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Kuo: Apple to Launch High-End and Low-End Versions of Second-Generation Headset in 2025
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Went from....
I studied architecture a bit.
I am an architect for 25 years.
And now electrical and systems engineer.
But I guess in your VR games you can pretend to be anything you want to be.
I don't disagree. You are simply conforming what I said: Apple has offshored its design as well as production. That that handoff happened from Pegatron is a distraction without a difference.
The design is not Apples.
"In his latest report, Kuo says that Pegatron is gradually withdrawing from Apple's headset business, and will likely transfer its AR/MR development team and production resources to Luxcaseict (a joint venture between Luxshare ICT and Pegatron), led by Luxshare ICT, in the first half of 2023.
This will see Luxshare ICT taking over the subsequent design and production of the high-end version of the second-generation headset. Such changes will lead to "the subsequent acceleration of reducing the cost of the headset, which is what Apple expects," adds Kuo."
The design is not Apples.
"In his latest report, Kuo says that Pegatron is gradually withdrawing from Apple's headset business, and will likely transfer its AR/MR development team and production resources to Luxcaseict (a joint venture between Luxshare ICT and Pegatron), led by Luxshare ICT, in the first half of 2023.
This will see Luxshare ICT taking over the subsequent design and production of the high-end version of the second-generation headset. Such changes will lead to "the subsequent acceleration of reducing the cost of the headset, which is what Apple expects," adds Kuo."
Honestly load of pish, why the heck you even publishing this crap. There is not even a first generation of AR/VR out, apple are not making a VR\AR set this is evident has they have dropped the AR experience through their camera on the phone in press conferences , there is next to no AR/VR headsets now other than meta again which isn’t even talked about and advertised as much. Sony have now stopped giving sales for VR one and lowered demand for VR 2 , this is a joke .. this story has been doing the rounds since 2014 , next week we will get the story apple VR/AR headset delayed till late 2023
This stuff can't scale to mass sales anyway as it can't replace desktop/laptop computing for a dozen reasons, can't replace the ease of use of smartphones for a dozen reasons, and the majority of people are struggling with energy costs and living pay check to pay check. They are already maxed out with the devices they can already afford.
VR/AR headsets use up to 4-5 times more energy than smartphones and tablets and have battery design difficulties, so that is out of the question as a phone/tablet replacement. People cannot afford this. We have farmers in Europe going bust over energy prices and every day people having to decide shall they heat or shall they eat.
All because the tech sector, the energy oligarchs and the autocratic dictators have rigged the world economy to suck up all the money for themselves.
Is someone going to be forcing people to buy this headset?
Folks in those positions arent usually buying new high end smartphones either, should apple not launch new iphones?
While I’ll agree that income inequality is absurd right now and that the wealthiest people in the world are screwing over everyone else I see that more as a failure of financial regulation, lack of anti-trust pushes, etc. I’m not sure I see how new product categories no one has to buy are an intrinsic problem there
2nd generation!? We haven't even had the 1st flop yet. You lot really are running out of stories to post about. Time to start a new blog.
And soon people will start paying $400 or even $500 for phones with hardware that is already not 1 but 2 years old (if rumors about the iPhone SE with an A15 chip turns out to be true 😱).
It's a wider problem with capitalism in general.
When they run out of ideas, or falsely believe they have run out of useful ideas, they throw spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Every idea possible no matter how bad or how stupid.
Self driving cars that will earn you 30K a year, Mars colonies, complete blood diagnosis from one drop of finger blood, NFTs, metaverses replacing the web browser, robots "will take our jobs".
This is all part of the same BS clown world of late stage capitalism. Instead of addressing real world problems and fixing the products we already use, they just make up stupid **** to extract more money for themselves and distract us.
maybe no outward camera, but advanced LiDAR (https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iphone-15...graded-lidar-sensor-new-leak-suggests-1713921). or clear indicator outward camera is on and recording.