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I would expect Macs updated to the M3 family first half of ‘24; and what Kuo is referencing is likely an M4 event. 

M3 Mac Studio (and others) could well be simple press release updates without an event.

We’ll be getting M3 in an iPad pretty soon, so the Macs need to keep ahead. 

Eventually Apple might have to introduce a new tier of apps that can be exempt from only using in-app purchases - but costs say $10 per install paid by the developer - up-front payment by the developer of a minimum number of installs, and the installs stop when their balance runs to zero.

After all, Apple deserve to get paid for use of their platform, no-one can argue against that. 

One would hope Apple will disable any AppleID using this “service”. 

When the iPhone launched I’d been working in a web dev agency for years. I remember saying to my boss in 2005 that I wanted the real internet in my pocket not this cut-down mobile alternative, almost text version, of websites that was de rigueur at the time. The iPhone and iPad solved that problem, they made greater and more personal access to media a reality.

The problem that the VP will solve, for me, is also greater and more personal still, access to media.

Immersion like live events. I wanted to go to PowerTrip festival this year but couldn’t - I would have paid a good chunk of money to have access to a great stream into a personal VP device at home. Yes it wouldn’t be the same but it would have still been great, I would get a better view not have to put up with the a-holes who hold a mobile phone up in front of you blocking your view, and be much closer to the action. This single stream could of course be sold to a thousand people at once, I’m sure it could make a lot of money. I wouldn’t be surprised if major events go this route for general access and it will cost far, far more to attend in person.

You can bet Kiss and ABBA will be embracing the technology when they see how much money they can make with their digital avatars.

Immersion like FaceTime video in 3d, I bet Apple can solve the issue of removing the headset from the image of the person wearing it whilst retaining the 3D video to that same person. 3D TV failed due to the size of the displays imho, I love 3D but on a small screen like an 65” TV it’s just not worth it. on my 120” wide home cinema it’s far superior to 4K due to the immersion, again imho. 

I think when people experience 3D videos in VP they will start to think it’s like time-travel due to the immersion - it will get emotional folks. You just know that in time the technology will exist for these previously recorded videos to be recreated by the computer as an interactive version, maybe at first the digital avatars will be able to wave or smile back at you but the technology will continue to push the boundaries. We currently have Personal Voice, but in time we will have Personal Video and our ancestors will be able to talk to digital versions of earlier generations.

The great thing is Apple just needs to keep going, and see it as a process and they can afford to keep ahead of the curve, making things more personal and more immersive.  

I remember making interactive training CD-ROMs in the 90s, so yes VR will improve this area but the resolution/quality has to be there. I went to a VR experience recently - they were using Quest devices and to be honest it felt retro as the resolution was so poor. VP will not have this problem.  

I suspect they won’t remove the eyesight feature, but they might reduce the resolution for both the eyesight feature and the wearer’ visible resolution and also the quality of materials for a more consumer focused version (along with a change to lenses, likely using a new dedicated ASi to change the vision/focus on the fly? - maybe they’ll call that new chip V1 or F1).

Of course, with less resolution comes less processing requirements so I think V2 consumer unit will have same ASi processor as the V1 (by which time it’s cost will have greatly reduced), but the V2 Pro will have better ASi chips. So either M2 or M3 in V1 Pro, same in V2 Consumer and M3 or M4 in V2 Pro. imho. I would hope that the V1 Pro gets M3 not the previously indicated M2 unless M3 is just not needed.