. Apple will likely release a suite of useful AR apps for both personal and commercial use.
Why is Timmy pushing this product after being told by the eng's that it wasn't even close to being ready? By putting myself in a position of a greedy, capitalist bonus monger, I can understand Timmy's train of thought. Answer: the people that buy the 1.0 version of this product are going to be Apple's unpaid alpha testers. And the eng's will get to work 16 hours days getting it right for the 2.0 release. Faster on fire, right Timmy?
TLDR; don't buy this until the 2nd generation.
TLDR; don't buy this until the 2nd generation.
They're basically shipping the proof-of-concept hardware that the dev team create to demo the software. What do you think?
Well… that is a valid point.
Unless Apple loan the developers the hardware?
Similar to what they did with the transition to Silicon, if I recall correctly.
That's nothing but utter confusion and lack of understanding. Can you think of 1 single experience where that makes sense? No. That's not what this is.
Dude. The glasses product is the product, and it's what they set out to develop. But it isn't physically possible, so they created the headset to demo the software, and Cook said "ship it". That's what this is.
Can't think of a worse decision to come out of Apple in his tenure.