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  • Apple Vision Pro developer kits will be made available eventually, and to a select crowd

    thethirdshoethethirdshoe
    Liked the message the keynote ended on.

    The adult in the room was the Vision Pro.
    The other person was just a little kid, the Other wannabes.
    The actions came across as:
    You've been served.
    Your (really you are) toast.
    Then Apple stuck their collective tongue back out at them.
     :p 


    Anilu_777watto_cobra

  • Apple's headset will need killer apps & services to be successful

    thethirdshoethethirdshoe
    emoeller said:
    Everyone told me the very same thing in 1978 when I parted with a month's salary (pre-tax) to purchase an Apple computer (s/n 6387).   It changed my life both personally and professionally.  As to my use case for a mixed reality headset - I can see this as essentially a super high resolution TV first - think having a portable AppleTV/internet streaming with 4k Atmos for travel.  Essentially a replacement for a large high end 4K/8K TV (even at $3k the price is right for this now).  The second use case would be as a portable computer monitor for spreadsheets, games, word processing, video editing, photography, music, etc.  This is going to take some time to get be optimized, but it will be the future of computing.  Finally, the ultimate use case is shared communications (audio/video in 3-d VR) with shared access to computer screens, data, visualizations, mapping, apps and programming etc. etc..  
    I bought an Apple IIe in 1983 or so for college. $2500 loan ($7614.53 today) included main unit with: DuoDisk, Apple Monitor II, Apple Modem and Extended 80-Column Text Card. The Apple Modem (2800 baud) alone was $500. I knew some folks that were using an acoustic modem (you set the handset on it after dialing).

    1) $3000 is "of course I will buy it".  
    The simple use case of using it for virtual monitors is a wash.  If it seems like a couple of Apple studio displays, you're coming out ahead.
    If it seems like a Pro Display, XDR, maybe not so likely, you're way ahead.  I will probably get the new Mac Mini M2 Pro to pair it with. (unless they announce a better computer at WWDC)

    2) "analysts at TD Cowen believe introducing the mixed-reality headset is merely the initial step, as they predict that Apple will launch a virtual reality-focused headset in 2024"
    These guys are just wrong. The number one thing will be mixed reality. They are stuck on "they have a hammer so everything is a nail."

    3) Another article I read, asking a person about the Apple headset with a person at a VR firm. Every other sentence was VR this and VR that.  VR, VR, VR.
    They are going to get stomped. All capitals.

    4) My wife had surgery a couple of days ago. I'm sitting there watching the nurses shove around paperwork, typing stuff into the monitor that was in the room. It looked so primitive. One had to pull out a calculator to determine the rate for the saline drip. That is all going to go away within 10 years.

    watto_cobraFileMakerFeller

  • No one can agree on what the Apple VR Headset will cost to make

    thethirdshoethethirdshoe
    " That is if any of these reports are accurate, since technically only one can be."

    And now they know which leaks came from where...
    watto_cobra

  • Tim Cook's whirlwind China tour continues with 'Genshin Impact' dev visit

    thethirdshoethethirdshoe
    waveparticle said:
    China is reopening to the world. Elon's mother visited China with new book signings and touring various cities. This is completely unlike the Xi that @tmay is trying to convey. 
    You couldn't say the opposite of this in china could you? They would lock you up so fast...
    Yes the government of china sucks...
    tmay

  • Apple shows MR headset to executives ahead of rumored June unveiling

    thethirdshoethethirdshoe
    It seems they have started allowing chat bots to make comments
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