100% it’s the same thing all over again lol. It’s funny to see how negative people are being against this honestly 😂
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Tim Cook: Not Too Long From Now, You'll Wonder How You Led Your Life Without AR
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Y'all mean the old timers who survived. A lot of them didn't, do various diseases😬, purges and war😑. The toughest folks today are stronger than the toughest folks of back then. We don't measure up because were comparing the top 95% (Us) of one group with the top 50% (old timers who didn't die) of another.
I'd be a casualty of survival of the fittest if not for advances in technology. Without glasses🤓, I'd be wondering why everyone is running the wrong way during a hunt before being trampled by a stampede of bisons.😰
Glasses are be fashion accessories. Goggles, not so much. Until they can shrink the tech an unobtrusive package and produce AR glasses (like the Den-noh megane from Dennoh Coil) that can pass for regular specticles, it ain't gonna be mainstream.
Until then, I might be interested in AR glasses that fits over one eye like a DBZ scouter.
I'd rig one up to emit a powder plume when every I shout, "His power level is over 10,000? Impossible!"😁
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Spot on! That always seems to happen here. Ditto with iPod and iPhone.
It's always a race to the bottom with people letting everyone else know how bad a new Apple tech device will flop. It's like people intentionally leave their imaginations at the door. Scleroticism at its finest.
Preach. While I love tech and the benefits of it, the overload is slowly killing our society. From Social Media to our undivided attention to tech, is affecting us all in a very negative way.
"Not Too Long From Now, You'll Wonder How You Led Your Life Without AR". He said the same thing about the Apple Watch... and I here I am, 7 years later, no Apple Watch... not wondering. 
"Not Too Long From Now, You'll Wonder How You Led Your Life Without AR". He said the same thing about the Apple Watch... and I here I am, 7 years later, no Apple Watch... not wondering.
Same
I've even tried the Watch a couple times (bought/return or sold) and I simply don't want it
I'm not wondering about it either -- I've flat out confirmed my lack of interest!
"Not Too Long From Now, You'll Wonder How You Led Your Life Without AR". He said the same thing about the Apple Watch... and I here I am, 7 years later, no Apple Watch... not wondering.
I personally agree with him about the Apple Watch because it’s a very important device. It has saved countless lives and identified illnesses so people were able to seek medical treatment.
I also agree with you. You should have a choice as to what technology you want and need. Some people have never driven a car. Some people have never been on the Internet. Some people don’t even have electricity in their houses.
Or maybe it will be like the HomePod, the Apple Newton, the touchbar, and so on.
If they get it as right as the airpods you can be satisfied, let alone reinvent the mobile phone.
The future moves forward not backwards sir. People who aren’t visionaries only see what was, not what is or will be. AR/VR is the future, don’t be the oddball out fighting against innovation.
VR was the future in 1990, Michael Douglas was all over it, haven’t you seen Disclosure?
Also flying cars
Then somebody realized that planes and helicopters are flying cars
About AR/VR, the jury is still out, but it’s possible that people realize it’s only a poor substitute for the smartphone or a traditional display. Nothing beats reality in terms of realism
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Meh.
At this point I'm just looking forward to the day when my $1600+tax Apple display has reliably functioning audio out of the box.
At this point I'm just looking forward to the day when my $1600+tax Apple display has reliably functioning audio out of the box.
Because horses or cars had no impact on social interaction. People still talked to each other. AR furthers people's cognitive and physical decline.
VR is a simulation of 4D worlds where you don’t move, over a 4D world where you move
They’re limited resolution and computing power renders of an unlimited world
Why would one use that?
I get that it may be somewhat attractive for porn and industrial applications, but day to day, meh.
And AR, when you have all the information in the world in your pocket? For mainstream users, meh.
Big tech cos have to look for the next big thing to justify their valuations and assure their stockholders, and I’m thinking they just have no idea what to show us and therefore are overcooking a futuristic idea from 30 years ago, hoping it sticks.
The more I see what Meta and the competition are doing the more I think they’re desperate and shooting in the dark
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If you have enough money there is nothing wrong with it. Most of us don't.
I don't have to step over homeless people to buy groceries. I don't have to worry about getting mugged if I dress up. And of course if you have never lived free and crime free, then you may not even know what you are missing.
We have neighbors that still don't lock their doors. Try that in any major city.
My neighbors in fidi don’t lock their doors, although there is a doorman and front desk.
Homelessness is a sad development but I would say it’s virtually omnipresent in the US, bar small villages.
I was in DC recently and the amount of tents was staggering
What did Apple say after you contacted them for warranty service?
Mine has been working great since I got it. Superb image quality and outstanding sound for a display - a nice bonus.
I get how someone would think that if they were completely severed from reality.
Amazing how all the people worrying about social interaction have thousands of posts on MacRumors.
Anyway, I'm more interested in VR, to enhance the experiences I have with people who aren't physically with me, rather than AR which may distract when I am physically with others.
I get much more physical exercise when I'm playing a VR game than when I'm sitting on a couch playing a standard console game.
Well said!
I had cell phones before there were even flip phones. (first one was a bag phone). I saw what it could do for me and I liked it.
I bought the early smart phones, Windows, Android, iPhone. I saw what they could do for me and I liked it
I bought one of the first pre-assembled computers, a Radio Shack Model 1 level 1 with 3K of RAM for a lot of money at the time. I saw the uses!
I bought the first Apple Watch and loved it. (This is actually the portable device I use most)
I've had many, many, different computers, smart cell phones, smart watches. I saw what I could do and did them.
For VR and AR, not so much. I only get in these threads to see if someone actually comes up with a compelling use that helps *me*.
Edit: I forgot to mention digital assistants -- that's another area I've bought many devices and love them. I use an Echo Show all the time.
The Apple Newton would be in the same category as the Motorola in the analogy, a precursor to the smartphone.
And while the HomePod may not have been a major hit, the smart speaker category is a fairly popular category of device.
The touchbar is just one small aspect of a device.