Report: Apple Executives Cautious of Mixed-Reality Headset Amid Compromises

[arkitect]

Apologies if some think this is a dumb question, but…

If these are going to be screen replacements, how do I see my keyboard?
Not everyone is touch type capable.

Air typing?

 

[Ethosik]

You didn’t express a concern, you said it was "THE problem with these goggles". That’s not a concern, that’s an outright statement as fact!

What a load of bs. When did I say this cannot happen with VR? Stop making stuff up and verballing me.

These goggles are NOT the glasses. So yes it’s a concern.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

This is what Apple wants people to do. 🤦🏻‍♀️

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659387118941249536

 

[rjjacobson]

Secret information just released on the new headset 🙃🙃

 

[Analog Kid]

Secret information just released on the new headset 🙃🙃

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Minion!

 

[steve09090]

Tim Cook not interested in the development of such a new product?? What kind of complete lack of leadership is that? He should be behind it everyday!

Also selling it at cost to make? That’s really unlike apple. I will be very very surprised if they really do that.

I'd be very surprised if even half of these rumours are true. Everyone’s got a 2 way bet.

 

[Zc456]

AI on the other hand is already facing tons of legal scrutiny, who knows in what ways it might be affected in the future.

I never said these companies were smart.

 

[_Spinn_]

I am very skeptical of the headset as well. Though I’m very interested in Apple proving me wrong.

 

[orbital~debris]

So basically, everyone meet back here in a couple of weeks…?

 

[woolypants]

So basically, everyone meet back here in a couple of weeks…?

I'm up for that! I'm usually around 30% right predicting Apple. But I think this time, in pointing out that even Apple can't pull this off, I might be pushing closer to 100% right.

The two factors that are arguing against my confidence are...

1. When I first saw AirPods I thought people wearing them looked like dicks. White sticks sticking out of their ears. Come on. Ridiculous. They still do look like dicks. But Apple somehow moves the needle on cultural acceptance. It wasn't just Steve Jobs and his reality distortion field. It's the entire company. They change reality.

2. If anybody can, Apple can. Apple steps in when it's right to do something. Naysayers were out in force before and after the launch of the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Watch etc. As John Gruber points out, the pattern is that everybody says it'll never work, then Apple iterates on the design, then everybody says they knew it would be a success from day one. Again, this is a very unusual characteristic of how Apple somehow moves the needle in a cultural way.

But... I think I'm right. AR/VR goggles just can't work. They're impractical. The use case is so limited... It just can't work.

Glasses? Whole different technology. They can certainly work. But the tech needed is at least five years away, and more like 10. Batteries alone need to evolve massively.

 

[steve123]

Vision Pro has a custom chip, R1. So, the concerns Srouji had likely have affected A and M series timelines.