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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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There are iPhones for $1600... of course this will be between 2,000 and 3,000. Another question though... will the first wave of these be developer kits in modest numbers for carefully chosen developers? The device needs apps.
He looks like someone's grandma in that picture.
Y'all placing words in their mouths. If you pay closer attention and read between the lines, it's more "The technology is still too immature, not ready to take on the task it's developers dream it will someday."
I see the same kind of talk when folks talk about folding phones. I feel as they do. It's not ready for prime time.
I remember when arial photography was the perview of military and those with deep pockets. Early generation arial photos required airplanes and massive cameras like the K-17 Fairchild.
(I don't think I'd attempt to hand hold a K-17😬.) Now technology has matured enough that even kids can afford to do arial (drone) photography.
Indoor plumbing is for the weak. 🙃Electricity and running water have made your generation soft and weak.🙃
So what if most of us died of dysentery trying to get to Oregon. The rest of us were smart enough to stay put.😁
I agree that some people just feel that it’s not ready for prime time, and I think the same. The first few iterations of this are going to be for super nerdy people here that want to spend money on new technology. Maybe 5 to 10 years later it will be technology for normal people. It’s like when the cell phones came out they weren’t for everyone, but slowly they filtered down from a few elites to everyone.Y'all placing words in their mouths. If you pay closer attention and read between the lines, it's more "The technology is still too immature, not ready to take on the task it's developers dream it will someday."
I see the same kind of talk when folks talk about folding phones. I feel as they do. It's not ready for prime time.
I remember when arial photography was the perview of military and those with deep pockets. Early generation arial photos required airplanes and massive cameras like the K-17 Fairchild.
(I don't think I'd attempt to hand hold a K-17😬.) Now technology has matured enough that even kids can afford to do arial (drone) photography.
Indoor plumbing is for the weak. 🙃Electricity and running water have made your generation soft and weak.🙃
So what if most of us died of dysentery trying to get to Oregon. The rest of us were smart enough to stay put.😁
I may joke about it but some of those old timers were a lot tougher than me. Most of the ones I’m talking about are dead now but they did some things I wouldn’t survive.
As much as I miss having the 4-week battery life from my Siemens a56, I like phones where they are now. GPS and internet are tops. Ditto with a nice selection of casual games. That said, that's about where I get off the tech train. I'm not really into AR. Hell, I'm not even into wearable tech (especially some of the smart watches that are more costly than midranged phones!
). Granted, I also said I wouldn't get a smartphone, standalone GPS device, and point & shoot camera, so ya never know. However, if that does happen, it'll likely be due to the below...I'm not an early adaptor. Part of it is I like to wait a few generations for a product to better mature, but I'd like to wait even longer for prices to go down. I was spending $100 to $200 for my phones even 5 years back. Only recently did I update my budget to $500 (after the Pixel 6 was $100 off)
I'm concerned that it will most likely become an avenue from uninterrupted, intrusive, inescapable advertising.
Speaking at Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Naples, Italy, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that not too long from today, people will wonder how they led a life without augmented reality, stressing the "profound" impact it will have on the not so distant future.
At the university, Cook was awarded an Honorary Degree in Innovation and International Management and also sat down for a Q&A session with students. Responding to a question from a student on what future technologies excite him the most, Cook pointed to artificial intelligence, calling it a "fundamental, horizontal technology that will touch everything in our lives," ranging from innovations in the Apple Watch to "many other things" Apple is working on.
Cook, more importantly, stressed his excitement for augmented reality. Cook suggested that augmented reality's impact on the world will be as profound as the internet itself, saying people will wonder how they led a life without it. As he was speaking on augmented reality, the live stream of the Q&A session abruptly cut, so Cook's full comment on the subject is not publicly known.
Cook has in the past expressed his personal excitement for augmented reality and has hinted that Apple is working on AR/VR products. The company's first AR/VR product, a high-end headset rumored to be called "Reality Pro," is expected to be announced as soon as January. The headset has been in development for several years and will be Apple's first major new product since the "One more thing" introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014.
"Reality Pro" is rumored to feature a lightweight design, two 4K micro-OLED displays, 15 optical modules, two main processors, Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, eye tracking, and more. The headset will run the realityOS operating system, which was seemingly confirmed by App Store logs. The device is expected to cost somewhere around $3,000, with a more affordable option reportedly in the works.
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Yea, I've done the same, kinda in reverse, I have an LTE watch, and with any social function I don't bring my phone anymore. If it's critical I have my watch.
Same knowing what I have and the need for it for work etc, I wouldn't give it up (obviously anyone could), but if I could take a time machine back I glady would. I really only would miss google maps and texting.
For all the conveniences of all things digital, people were certainly happier and kids were more mentally stable before iPhones and social media.
