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Mike Wuerthele said:

And, it's not like your old gear is going to burst into flames, or Apple will renovate the entire product line top to bottom immediately. Windows compatibility will still be around on the "Pro"-level hardware for a while.

Apple transitioned the entire Mac product line to Intel in about 14 months time from the original announcement of the transition, and in about 7 months time from availability of the first X86 Mac models.

Apple's transition to Intel was kicked off with an X86 system that ran stealthily inside a PowerMac G5 enclosure. These "Transition Kits" were loaned to developers for $999. A few months later, the kits had to be returned to Apple, but developers could opt at the same time to receive an X86 iMac for free.
Rumors suggest this time that no transition hardware will be provided... Apple is going to jump right in with ARM products. And this raises the question of whether Apple has been able to use the T1 and T2 coprocessors all along to facilitate a complete transition. It still seems a bit risky not to have widespread availability to developers, both internal and external to Apple, of a purely ARM architecture system, though. Perhaps the rumored ARM iMac will only be available to developers at first.

I'm a developer, don't do video, but tried one and found my 5-year old Benq 32-inch IPS was easier on the eyes for off-axis viewing.randominternetperson said:

Huh?  Why is eye strain from off-axis viewing particularly relevant?  Do you often work with your screen turned away from you?

Unless seated at an infinite distance from a monitor, only the center is being viewed perpendicularly and the sides are viewed off-axis. I sit centered about 2 feet from my 32-inch monitor (and the XDR when I had it). I believe the off-axis difference between the Benq and Apple is due to the smaller dot pitch of the Apple: 4K vs. 6K. Eyes are ~4 inches apart which creates a different impression for each off-axis. Thanks for asking.

hentaiboy said:

Of course for these apps to be effective, over 80% of the population need to be using them.

Can’t see that happening in the good ol’ USA where people are boycotting even Lockdowns ߤ覬t;/div>

IMHO 80% seems too high of a minimum requirement. It would be helpful if Apple and Google, who know all the details about how it works, would publish some theoretical statistics.

Really tragic about Pence visiting covid patients without a mask.  The people in charge of the federal government simply don't get it, that it would be possible to keep the economy open for the most part if people "just" behaved smarter... and consistently so. Look at all of the sacrifice we've made and trillions of $$ spent so far, and how easily now it could be for naught.

O.T.: Trump's cronies in the health insurance business who will surely contribute big to his reelection are racking up the profits while non-emergent procedures are on hold, while hospitals and hospital employees are paying with their livelihoods and lives.

If this invention uses holography, it's in the manufacture of the device, not during its use. The manufacture would create a hologram that is then incorporated and used in the device. IMHO it is technically incorrect to say the device itself uses holography. The device uses a hologram, but not holography.