Wrong. AR is technology, and investing in it may likely have long term payoffs. Like Newton helped bring iPhones and iPads - even if "on something nobody is interested in."
Remember how well the Microsoft Hololens DOD contract went? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I've actually seen a lot of Microsoft's 3,5k+ Hololens in "developement". Not for mass market apps, but in science and AR-developement and in cases where the software is developed for a specific project using the holo lens. Similar to how computers were used before the IBM-PC or Commodore 64 made them mass market products. Mixed reality is not a big market, but Microsoft is believed to have sold more than 300k of them over the last 8 years, despite it being an ugly and generally unimpressive product (at least in my experience with it). I'm sure, apple will sell more, there's at least as much apple fans with more money than wits out their who'll gladly spend 3k on a new toy. I wouldn't be surprised if they pass that 300k in the first year. 1 million? Probably not.
It is not about making an instant hit. Like Newton or like Homepod, early versions can represent important tech advances without being big sales hits at v1.
In what sense? Apple and Spotify do exactly the same thing. The catalogs are exactly the same. I can search for music I want, make playlists and play music. The music sounds the same. I can control it with my Apple Watch, plays in my car, works with home pods. There are no substantive differences between SPOT and APPL music. Subscriber differences are down to 1) Free tiers on SPOT 2) the number of people with Android phones vs iDevices. And that does not even touch SPOT's horrible privacy policies, how they track you and what they do with your data. And have you seen the latest version of their interface? Talk about hot mess.
I doubt Apple even really knows. They'll probably ship it with a standard iPhone/Watch-style OS, some apps made for VR, a VR SDK for third-party devs, basically tell them "eh, you figure it out", and eventually a killer-app will fall into Apple's lap.
I think with smart speakers, there is limited amount of potential game to be changed. Speakers are a fairly mature technology. Good speakers now aren’t all that different from good speakers from 30 years ago.
I personally see more potential to replace desktop monitor setups than phones. And for people who don't need a ton of computing power, it could replace their whole desktop computer setup.
To use an extreme hyperbolic example, if sales are the only barometer, Macdonalds must have the best burgers in the world.
I love a lot of Apple products but the wool on you must be super thick
HomePod is most definitely a flop. You might want to give your rose tinted glasses a proper clean
I think that's mostly true when it comes to gaming. A higher resolution won't make a huge difference for many gaming genres. But for general productivity use? Current VR/AR hardware capabilities are a huge drawback. They simply aren't good at displaying a large amount of text and UI, features which are very important for many productivity use cases. Even if my Valve Index had the best software ever, with a fancy custom OS, I couldn't/wouldn't use it for general productivity, because the screen quality and comfort just isn't there.
It’s not leading the way. I know no one that has one and they are all Apple fans. Most have either Sonos or Just use Alexa or z google speakers and have no reason to change.
The main market is YouTubers who are heavily promoting Apples gear anyway and will get theirs for free. No normal user is dropping 3000, not even in a normal financial climate and certainly not nowall the more reason to avoid it.
i'll wait for the gen 2-3 with improved hardware, stable software, and a lower price!
you'd have to be a fool or have more money than sense to buy one of these things at launch but that sums up a lot of apple buyers so
you obviously have no idea what the "metaverse" is.
