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Apple unveils their new VR headset LIVE @ WWDC

Buggy Loop

Member
Maybe in 5-10 years when it's indiscernible from a normal pair of eye glasses and cost's half as much. Vision Pro is a pretty good first step.

I think that would be a very optimistic timeline for that form factor.

It's maybe a gen away from this form factor. Like it's already very close, but still more bulky (outward from face) than the ready player one headset.

ready-player-one-oasis-warner.jpg


Still boggles my mind peoples would not try VR/AR with that form factor. Where does it stop, at glasses peoples will say it should be a contact lens? Then it should be an implant directly to your brain?
 

The Fartist

Gold Member
I think that would be a very optimistic timeline for that form factor.

It's maybe a gen away from this form factor. Like it's already very close, but still more bulky (outward from face) than the ready player one headset.

ready-player-one-oasis-warner.jpg


Still boggles my mind peoples would not try VR/AR with that form factor. Where does it stop, at glasses peoples will say it should be a contact lens? Then it should be an implant directly to your brain?
I would totally try it, but trying and buying are two completely different things. Eyeglasses is where it stops for me, fuck contact lenses, and they can fuck right off with brain implants, whoever "they" are.
 

Fess

Member
Some really impressive stuff shown, but there's no way in hell I'll wear this thing and pretend I don't look like a total dork/asshole. Maybe in 5-10 years when it's indiscernible from a normal pair of eye glasses and cost's half as much. Vision Pro is a pretty good first step.
Nobody is going to wear this outside in the open, not even the rich kids, looks dorky and would be like asking for a robbery. We’ll probably see some celebrity pretend to use it in an ad but that’s about it.

Btw, this is 2x RTX 4090 in price. Let that sink in.
 
And most of the features that has been shown, I can do this with my Windows Mixed Reality headset that I bought from eBay for £149.00.

 

The Fartist

Gold Member
Okay I’m listening, what is it about those places?
Uh, both are tech obsessed, full of tech employees with incomes that can easily afford one of these. I remember when Google glass first came out there were quite a few people wearing them out in the open, back when I lived in SF, needless to say, they got clowned.
 

diffusionx

Gold Member
Uh, both are tech obsessed, full of tech employees with incomes that can easily afford one of these. I remember when Google glass first came out there were quite a few people wearing them out in the open, back when I lived in SF, needless to say, they got clowned.
I remember when the Google Glass came out. Everyone made fun of it because it was dumb as hell, but all the tech nerds treated it like an inevitability and soon enough everyone will be using a Google Glass. Well needless to say that doesn't happen. So just because a bunch of tech dorks with more money than sense decide to drop a bunch of money to be an early adopter doesn't mean that they are 5 years ahead of everyone else. It could just be a bad idea that won't catch on. Vision Pro has a much greater chance of success than Google Glass but just because Apple is releasing it doesn't mean it is an inevitability.
 

The Fartist

Gold Member
I remember when the Google Glass came out. Everyone made fun of it because it was dumb as hell, but all the tech nerds treated it like an inevitability and soon enough everyone will be using a Google Glass. Well needless to say that doesn't happen. So just because a bunch of tech dorks with more money than sense decide to drop a bunch of money to be an early adopter doesn't mean that they are 5 years ahead of everyone else. It could just be a bad idea that won't catch on. Vision Pro has a much greater chance of success than Google Glass but just because Apple is releasing it doesn't mean it is an inevitability.
The argument was whether people would wear these things outside or not, so you're saying yes?
 

diffusionx

Gold Member
The argument was whether people would wear these things outside or not, so you're saying yes?
I think wearing a $3500 conspicuous headset in a place like San Francisco where basic law and order is deteriorating rapidly is a really, REALLY bad idea lmao.

Maybe some tech dorks will wear them, but it's not representative of anything and doesn't show anything except that they are tech dorks.
 

Fess

Member
Uh, both are tech obsessed, full of tech employees with incomes that can easily afford one of these. I remember when Google glass first came out there were quite a few people wearing them out in the open, back when I lived in SF, needless to say, they got clowned.
I still doubt they’ll be walking around outside de with these on. Maybe they’ll use it in the office around the launch but I think even that will be a rare sight. I’m just not sold on the idea that someone will casually use this like they use a phone or tablet.
 

sachos

Member
A lot of what they showed is not something new but it has been in research steps for too long, its cool to see it finally all together in one product like those holographics eyes, helping to make it more socially aceptable.
The resolution seems to be really impressive, more than 4K per eye, with enough resolution it means infinite high quality displays in your home. I wonder about HDR and how many nits it has, at some point you will be get a cinema screen in your home indistinguishable from a real one.
Also photorealistic AR avatars merged with upcoming AI LLM based bots, you know where am going.
The price is insane but i hope it pushes every other company to develop more afordable solutions, like the iPhone did.
 

mckmas8808

Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I think that would be a very optimistic timeline for that form factor.

It's maybe a gen away from this form factor. Like it's already very close, but still more bulky (outward from face) than the ready player one headset.

ready-player-one-oasis-warner.jpg


Still boggles my mind peoples would not try VR/AR with that form factor. Where does it stop, at glasses peoples will say it should be a contact lens? Then it should be an implant directly to your brain?

Those people just don't like the idea of VR/AR in general. I wouldn't worry about those people.
 
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