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What have they done with it lately?
They're heavily used in the military, among other things. They have very large contracts with the US military. It hasn't died, it's just being used for very specific purposes.
Also popular with large engineering firms and architectural firms.
Honestly, it's an issue for just about all the VR/AR headsets, much easier to get contacts.
I have custom lenses for my reverb, makes a huge difference. Basically just glasses and fittings that screw on.
What you're asking for will likely take 20 years of tech refinements to get to.
It's not like Samsung hasn't made transparent screens that could be useful for VR headsets. Yep, Apple has some pretty advanced lens tech.
I somehow have Kinect vibes, and you can see how well that worked out.
Sure.
It’s also become pretty common in the logging industry, remote control AR assist heavy machinery for the more dangerous hard to reach locations.
The hardware seems to merit the price; the problem is, of course, that price. This is really corporate-level money for something that's pitched as much for watching movies as it is getting work done. Varjo's recent XR-4 headset isn't far off in pricing. It makes sense if you already have some use cases in mind, or are simply a well-heeled enthusiast; it's a tough sell for anyone else right now.
Doesn’t mean they want a VR headset. I’m still confident and pretty firm in my stance that VR will always be a small market until the technology supports the hardware not being awful goggles. Jobs understood this IMO, and if he were still alive I’m confident Apple wouldn’t be pushing VR until they could make a generational leap and do VR without goggles.
Nah I’m thinking he would have at least first had more software out there that could adequately make use of it. They would have had better Blender, UE5, AutoCad, Fusion360, etc. so it could be used flawlessly and buttery smooth and tied it to a workstation launch announcement.
Good news for Apple if accurate. The challenge, of course, is keeping the demand going. I suspect it’ll slow down substantially until there’s a mainstream model or revised Pro.
The funny part is they underestimated demand. They weren’t trying to sell more.
They're not even goggles. It's an enclosed headset like a VR headset. The glass on the front projects an image of the wearer's eyes to let people around them know where they're looking, and it's a lot lower resolution than the promo image. When you wear them you're looking a 3D video of what the external cameras are capturing.
I would love to have one, but it definitely has first-gen iPhone vibes. That is, it's a good peek at the future that clearly has some room for improvement. Reduce the weight, extend battery life, either cut the external screen or make it more practical... you get the idea. Ultimately, I'd like the Vision series to be more like AR glasses than a headset. That won't come for a while.
Nope, I just wanted to build my own computer. After looking at the 6502 used in the Apple II, the 8080 in the Imsai,
The future is AR. But it will likely take 10 years minimum of tech advancement before that’s viable. More likely 20. However the only way to have AR built for the future is to start working on it now.
I'm just waiting for the holodeck. That's what I want.
I have a hard time believing that we need 10-20 years. A 4090 for each eye should be plenty of processing power - I think the mistake at the moment is trying to haul the whole PC around with you.
