LordeHawk

cs38 said:

Who is John Galt?

Couldn’t have said it better myself, scary implications.

I don’t care what your party is, this should scare every American.  Foreign mega corps would have an unfair advantage in the global economy.  She obviously doesn’t care about the American economy.

Why don’t we let consumers vote with their money.  For the most part, vertical integration creates more benefit to the customer.  There’s so many more important issues than Apple creating a safe and secure iOS market place and selling some goods in it.  Oh wait, they’re all free... 

She doesn’t have any reservation, pardon the pun...

Honestly, Apple might be the only company that can currently develop the sophisticated computer on chip needed to make AR mainstream.  The extremely low system latency required is nothing short of a technological miracle.  For anyone interested in a basic breakdown of this complex technology, read below.

Local on device processing of HD camera feeds by neuron mimicking cores, provides  scene analysis, object detection and metadata tagging.  Separate eye tracking cameras/sensors must image the iris to determine eye focus, analogous to an object has focus in programming (mouse hover).  Additional data is collected from microphones, gyroscopes, accelerometers  and distance range finding, to provide scene context.

Collected sensor metadata must process onboard, querying iCloud datasets when necessary and assisting the device’s machine learning when presented with unidentifiable data.  As metadata is processed in real-time against a branch  tree of options, the GPUs must render visual overlays matching the wearer’s viewpoint and orientation.  This overlay must be able to change extremely fast as the wearer looks around and changes focus.  Any lag in the system will be noticeable to the viewer and will keep AR from mainstream acceptance.  In case that doesn’t seem like enough, also consider the achilles’ heel, low light.

Some interesting notes on this technology and future features.  As sensor technology miniaturizes and becomes cheaper, whole new vistas become possible by adding specialized cameras including; night vision, heat (think Predator), microwave, X-ray, etc.  Whether advanced sensors, basic magnification, or visualization of the virtual world, this technology has the potential to affect humanity greater than the internet.

Facebook didn’t buy Oculus for games, they missed the mobile phone evolution, they don’t intend to miss the AR/VR revolution.  Since they will literally have access to everything you look at, I will place my trust with Apple.

mike fix said:

The Galaxy Fold is the first phone I want that isn't an iPhone.  Due to Apple's lack of a new mac pro which is causing me to switch to PC, Samsung is giving me a good reason to upgrade from my iPhone.

What would that “good” reason be?

I can wait while you google some possible answers.....

Strange that you gave a reason for the computer switch, but didn’t articulate the reason behind your $2000 bag of trade-offs.

AppleExposed said:

I thought HomeKit was the developer name. What a terrible name for consumers. Just call it "Home".

HomeKit references the underlying API, most  Apple API references follow this nomenclature. Home is the App to control everything through a GUI.

SpamSandwich said:

Where’s my transparent aluminum? 

I got you bro, “Hello computer...”

I don’t understand the comments on use case, and perceived value.  If you tell me the concept is in Westworld, might I point out that you’re  referencing a niche use case from a science fiction show that has nothing todo with real world usage.

Why do you think we will carry around foldable screens in the future?  Apple Watch and Apple glasses are all you need.  Requiring physical screens is so 2000, you have to pick them up and hold them...

Also, would it of killed any of these folding screen companies to make the aspect ratio video friendly, some of us do watch things...