It would be awesome in combination with FSD and long term robotaxi!
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Tesla VR / AR
- Thread starter Buckminster
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This is a bit different.
They are ski goggles that have a 2 hour battery life and otherwise need to be plugged in.
I absolutely think they will sell to the people who buy anything Apple and some content creators/artist, but VR hasn't taken off for a reason and it's not price. You can get Meta's for $300.
Many find it uncomfortable or get sick with them, but most use for them for a bit and move on. Until someone comes out with something less obtrusive, I can't see this being more than an Apple fan/niche product.
People forget Apple has failed with their TV device, before opening the channel to all services, their Apple Home that was supposed to take over Alexa, etc. Many thought they were going to abandon the watch due to slow sales after the Apple fans all got theirs.
The transparent lens is great, but it would take many iterations before this works out...much like the Apple watch.
JRP3
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Difference is people were already wearing watches and headphones, carrying music players and phones. No one walks around with goggles strapped to their faces.
Right.
I just don't see how anyone looks at that and thinks it will take off, especially with the poor battery life.
Maybe a future version that are just glasses, sure, but not ski goggles that need to be plugged in a majority of the time.
JRP3
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As with all the other Apple products I never bought...let's see what other companies come up with in the future.
JRP3
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I might be a bit biased since I have been an Apple fanboy since iBook G3 and AAPL is my second biggest investment after TSLA. But over the years I have heard this argument "I would never buy an MacBook/iPod/iPhone/Apple Watch/Airpods" so many times. Sure that was mostly true, but many of them gave in eventually. But did this statement help the person predict how well Apple would do over the next decade?
I have lots of intelligent friends who said that the airpod was sooo stupid. I thought it was brilliant and predicted it would be success. A few years later:
These guys still think Airpods are stupid, meanwhile it's my favourite Apple product.
When I saw the iPhone presentation, the thing I remember the most was Steve Jobs pinch-zooming into an image. There I thought I want that thing. That shiny thing. I bought an imported iPhone from Hongkong and was one of the first to have it where I was. I showed that pinch to zoom to people at bars and they instantly wanted it. Not because of its specs, not because what they can use it for. Because it had the wow magic that PC fanatics struggle to understand that other people want. When I saw Vision Pro yesterday I am not sure if I actually want to work on a virtual desktop or do face calls. But I want to experience the magic of mixed reality! And I am willing to pay a lot to satisfy that addiction in me. My guess is that lots of other people out there also will. Then a few years later, some killer app like the app store, might actually make it useful for me. Until then I and many other people will settle for the magic.
Knightshade
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I agree those arguments mostly suck but mainly because most depend on anyone giving a crap about Meta and nobody really does.
The first one- the fact you can get a good gaming headset for 1/10th the price that also plays PC VR stuff which Apples won't, is going to more than wipe out the fact the Apple one is sleeker.
The first one- the fact you can get a good gaming headset for 1/10th the price that also plays PC VR stuff which Apples won't, is going to more than wipe out the fact the Apple one is sleeker.
Plus the new Meta also does AR, but not near the level of Apple. Both are niche...It's the goggles and battery life that hold both back....mostly the goggles.
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Knightshade
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It's good to plan things. They don't always hit your target dates though.
Story from about a year ago for example-
arstechnica.com
Story from about a year ago for example-
The full saga of Apple’s troubled mixed reality headset has been revealed
It's a complicated tale of processors, base stations, politics, and Jony Ive.
arstechnica.com
Maybe Apple glasses coming later will be for outside ar use and these will be more for work and entertainment
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