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  • Jon Stewart became a problem for Apple TV+

    jimh2jimh2
    It rarely occurs to the Hollywood types that there show might not be performing adequately or their content sucked or Apple had received complaints about or Apple wanted to spend their money on something else. I doubt Jon Steward ever thought he could be the reason.
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  • Why Apple Vision Pro's constant strobing matters to your health

    jimh2jimh2
    Probably the best written in most informative post I’ve read on Apple Insider. It’s a topic that most would never consider. 
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  • Now the US government is demanding users not wear Apple Vision Pro while driving

    jimh2jimh2
    goofy1958 said:
    freeassociate2 said:
    Given how many people I see using their phones (mostly in their hands) while driving and while biking, I expect this to be an issue that won’t go away until there’s a unit you can use while piloting a vehicle of some kind. Having a heads up display in these situations, if they can enhance safety, would be a good thing. [NOTE: Boston has more shitty, inattentive, red-light blowing, willfully endangering others drivers and riders, than any other place I’ve been. Including the NY metro area and suburbs. Too many people lean into being a “masshole” when they get on the road. I pray for the day when people can no longer drive/ride without an AI minder.] (I’m sure there will be comments after this insisting that it’s a right to be a shitty driver/rider, or that they personally are the best driver/rider in the world, or some other such nonsense. You’re not. Your’re a shitty, distracted, entitled driver like everyone else. And the sooner we remove humans from the driver’s seat, the better.)
    Try driving on the DC Beltway anytime during the day. It will make Metro NY look like a cakewalk.
    One can dream about what is or is not a cakewalk. Literally no comparison to NYC traffic. It sounds impressive though. 
    watto_cobra

  • Morgan Stanley dubs Apple Vision Pro a 'free call option on spatial computing'

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    tht said:
    Morgan Stanley currently forecasts that Apple's headset business will "conservatively" ramp up to $4 billion per year in revenue after four years. In theory, this would be below the product ramps of the Apple Watch and AirPods in their post-launch timings.
    $4b per year is 1.1m units at $3500 in the 4th year of sales? Yeah, conservative. They may be able to do that in year 2 or year 3.

    As a contrast, Meta's Reality Labs division has never made $4b per year. Here's Reality Labs' financial performance:


    This is amazing, and speaks to Zuckerberg's absolutely control of Meta. That operating loss line continues to scale with the revenue line. This implies that if Meta sells more Quest units, they will have more operating losses. IOW, for every Quest sale they have at $500, they lose about $2500.

    A normal CEO would have stopped this a year ago, at least. That loss line has to stop getter bigger. There has to be projections in Meta when the Quest ecosystem can pay for itself, and it looks very far away. 

    Would be interesting to see what the AVP financials are like.
    Meta’s business model is tried and true, all but give something away at a loss hoping it will catch on and volume will make up the difference as the cost to manufacture decreases. It is a successful business model for entering an evolving field or taking out existing companies. Apple has never played that game which is why their early products are expensive and are substantially more developed at launch. 
    jas99Bart Ywatto_cobra

  • Apple Vision Pro is motivating a giant California health provider

    jimh2jimh2
    I see the greatest uses being while examining a patient or performing surgery and being able to reference things in real time while still looking at the patient and making observations. During surgery doctors could have access to references for what they’re doing while simultaneously performing the surgery. In the case of unknown circumstances, other doctors could be brought into visualize the situation. 

    The idea of being able to have reference materials, such as data sheets and videos while repairing something will be invaluable. No need to fuss with an iPad watching a how to repair video to only have to flip back-and-forth between the two losing your train of thought. 
    jas99gilly33watto_cobra