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Report: Apple Mixed-Reality Headset to Feature Iris Scanning for Authentication and Payments
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And those with a twitchy eye will get a heck of a shock when they see what they have spent the first month..
HobeSoundDarryl
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Imagine the marketing tricks to be employed to drive inadvertent blinks/reactions.
- Brightest white flash to make you recoil??? Your new Ferrari has been ordered.
- Possible flash of b00b far left??? Looking there confirms your in-app purchase.
- Look left then right to wire transfer all of your funds: Hot Apple rumor left, Hot Apple rumor right transfers all of your funds.
- Show Angry face to buy the new ********. Anti-Apple rant pops on screen to trigger the fan defense mechanism of anger. Or any story about anything that competes with something Apple offers. Or any GOV-driven action generally for consumers but that Apple doesn't seem to want. Or any objective measure that doesn't result in Apple finishing first/best. Etc. Order for new ****** confirmed.
- Show Happy face to buy the new ********. Gushing praise Apple content appears on screen to trigger the fan halo mechanism of happy. Or any measure that places Apple as first/best at whatever it is measuring (generally no questions asked by the way). Etc. Order for new ****** confirmed.
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Complete nonsense. The data in question, biometric, has nothing to do with whether or not Apple has deals with Google for default search engine or similar.
You have no evidence that "Apple Maps is tracking the heck out of my search patterns". Apple explicitly states what they base their promoted locations on.
Whether or not apps try to bypass tracking protection is unrelated to the data Apple protects, such as biometric.
Facebook was never pre-installed on iPhone. A Facebook integration was, which required you to sign up or link before it worked.
Hope they don't track my pupils to make sure I've read every word of the EULA before I can proceed to checkout.
This must be the first product for me where, even before the use case is totally clear to me, I know that it accepts payments.
I'm truly sick and tired of seeing this picture of ski goggles accompanying every single mention of Apple and Virtual Augmented Whatever.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
See Meta thread in the last few days. They showed what this thing may ACTUALLY look like- very much not ski goggles- and this crowd ripped it to shreds. Apparently ski goggles is more acceptable to the fandom. Just be sure it has an Apple logo on it.
All you people can do is complain and hate. **** you
I am bored of Apple's allegedly VR/AR headset now because for the past couple of years all we keep hearing about is what the VR/AR headset is supposed to do and nothing about what it can actually do. There is not even pictures of it, not even leaked pictures (as happens with many other Apple products) and worse still they are supposed to be releasing ver 2 when ver 1 hasn't even bee released yet.
Now, everytime I see a MR front page article about Apple VR/AR I am automatically going to ignore it until the day I see MR make a thread title saying 'Apple VR/AR headset released!!' because i see no point otherwise.
Now, everytime I see a MR front page article about Apple VR/AR I am automatically going to ignore it until the day I see MR make a thread title saying 'Apple VR/AR headset released!!' because i see no point otherwise.
So the big question about Apple Reality now is, what are they gonna do about software? Because this headset cannot afford a closed ecosystem like the iPhone can especially since they're gonna start with the Pro headset at possibly over $2000. Quest Pro can get away with it's big pricetag since it already has access to the entire Quest library of games and software as well as PCVR compatibility via the Link Cable so it's covered. If Apple Reality can't be connected to PCVR...then it's gonna be a much harder sell for developers, enterprise, and professionals who are looking more towards the Quest Pro
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Folks....consider the source of this comment. Earlier this week he started a thread titled "Am I Stupid..."
"We think you're really going to love it!"
The internet: Why doesn't Apple do a new thing?
Also the internet: Why is Apple doing a new thing?
Also the internet: Why is Apple doing a new thing?
This sounds like planned leaking to give users pause before investing in a Meta Quest. For all we know, Apples interpretation might suck too.
I can't wait to spend $2500 so I can "quickly log in and make payments."
My guess is, this is because the internet is full of different people, who have different opinions.
I think Meta/FB gave VR a really, really good shot. It's kinda becoming clear that most people don't find a use case for VR in their daily lives.
What problems is Apple trying to solve here? What's lacking in our daily lives? The whole concept just seems so forced and superflous, as opposed to Apple's other major products that actually made people's daily lives easier.
What problems is Apple trying to solve here? What's lacking in our daily lives? The whole concept just seems so forced and superflous, as opposed to Apple's other major products that actually made people's daily lives easier.