its a “render”.

Another bs article that shouldn't even be printed. Problem with internet is everyone is a journalist. Where is apple car and apple tv? Those are to be released 5+yrv ago. But stock may move in this bs story

We're talking a possible $2000-3000 device here.

I’m hoping that is a fan made concept image because that thing looks absolutely terribly uncomfortable

Another 10 years? No. But another 2 years while Facebook flails around trying to stay relevant doing the dirty work of explaining to your 50 year old aunt what VR even is. Sure.

Then, once there’s even a single compelling reason for the average person (apple doesn’t target niche groups with hardware) to want a VR headset, apple will unveil theirs.

The first iPhone was (I believe) $600 with no subsidy available when paying even $1 for a cell phone was unheard of.

The first iPod (the very first) was expensive relative to other mp3 players.

Again, by Apples playbook you don’t have to be cheap if your product is the best. And, again based on past products, having the first gen be somewhat unattainable for the average person only fuels the demand when gen 2 rolls around at a lower price.

No, there just isn’t a market for it. Even best use scenarios like gaming doesn’t have consumers biting on the tech and gamers will buy just about anything.

You think that just because it’s Apple that will change? Sorry man, this isn’t an MP3 player, phone, watch, headphones type situation where Apple can capitalize. It’s a severely floundering hardware segment and small things like cutting the cables to make it wireless and more user friendly isn’t going to solve the problems with the platform.

What I mean is that Apple is going to have to reinvent the wheel for this one to be a success, because there is nothing compelling to build from at the moment. Microsoft actually has a somewhat more viable market strategy for their headset, but it’s clearly not a consumer device.

It's hard to imagine anyone catching up with meta to be honest. They have invested agressivly and with billions of dollars developing so much new tech around flat lenses, ai based ar and camera tracking. Even with the workforce and money Apple has, is hard to compete with multiple billion dollars directed at one product.

Dr. Kuo, will you just stop talking for a second?

Every lame tip you get from some obscure supplier of a single part of some super complex alleged future product does not have day to day (or even quarter to quarter or year to year) importance. You are being used primarily as a stock market manipulation tool, as the stock market is hyper-focused on the short term.

They’ll come out with a product whenever they come out with it!

No amount of industry insider rumor has ever predicted the popularity or financial success of a new Apple product or their supply chain — often, it’s been the opposite. Stop!

Because Apple has been quietly watching from the sidelines, collecting data on the “meh” experience, and fixing what makes it “meh” to begin with.

See above comments. This is what they do, and they do it well.

> sell twice as many

Not this product though. It's rumored to be a very expensive device.

> but until anyone else releases a compelling VR/AR product, apple is never going to. They are not going to be the ones to tip their hands on what the next generation of these devices can be.

This isn't the smartphone era. VR/AR has a long road to maturity. Apple can't afford to wait another 10 years before they release something in this space, or they risk losing a top spot.

And they both know they sucked and ceased public iteration. VR/AR 2.0 is coming, they’re waiting for Apple to make the next move.

Samsung and google have already put out headsets. Samsung had gear vr which was pretty good for what it was. And google had one too. Neither were amazing in the long run.

With the current state of Meta and the general ‘meh’ status of VR gaming, why should Apple even be in a hurry to push out a product?

Probably needs a 4090Ti to run 60 FPS.

Weren’t the big ones all Steve Jobs tho conceptually?

Agreed. Others are playing or have played in the space. But there is a very good chance that whatever apple releases becomes the standard experience and then everyone shifts to copy as much as they legally can.

Kuo is full of shit. Any time his prediction doesn’t check out, he just claims a delay.

What is this supposed to do again?

May as well mark this in the same category as someome crying fire! 5g! The rapture! Planet x! Etc... Etc... Wolf!

it can do both

Hahaha

I’m not so sure this time, I think that Google, Samsung, etc have figured out by now that they shouldn’t be first to market. Wait until Apple releases theirs, and that’s the blueprint to iterate on.

Is VR running games or is it streaming the picture from the pc? How does it work?