Do they mention the massive two-hour battery life when untethered?
I enjoy a little VR gaming as much as anyone, but I fail to see how any of the use cases shown in this video are any different to what you can do with a phone or laptop. And how the fuck does FaceTime work? Is there a camera inside the goggles so the person you're talking to gets to stare up your nostrils?
I do believe Apple has sunk so much into the development of this thing that they felt they had no choice but to release it to market and hope the fanboys tug themselves raw over it, and one look on Twitter suggests it worked.
You know what it reminds me of? Remember that scene in Jurassic Park where Lexi 'hacks' the computer system by navigating through a cinema-friendly visual representation of what is basically a computer's file system?
Fair, yeah, I didn't pay that close attention to this on, but Hollywood has done a few VR/AR interfaces. The movie Minority Report comes to mind for extensive use of the hand gestures.
As other people pointed out, I can't imagine doing work in one of these. Or using one for more than a few minutes, really. I think AR will be very useful for work but not as a replacement for a desk/keyboard/monitor/mouse. Rather you're out actually doing something and you're getting information related to what you're actually doing. Did they even test this outside?
From the look of things they're positioning it as a replacement or supplement to a laptop. It has the same processor as their updated Mac line, with a co-processor for all the tracking gubbins.
And how the fuck does FaceTime work? Is there a camera inside the goggles so the person you're talking to gets to stare up your nostrils?
lol that'd be hilarious XD
I don't know how it works but I'd imagine you'd still need a phone/laptop/etc (which will also be your camera) and they get to see you with that ridiculous headset on
EDIT:
Well, I've been watching more videos and it seems that you get a digital avatar when using FaceTime. Here's a video with a timestamp.
Definitely makes sense they'd have you tethered to other Apple devices. Somewhat ironic having a FaceTime call while your face is obscured, but then this is company that enabled you to use FaceID while wearing a mask and habitually churns out new diverse and inclusive emojis featuring hijabs, niqabs, etc.
Meta is working on the same things and I think the goal here from Apple is to beat them to release by announcing early.
Apple has. A better chance of successfully pioneering the “meta verse” because they have better brand reputation and better “perceived” data ethics (we know it’s not true) than Facebook/Meta. I don’t think anybody trusts Zuckerberg with their data. For some reason they trust Apple tho.
Do they mention the massive two-hour battery life when untethered?
I enjoy a little VR gaming as much as anyone, but I fail to see how any of the use cases shown in this video are any different to what you can do with a phone or laptop. And how the fuck does FaceTime work? Is there a camera inside the goggles so the person you're talking to gets to stare up your nostrils?
I do believe Apple has sunk so much into the development of this thing that they felt they had no choice but to release it to market and hope the fanboys tug themselves raw over it, and one look on Twitter suggests it worked.
I don't think the killer app for AR is using your desktop while wearing goggles.
You know what it reminds me of? Remember that scene in Jurassic Park where Lexi 'hacks' the computer system by navigating through a cinema-friendly visual representation of what is basically a computer's file system?
This is the Apple version.
Fair, yeah, I didn't pay that close attention to this on, but Hollywood has done a few VR/AR interfaces. The movie Minority Report comes to mind for extensive use of the hand gestures.
As other people pointed out, I can't imagine doing work in one of these. Or using one for more than a few minutes, really. I think AR will be very useful for work but not as a replacement for a desk/keyboard/monitor/mouse. Rather you're out actually doing something and you're getting information related to what you're actually doing. Did they even test this outside?
From the look of things they're positioning it as a replacement or supplement to a laptop. It has the same processor as their updated Mac line, with a co-processor for all the tracking gubbins.
So you were right on; it's a MacGoggle.
lol that'd be hilarious XD
I don't know how it works but I'd imagine you'd still need a phone/laptop/etc (which will also be your camera) and they get to see you with that ridiculous headset on
EDIT:
Well, I've been watching more videos and it seems that you get a digital avatar when using FaceTime. Here's a video with a timestamp.
https://youtu.be/TX9qSaGXFyg?t=408
I'm not sure about how FaceTime works, but I'm guessing it's possible through the headset.
Definitely makes sense they'd have you tethered to other Apple devices. Somewhat ironic having a FaceTime call while your face is obscured, but then this is company that enabled you to use FaceID while wearing a mask and habitually churns out new diverse and inclusive emojis featuring hijabs, niqabs, etc.
Well, I've been watching more videos and it seems that you get a digital avatar when using FaceTime. Here's a video with a timestamp.
https://youtu.be/TX9qSaGXFyg?t=408
I'm not sure about how FaceTime works, but I'm guessing it's possible through the headset.
Oh man, that's some uncanny valley shit right there.
There has been research done on reconstructing 3D data from a fisheye camera attached to your face.
From 4 years ago: https://youtu.be/IuzRCMYMcgg?t=144
So you can talk to a horrifying polygon homunculus.
Meta is working on the same things and I think the goal here from Apple is to beat them to release by announcing early.
Apple has. A better chance of successfully pioneering the “meta verse” because they have better brand reputation and better “perceived” data ethics (we know it’s not true) than Facebook/Meta. I don’t think anybody trusts Zuckerberg with their data. For some reason they trust Apple tho.