Actually many apple fans go to Apple retail stores to buy this type of thing for the complete Apple experience.
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Kuo: Apple 'Well Prepared' for Headset Announcement Next Month
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Except if you want something that is...Just as your phone is part of your daily life in 2023 this device will be the mainstay by 2030 and phones will go away.
-Less Invasive
-Has Better Battery Life
-Easier to carry around
-Easier to make Applications on
-Easier on the eyes
-Better for audio listening
-Has something to type on
-Lighter
Look forward to hearing about it. But highly skeptical all around. Use case, price, not working with (my) glasses, …just don’t see it happening.
Haven’t seen VR take off. Nor AR.
Still always excited to hear about a new Apple product.
Haven’t seen VR take off. Nor AR.
Still always excited to hear about a new Apple product.
You have to be much less close than the headset panels will be. 4K isn’t bad, but it’s significantly less than what human eyes are capable of, and some of the resolution will be needed to compensate for VR optical effects.
Compare with how relatively little of the human field-of-view a 4K monitor takes up in normal viewing distance. People already dream of using VR to simulate such an office setup, but you’ll probably need more like 16K for that.
Another niche product for YouTube tech reviewers to fawn over.
Not aiming at the general consumer market, like I kept saying. This is a niche device for a niche audience for a VERY niche price.
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I would laugh so hard if wwdc goes by and they don’t announce this.
I’m interested to see the product though. It’s hard to imagine a VR set with a waist belt being useful for anything. But maybe they will blow it out of the park with some AR goggles and some insane apps.
Or maybe it’s a planned failure to get Tim Cookie to retire. This is a conspiracy site right?
I’m interested to see the product though. It’s hard to imagine a VR set with a waist belt being useful for anything. But maybe they will blow it out of the park with some AR goggles and some insane apps.
Or maybe it’s a planned failure to get Tim Cookie to retire. This is a conspiracy site right?
Hahahaha Indeed! I can just imagine iJustine when she eventually gets her hands on one of these
Why would it be exclusive to Apple Stores? It will be marketed to comms carriers, just like iphones, apple watches, xbox's..etc That way the bill can be split over 12/24/36 months.
Just so you know, the stereoscopy provided by HMDs is not exactly the same as a scene in the real world. I no longer remember all the technical details, and probably didn't understand all of them fully in the first place, but the upshot is that many persons who wear glasses will find they do not need them in VR. The depth at which the image in the HMD is perceived is generally in a "mid" range (apps that measure IPD now generate a Near, Far, and VR IPD reports to accommodate exactly this.) Basically, if your mid-range is in focus, you will be OK with VR. If not, you can often add inserts to accommodate lenses, or you may be able to use contacts.
porn......among other things..........
I maintain that Apple needs a much better name for this product. Their naming division has been on their back foot for a long time now. Ideally it needs a great acronym too, to generate buzz and make life easier.
I humbly submit that the:
Apple Stereoscopic Simulation Hat
has a nice ring to it. 🤔
(I jest; I'm a fan of VR and excited by advancements in the field.)
I humbly submit that the:
Apple Stereoscopic Simulation Hat
has a nice ring to it. 🤔
(I jest; I'm a fan of VR and excited by advancements in the field.)
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Apple may be well prepared for the AR/VR headset but not the regular consumers. Especially not with the $3000 USD price point. That includes mentally, emotionally and financially!
Exactly. Sony couldn't even sell 300,000 units of the PSVR 2 in the first quarter and it's 1/5th the price. I say Apple sells 1 million units tops.
A tech product too ahead of its time forcibly pushed out by a non-technical CEO of Apple to demonstrate the bloated company infrastructure is still "cutting edge"… This thing has Newton MessagePad written all over it.
No doubt she’ll start crying with joy when unboxing it.Hahahaha Indeed! I can just imagine iJustine when she eventually gets her hands on one of these
I am just wondering what Apple will demonstrate as the big use-case.
I cannot imagine Apple just announcing this piece of hardware, which is (should be) quicker / better / faster / etc. than the current comparable hardware.
I cannot imagine Apple just announcing this piece of hardware, which is (should be) quicker / better / faster / etc. than the current comparable hardware.
Ming-Chi Kuo read Gurman’s latest guess and thought he’d better get in with a guess of his own.
Some sort of integration with Apple TV’s MLB broadcast will do wonders. Changing paradigm of hiw we watch sports.
with that target audience, you're expecting 7-10M units? doesn't make any sense at all
just announce it already so we can move on to the next new product
It's going to ride the Apple Hype Train all the way to Money Station.
This is DOA without a massive "killer app" to sell it. And those vendors will be monopolizing the stage.
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Next new Apple product better be Apple Polishing Cloth Pro.
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