I don't get why everyone wants to see the VP fail or not be used for the use cases it's literally perfect for.
Most of these are things over everyone's head unless you work in a specific industry like healthcare where VP has mass potential - as well as repair, manufacturing, etc. GM designs all their cars now in virtual reality first.
Do you all want to go back to reel to reel audio? When that was a thing, would you ahve balked at the mp3? Sounds like it.
Also how do they know the layout of the kitchen space they’re working with?
The same way Ikea does when you go see the kitchen planner - you take your measuresments (because who would buy cabinets that didn't do that???)
Yeah, the time is much too short to go through all the 80 billion design combinations.
Starbucks has like a billion cominations too - do you spend that much time in line or do you alreayd have an idea of what you want? Most people have a clue as to wha they want in the kitchen they are going to drop $20-$50K on
Seems like a lot of effort to try and satisfy 2 or 3 customers?
Tell me you have only rented without telling me you have only rented. Planners Apps (Ikea offers some pretty good ones) can let you see the space exactly as it will be, but this would be much more elvated than doing in on your computer or tablet.
If they could develop their app to allow people to move through a space, open and close drawers - expereince the options you add inside cabinets - they're going to sell more kitchens and customizations. It's next level.
Also taking into account that even having the Lowe's kitchen desginer design old school and load it into the VP for the customer to explore is a huge boon.
It’s a really good use case. It supports commerce and lets consumers see what they’re buying before they actually pay.
What makes you think it‘s ‘desperate’?
Apple probably gives them the hardware free. That’s “why.”
More like a smart partnership that has potential to benefit both parties.
If you've ever remodeling a room - especially a kitchen - offering this service could easily seal the deal vs. someone buying from a competitor, but when someone like Lowe's who has 1,1746 locations would be looking at dropping north of $8 million to offer at all their stores, you test it.
The risk factor is a rando customer even being able to use the bloody thing and the support expereince with associates.
Then there is the App factor - for this to be something Lowe's would roll out globally they'd need to spend some significant dollars and resources to enhance the app (likely more of a virtual reality experience in nature) which is millions of dollars more they would spend - so you do a simple test like this to test the waters first.
