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Meta Debuts $1500 'Quest Pro' Mixed Reality Headset Ahead of Apple's 2023 AR/VR Device
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Have you seen this video from the Senator? Just watch the first minute of it. The right to Privacy!
I’m super intrigued about the future of AR/VR (mostly AR) and all the things it could bring. I think there’s a lot of potential for good (I’m sure potential for bad too, but that comes down to the user). I’m not a fan of Meta’s business model, so I’ll be waiting to at least see Apple’s offering, but I’m glad to see Apple has some competition. And even though I don’t want this, I have to say they did a pretty good job with the aesthetic design. It looks cool.
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I wish I could fake just a little bit of interest in this to be honest. At the price point it is I’m guessing they aren’t aiming this at the mass market anyway. Good luck Apple with your attempt at an overpriced version too.
Let Apple take Google’s money. You don’t have to use it. I use duck duck go instead. All you have to do is change your browser engine in settings.
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This product is aimed at a customer base of one: making the Zuckwit believe the billions he's burning on the metaverse whackery is actually accomplishing something.
The markets are certainly impressed with this unveiling -- Meta down another five points today, down 62% year to date.
FB couldn’t save their sinking ship even if they used all their users data to plug the hole.
Not trolling and I have the Quest 2 which is a wonderful device, maybe it will indeed find a foot in a professional setting, there are after all headsets costing upwards of 5k out there, right now for me, VR is a games console and a porn viewer, excited for the Iron Man port.
I do strongly believe whatever Apple releases will make these look like toys.
I do strongly believe whatever Apple releases will make these look like toys.
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Sorry Zuck, you never sucked me in with facebook or instagram, you won't suck me in with this either...
I like that a company with lots of cash to burn is turning up the heat on Apple. It'll improve what Apple does and how they compete. I am very interested in this category of devices, but giving Facebook $1500 is close to the bottom of a list of things I will ever volunteer to do in my lifetime.
Not really fond of their collaboration with Epic Games and use of cryptocurrency… I get they may be the best privacy wise. Duck duck go is doing fine for me currently, but thanks for your suggestion! 👍🏻
I'd rather use PSVR2 by Sony.
All same features and many more, and specifically immersive and targeted at gaming NOT living in some dumb virtual world that even Sony has tried years ago and seen it's a dead end.
What is with Zuckerberg forcing staff to jump on board for this Lawnmower Man type of world?? It was cool in late 80's/early early 90's but in 2022 SMH.
Agreed.
Especially with 'skin detection'! We all know how poorly AI has been trained due to the collective minimum coders the past decade or more coding AI and vision. Seen first with 'my XBox camera is racist' - google that for XBox 360 games it's kinda funny but should open a few eyes. I cannot recall the name of the focused show on AI training models etc that can really affect which groups of people are 'inclusive' and those that are not for positive things in life, vs the reverse for negative things in life - huge impact here!!
now skin detection?! Nah fam not gonna have my skin sampled into some virtual world. For me its blood-in, blood-out only.
Let's be honest.
Zuck has no real world value for any news or anything by himself. If nothing about FB/Meta is mentioned then there is nothing really to talk,look,see or take to court about, honestly. nothing negative but that's his ebodiment of his world, and most entrepreneurs of big business usually start out this way.
I could see these being big for porn. Maybe virtual exercise landscapes. But maybe I’m not that imaginative. Maybe online shopping. You could try on glasses before buying. Zuckerberg thinks this is a revolution which makes me dubious. Big tech billionaires rarely predict what’s next with the exception of Steve.