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Kuo: Apple Mixed-Reality Headset May Not Appear at WWDC as Mass Production Pushed Back Yet Again
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what the guys like Kup and Gurman are pulling on this is just laughable, throwing out new dates, concerns etc just shows that they have not clue what Apples plans really are, but then again, this is a rumors site ...
Does anyone else think that Apple weren’t remotely interested in making these but for the fact that Macrumors kept talking about them so they thought they should give it a whirl?
If Apple isn't going to announce this thing they will put out some fairly large warnings in advance. They won't want to disappoint the market if the expectation is they will be announcing this device.
The latest has been to try and dampen expectation of the devices capability but that it will be launching. I can't see them changing this position just a couple of months out from the announcement given the work that goes into it.
The latest has been to try and dampen expectation of the devices capability but that it will be launching. I can't see them changing this position just a couple of months out from the announcement given the work that goes into it.
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I think Apple was interested. Tim Cook talked about AR/VR a lot and he was the most excited one of any of us. The hype and excitement died down when the product kept getting delayed and delayed.
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If people want VR, it's already out there at vastly cheaper prices. And, from a look in my local retail stores, Meta's Quest 2 is just sitting on the shelves unsold. So, even at reasonable prices, the general public doesn't want VR. Apple failed before they started.
I think this is what may be spooking Apple. They have clearly had this in development for some time and the general expectation of the industry was this would be the next big thing, therefore plow all your R and D into it to beat the competition. That was likely 5 years ago.
Now we're on the cusp of launch and it's looking like VR/AR could be the next 3D TV, at least in a form that is possible with today's technology.
If I was Apple I'd want to slip this thing out in a press release. The more noise you make about it, and if it is seen to 'fail', the greater risk you have of it damaging the Apple brand.
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At this time they should just put four wheels on it and call it apple car. That would kill three birds with one stone: You could sit on the battery instead of wearing it on the hip, make the self-driving part virtual and $3000-5000 would be cheap for a car.
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Agreed! At times I wish Apple had really focused and vested their time on bettering their current Apple Products Line up, the Operating System, and offering new innovative features instead of this Virtual Reality headset.
It’s possible this is related to manufacturing costs and timelines, or even shifting costs from one quarter to the next.
Nope.
The definition of vaporware is "new software or hardware that has been announced or marketed but has not been produced."
Apple has neither announced nor marketed this.
Ironically, they have in all likelihood already produced it, though.
Maybe they'll release an OLED balloon?
VR is like 3DTV to me, I have zero interest spending hours at a time wearing special glasses or headwear. Maybe I'm unusual in that, but then again how many people still use 3DTV?
For Apple's sake, I hope I'm wrong and other people find our headwear future desirable. Big no thanks for me though.
For Apple's sake, I hope I'm wrong and other people find our headwear future desirable. Big no thanks for me though.
MR still has no clue what the difference is between VR, AR, and XR.
All of the leaks have been gravitating towards a device focusing on AR/XR rather than VR, a precursor to the glasses and yet we still have people thinking this is set to compete with the usual $300 gaming oriented headsets.
All of the leaks have been gravitating towards a device focusing on AR/XR rather than VR, a precursor to the glasses and yet we still have people thinking this is set to compete with the usual $300 gaming oriented headsets.
The only thing I’m looking forward to with this anticipated launch is another Bad Lip Reading version of it.
Yet everyone keeps kissing mark gurmans backside….. he’s a hack and does this to get attention, same with all the YouTubers who peddle there lies… here’s a prediction for you Which is 100% true. Apple will yet again claim it’s the best MacOS and IOS Ever. Done.
If Apple really were going to have insurmountable problems on this project, they'd have used their various methods to signal this is the case by now.
Instead, they've just announced WWDC and there was no sight of a concurrent dampening of expectations (in fact, quite the opposite – if you read into the hints suggested by the WWDC announcement image).
I'd say Apple are 'in the tunnel' so to speak, at this pre-launch stage, and everything else we're hearing is noise, subterfuge and general confusion.
Instead, they've just announced WWDC and there was no sight of a concurrent dampening of expectations (in fact, quite the opposite – if you read into the hints suggested by the WWDC announcement image).
I'd say Apple are 'in the tunnel' so to speak, at this pre-launch stage, and everything else we're hearing is noise, subterfuge and general confusion.
It's on, it's postponed, it's cancelled, it's back! It's launching soon, it's on hold, but coming soon.
Back to square one, it doesn't exist until officially announced.
Back to square one, it doesn't exist until officially announced.