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0 pointsirrational3y ago0 comments

It seems like Apple waits to see what other people do and then come out with a product that works for normal people. When I see Apple come out with iVR, then I will start to believe that VR might actually go mainstream.

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jknoepfler3y ago

VR works for me today, for what I use it for. What on earth does it mean to "work for normal people"?

zigman13y ago

I think what he is trying to say is, that different companies experiment with a concept (for example, what business phone or touch screen phone were 20 years ago) Apple is observing that and when the moment is right will launch it's own product (iPhone).

oblio3y ago

When it works for hundreds of people, if not billions of people.

That's what "normal people" means.

towaway154633y ago

They might have a hard time with this one. Maybe the 3k price tag means they will release something with close to the processing power of a PC but I doubt it. Most of that cost is probably in the display they’re using plus the brand. That’s going to have a hard time competing with existing headsets that can tether to a gaming PC. The price alone will put them in a niche market where they’ll be competing with Varjo and Pimax which already have products with equivalent or better displays. Apple would have the advantage of being standalone but that is also a big disadvantage when it comes to gaming or wanting to upgrade hardware.

Schroedingersat3y ago

Nah, they'll just cripple the graphics, gaslight everyone into claiming it's better, strongarm tmsc into giving them exclusive access to the next node, and then claim that their gpu design is literal magic.

Plus it will probably break if you get a hair stuck in it or accelerate at over 0.1g, and everyone will blame the user for wearing it wrong when it happens.

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