Totally agree with you. Not surprisingly, things seem to nosedive when the iPhone took off.
(2007 and beyond).
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Totally agree with you. Not surprisingly, things seem to nosedive when the iPhone took off.
(2007 and beyond).
Apple needs to develop the solar iCap first. This baseball cap will power the iGlass, while the cost of both will deplete your iWallet
Apple late to the party as usual. By the time Apple comes out with Apple Glass it will be obsolete
Unfortunately Apple going in the wrong direction it reminds me of Blackberry in a sense
Unfortunately Apple going in the wrong direction it reminds me of Blackberry in a sense
If you are worried about surreptitious recording, then you have to ban phones also. Restaurants and stores have hidden cameras all over the place to catch criminal activity. Cities have placed surveillance cameras all over the place. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that you have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public spaces. Any ban on video recording in public would be held unconstitutional by SCOTUS under current precedents. I’m afraid your hope is in vain.
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They’re already a hit product, and have been for a few years. They’re frequently sold out or backordered.
You are missing the connection to your iPhone. It will implement voice control of Siri with Apple Intelligence (don’t laugh, they will get it right at some point) and allow you to make phone calls. It will be a wearable, voice-controlled, internet-connected, hands-free, digital assistant and communication device.
I’ve not found the two-hour limitation on the AVP battery to be limiting since I am usually using them plugged into power at my desk, on the couch, or in bed. As a professional work tool, the AVP is viable. It will take working on weight and form factor before it becomes the consumer device that people on this website seem to want.
In just under two years, Meta has sold about 2 million units. That’s less than what Kuo is projecting for Apple Glasses in the first year. Compare it to Apple’s other wearable product, the Apple Watch. It sold 10 to 12 million in its first year. So, Meta glasses may be selling, but they are far from a hit product.
Oh sure, I get all of that. I guess for me it’s not that different from what an iPhone and AirPods provide.
Yes agree - wearables need to last at a minimum long enough to go the day without charging to be useful. It's why the Watch works, and why releasing it with anything else than that battery length with reasonable use means it is little but a toy. Same issue with the Vision Pro.
Quite the opposite, 2027 is way too early for this product. The lenses needed for widespread adoption are unlikely to be ready before 2029 and likely much later. Additionally, getting enough processing power and battery life into a small frame to be revolutionary is probably a decade away.
This will be a half-baked gimmick product rushed to market so Apple can again say they are in the space.
So filming in bathrooms is suddenly ok? Btw rules for being filmed dependent on where you are. Europe has different laws than the US, for example.
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That is actually not entirely true. Filming that constitutes harassment or stalking is illegal, regardless of the location.
Honestly for the Ray Bans they are fairly normal-looking. It may not be today, but it won’t be more than 2-3 years when glasses and smart glasses will be much harder to tell apart.
They arguably were pretty early with the Siri part of it. It's still not good or better, despite them taking the time (or rather letting it pass by without much improvement).
...but he certainly seems to be the one championing augmented reality products and the Vision Pro.
First you said Apple should’ve not spent money/time on Apple Car, and instead should have spent that money/time on Apple Intelligence, and then you say AI is invading our lives and that you don’t want any of it.
How about: Apple did and should have spent all that time/money on the Apple Car research & development because it’s a massive category and they had an obligation to their customers & shareholders to explore it, and they should have also been doing 5x more regarding AI at the same time, out of obligation to their customers and shareholders.
Good companies can & should do R&D in a wide variety of areas because it’s impossible to predict the future without doing the work to try to create it. And, walking and chewing gum at the same time is a baseline requirement for tech companies of Apple’s size and scope, so the notion that they should do one and not the other is antique.
At the risk of dating myself, let me try and understand the real usefulness of these types devices? I've never seen one in action, so I'm thinking how can anybody wear this and walk around with distraction in front of their eyes. I'd like to educate myself. Any help? Anyone?
Let's say the glasses are meant to be part of an AR category rather than the wearables category. It might help keep that category looking stable when there's no new half million Vision Pro sales lining up.
But from an ecosystem point it still doesn't make sense. Even the supposed upcoming $1000+ Meta glasses with a display won't do 3D and will likely only support tapping the frames for interaction gestures. It is effectively going from a $300 camera on your face to a $1000 camera and HUD.
Don't get me wrong, both Apple and Meta are hoping for a reality where you break physics by throwing enough tech at it and have a glasses-frame form factor that can do "true" AR. It is all what they do for products and research to try and get there:
Meta released a few sub-$500 headsets and some $300 glasses that have integrated audio/mic/camera into the consumer space.
Apple released a single $3500 headset which they considered the minimum viable product that fit into that "true" AR future for prosumers and commercial environments.
I don't think these companies are going to actually start competing in any real sense of the word for another five years.