This seems so far off, technology-wise. In order for an AR monitor to have the same pixel details in the projection as my real life monitor, the glasses would have to have a pixel resolution at least as high as my monitors combined. In the tiny frames. By that time that's possible, the image on actual monitors with power from a wall socket would likely look indistinguishable from a window into true reality. So the AR glasses might still feel relatively subpar.
What do you mean Tim? I already do (A)pple (R)eminiscing of the good old days.
Speaking at Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Naples, Italy, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that not too long from today, people will wonder how they led a life without augmented reality, stressing the "profound" impact it will have on the not so distant future.
At the university, Cook was awarded an Honorary Degree in Innovation and International Management and also sat down for a Q&A session with students. Responding to a question from a student on what future technologies excite him the most, Cook pointed to artificial intelligence, calling it a "fundamental, horizontal technology that will touch everything in our lives," ranging from innovations in the Apple Watch to "many other things" Apple is working on.
Cook, more importantly, stressed his excitement for augmented reality. Cook suggested that augmented reality's impact on the world will be as profound as the internet itself, saying people will wonder how they led a life without it. As he was speaking on augmented reality, the live stream of the Q&A session abruptly cut, so Cook's full comment on the subject is not publicly known.
Cook has in the past expressed his personal excitement for augmented reality and has hinted that Apple is working on AR/VR products. The company's first AR/VR product, a high-end headset rumored to be called "Reality Pro," is expected to be announced as soon as January. The headset has been in development for several years and will be Apple's first major new product since the "One more thing" introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014.
"Reality Pro" is rumored to feature a lightweight design, two 4K micro-OLED displays, 15 optical modules, two main processors, Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, eye tracking, and more. The headset will run the realityOS operating system, which was seemingly confirmed by App Store logs. The device is expected to cost somewhere around $3,000, with a more affordable option reportedly in the works.
Article Link: Tim Cook: Not Too Long From Now, You'll Wonder How You Led Your Life Without AR
Tim sounds like the ZuckerLizard talking about the metaverse.
Please Tim...
I am at that perfect age where I spent almost 50% of my life pre-internet and smart phones and 50% post. And yet, despite that, I would literally kill off both in a heartbeat if I could. Now you're telling me that I'm going to forget how to live once augmented reality becomes a mainstream thing?
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I am at that perfect age where I spent almost 50% of my life pre-internet and smart phones and 50% post. And yet, despite that, I would literally kill off both in a heartbeat if I could. Now you're telling me that I'm going to forget how to live once augmented reality becomes a mainstream thing?
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Just wanna say hello to readers in 2035 mocking at how badly the comments here have aged.
Inescapable advertising... literally close your eyes, take off the glasses, maybe look the other way. Suddenly physical billboards plastered across America, giant LED screens in metropolitans, have never existed.
This forum is an avenue for those that wants to complain, just to complain.
This forum is an avenue for those that wants to complain, just to complain.
Agreed but I think the ubiquitous nature of it is the real problem, which is at the intersection of tech and behavior. You call it a babysitter: one thing is having a babysitter to hire a babysitter for a few hours to go out on a date with your significant other, one thing is having this babysitter always with you; heck I see toddlers watching crap with an iPad even while grocery shopping.
Some people will for s*its and giggles. But how that contributes to the revolution is mice-nuts.
AR is a tool to help people and businesses solve problems. It's not for fun and games (though it can be).
No.
He is no doubt aware of the potential and the myriad applications and problems AR will help people solve.
Did MacrRumors get permission to use that photo of Tim from Madame Tussauds wax museum?
Speaking at Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Naples, Italy, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that not too long from today, people will wonder how they led a life without augmented reality, stressing the "profound" impact it will have on the not so distant future.
At the university, Cook was awarded an Honorary Degree in Innovation and International Management and also sat down for a Q&A session with students. Responding to a question from a student on what future technologies excite him the most, Cook pointed to artificial intelligence, calling it a "fundamental, horizontal technology that will touch everything in our lives," ranging from innovations in the Apple Watch to "many other things" Apple is working on.
Cook, more importantly, stressed his excitement for augmented reality. Cook suggested that augmented reality's impact on the world will be as profound as the internet itself, saying people will wonder how they led a life without it. As he was speaking on augmented reality, the live stream of the Q&A session abruptly cut, so Cook's full comment on the subject is not publicly known.
Cook has in the past expressed his personal excitement for augmented reality and has hinted that Apple is working on AR/VR products. The company's first AR/VR product, a high-end headset rumored to be called "Reality Pro," is expected to be announced as soon as January. The headset has been in development for several years and will be Apple's first major new product since the "One more thing" introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014.
"Reality Pro" is rumored to feature a lightweight design, two 4K micro-OLED displays, 15 optical modules, two main processors, Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, eye tracking, and more. The headset will run the realityOS operating system, which was seemingly confirmed by App Store logs. The device is expected to cost somewhere around $3,000, with a more affordable option reportedly in the works.
Article Link: Tim Cook: Not Too Long From Now, You'll Wonder How You Led Your Life Without AR