I’ll add to that argument and say this was exactly the period where customers should be screaming for AR products if that’s actually something they wanted. If it hasn’t happened in the time we were forced to stay at home, it certainly won’t happen when it’s voluntary.
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Mark Zuckerberg Wants Meta's AR Glasses to Be Its 'iPhone Moment'
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Completely agree. When Apple begins to launch their AR platform, it’ll be Apple’s moment once again. I’d wager to agree with Tim Cook and say Apple’s AR will be bigger than the iPhone.
People don’t yet understand AR. This is more like trying to get people to understand personal computers before they saw them in the wild. Most didn’t know why someone would want something like that in their home.
I know I have no right to feel this way about a human being I do not personally know, but I just absolutely loathe Mark Zuckerberg.
They're the same; squeeze every penny they can out of their customers.
You think Apple is some kind of saint?
What moment would he call that creepy irritating ad of his where the lion stops killing a wildebeest to dance to some kids with the tagline of “this is gonna be fun”? I’d call it the moment where the villain foreshadows their plan rather than delivering it through a monologue.
Don’t count out PlayStation the original Psvr was a good product and the new one looks like it will be even better. Once supply chain issues are resolved a console and headset has a greater chance of reaching the broader audience then a pc and headset
Say, when was the last time a major tech founder/CEO had his "ego intertwined" with his planned, new, I-wanna-be-Steve-Jobs product? Oh yeah, it was Jeff Bezos and his Fire Phone: you remember, the one with a front facing camera in each corner of the phone? His top people scratched their heads in puzzlement at what was going to be so great about that feature, but Bezos insisted.
It tanked immediately, and had to be quickly cancelled to keep it from dragging down the whole company (already skating at the edge of profitability because that's the winning strategy for sure). All the responsible executives were immediately fired -- but not Bezos.
For Zuck's sake, I hope he's aware of that episode, and is being careful not to repeat it.
It tanked immediately, and had to be quickly cancelled to keep it from dragging down the whole company (already skating at the edge of profitability because that's the winning strategy for sure). All the responsible executives were immediately fired -- but not Bezos.
For Zuck's sake, I hope he's aware of that episode, and is being careful not to repeat it.
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Zuckerberg must be living on planet Mars. I don’t think any product in this world can take the hype and attention of the announcement of an iPhone. This is wishful thinking Mark Zuckerberg.
Hopefully, he never gets that moment.
Hopefully, he never gets that moment.
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I don't know that these will take over from either company, but I will say that I think on Facebook's side they have the strength of software quality which is now a liability for Apple. Facebook writes good software. Apple used to. And on Apple's side, they have trust. A lot of people probably don't like the idea of buying consumer electronics from Facebook and see it as more of an untrustworthy company without a history of strong consumer electronic sales.
It won't happen because Zuck has a majority voting share of Facebook, but the company really needs completely new leadership. Look at how Microsoft has transformed with Nadella after the Gates/Balmer era. The key there is that Nadella was not a Microsoft founder, was not there in the early days of Windows, and did not share in their vision. Instead he brought a new vision. The same is true of Cook and Apple to a degree. Facebook needs a similar shakeup - someone who was not there from the start needs to take over.
Here in the Bay Area, a local reported did a funny little story where he followed people around in San Francisco for over a block with a big TV camera. Everyone he followed and later interviewed were glued to their phones and never seemed to notice the large man and large camera walking 2 feet away from them.
I can't wait until the same zombies get their VR headsets!
I can't wait until the same zombies get their VR headsets!
And my bet is most of us will buy neither. AR vs other computer interaction is like the difference between sipping wine versus mainlining i.v. ethanol. No way I would ever buy an AR headset for a kid, young adult, or anybody prone to addiction. Can you magine when AR porn hits the scene? Can you?
I will never allow a piece of meta hardware into my house, it's dirty enough letting it pass through my router.
I wanted to write up some elaborate comment, but this actually put it in better words.
So Zuck + Facebook hardware = iphone moment - I think at least one thing in that equation sucks.
Creepy Facebook can change their name as many times as they want and to whatever they want, but there's no chance I'm buying any of their products and using them in my day to day life, let alone use their information stealing/profiting platform.