Why can't anyone innovate anymore? Why is everything in the industry an oroborus eating its own shit? Just fads chasing fads and nobody ever has a unique (let alone good) idea.
I demoed the Vision Pro recently (live in a country with no Apple Store), and I have to admit, I really enjoyed the experience. But it was too bulky and too pricy.
Subsequently, I've tried a pair of Xreal One. I really like the concept, especially for what I used it for, which was as a secondary monitor when hooked to my MBP. Probably a niche use-case for sure, but if Apple can pull it off with a better resolution, it's something I would seriously consider purchasing.
I wonder if Apple will be able to bridge the biggest gap between their hardware and Meta’s: the price gap
The new Ray Ban AR glasses retail at a Meta subsidized $800 - has Apple ever released subsidized hardware?
I remember when the Vision Pro’s BoM got leaked prior to announcement and people calculated out the pre-bulk discount cost at around $2500 (iirc). I saw crazy posts predicting it would get subsidized down to $2k, some saying they’d eat R&D and price it at hw cost, and a few realists claiming $2750-3000 was a more realistic target. It launched at $3500.
If history is any guide, it won’t matter if Apple Glass 1.0 is a generation and a half above whatever Meta is selling if they keep going with the 5x price differential.
I have owned both Quest 3 and the Vision Pro. It is safe to say that what Meta lacks in quality, it makes up for with creativity.
When I initially bought the Quest 3, it felt unnatural, bulky, and had a poor resolution. I regretted the purchase after a few minutes. But then I started downloading apps, mainly social apps like "Big Screen", where random people can create/join rooms. I started joining these rooms with my 480p avatar with low expectations. But to my surprise, each room was unique, with crypto talks, atheist/religious debates. I accidentally even stumbled on a rap battle room, where people were passing around a mic and free styling. All of a sudden, it felt like the Metaverse. The social interaction overshadowed the corky avatar and somehow convinced my brain that I was talking to a real human being and not an avatar.
I got invited to demo the Vision Pro prior to its release. They had already announced it at WWDC at this point. Given the price tag and the fact that it is Apple, I had high expectations. I was not disappointed. In fact, I was even more amazed. The cinema was phenomenal. After a few updates, my avatar or persona, like Apple likes to call it, looked just like me. But the plateau came too fast. Everything I tried on demoed the first day was everything it had to offer, just with different content. I still use the Vision Pro 2/3 times a week to watch movies or shows, and it is still a mind-blowing experience, but nothing that would make me rush to put the Vision Pro on.
I wish Apple would follow Meta’s footprint and bring more social apps to the Vision Pro. I don't want to be on FaceTime with people I know and watch an Apple TV show. I want to join rooms with randoms arguing about why Bitcoin will be in the future.
People were convinced that Apple was playing 4D chess with Liquid Glass and how that's going to prep the normies to the new world of VR.
Now that Vision is a certified dud (killedbyapple?) I wonder what'll happen to those thought leaders who were breathlessly trying to make sense of a UX upgrade
So long as the glasses have some sort of HUD where I can read messages, track heath metrics rather than a pair of glasses with a camera and voice integration only.
I really don't see the value in sunglasses that I can talk to, I want augmented reality or a HUD.
Is there a reliable source for this that ISN’T Gurman or Bloomberg? He’s got a track record of spouting bullshit so he can drive the AAPL needle on the Terminal.
"If you were a product person at IBM or Xerox, so you make a better copier or computer. So what? When you have monopoly market share, the company's not any more successful.
So the people that can make the company more successful are sales and marketing people, and they end up running the companies. And the product people get driven out of the decision making forums, and the companies forget what it means to make great products. The product sensibility and the product genius that brought them to that monopolistic position gets rotted out by people running these companies that have no conception of a good product versus a bad product."
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[ 5.0 ms ] story [ 34.5 ms ] threadNow, the problem is that nobody likes smartglasses/"AI glasses"
Subsequently, I've tried a pair of Xreal One. I really like the concept, especially for what I used it for, which was as a secondary monitor when hooked to my MBP. Probably a niche use-case for sure, but if Apple can pull it off with a better resolution, it's something I would seriously consider purchasing.
The new Ray Ban AR glasses retail at a Meta subsidized $800 - has Apple ever released subsidized hardware?
I remember when the Vision Pro’s BoM got leaked prior to announcement and people calculated out the pre-bulk discount cost at around $2500 (iirc). I saw crazy posts predicting it would get subsidized down to $2k, some saying they’d eat R&D and price it at hw cost, and a few realists claiming $2750-3000 was a more realistic target. It launched at $3500.
If history is any guide, it won’t matter if Apple Glass 1.0 is a generation and a half above whatever Meta is selling if they keep going with the 5x price differential.
When I initially bought the Quest 3, it felt unnatural, bulky, and had a poor resolution. I regretted the purchase after a few minutes. But then I started downloading apps, mainly social apps like "Big Screen", where random people can create/join rooms. I started joining these rooms with my 480p avatar with low expectations. But to my surprise, each room was unique, with crypto talks, atheist/religious debates. I accidentally even stumbled on a rap battle room, where people were passing around a mic and free styling. All of a sudden, it felt like the Metaverse. The social interaction overshadowed the corky avatar and somehow convinced my brain that I was talking to a real human being and not an avatar.
I got invited to demo the Vision Pro prior to its release. They had already announced it at WWDC at this point. Given the price tag and the fact that it is Apple, I had high expectations. I was not disappointed. In fact, I was even more amazed. The cinema was phenomenal. After a few updates, my avatar or persona, like Apple likes to call it, looked just like me. But the plateau came too fast. Everything I tried on demoed the first day was everything it had to offer, just with different content. I still use the Vision Pro 2/3 times a week to watch movies or shows, and it is still a mind-blowing experience, but nothing that would make me rush to put the Vision Pro on.
I wish Apple would follow Meta’s footprint and bring more social apps to the Vision Pro. I don't want to be on FaceTime with people I know and watch an Apple TV show. I want to join rooms with randoms arguing about why Bitcoin will be in the future.
People were convinced that Apple was playing 4D chess with Liquid Glass and how that's going to prep the normies to the new world of VR.
Now that Vision is a certified dud (killedbyapple?) I wonder what'll happen to those thought leaders who were breathlessly trying to make sense of a UX upgrade
I really don't see the value in sunglasses that I can talk to, I want augmented reality or a HUD.
It would be nice if they did something slightly less predictable. Of course then they’d have to start taking risks again…