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I wonder who will win. The big players all have special strengths, but which one will wind up being most important? * Google -- interior navigation * Facebook

I wonder who will win. The big players all have special strengths, but which one will wind up being most important? * Google -- interior navigation * Facebook -- face recognition, posts * Apple -- style and cool factor That said, the obnoxious complaining attitude of the article reeeally grates on my ears. Lots of companies are trying very hard -- on their own dime -- to make this happen, knowing that most of them will almost certainly fail, and this guy wants to whine about it? What an ass. Technology clunks until it doesn't. That's just how progress works. The same article could have been written about any of the last big technologies before they were mature: personal computers, the internet, smart phones, social networks. Nobody knows if or when AR will click, and the only thing to do is keep trying. Also, he could have done without making it a race thing.

lostmsu 5y ago
Are Google and Apple real players in VR? I thought it was FB via Oculus and Microsoft.
skellera 5y ago
Apple has the best consumer hardware design in the industry. If one of the big tech companies are going to crack the hardware issues (arguably the most important part), it’s going to probably be Apple. It’s a game of who can make the smallest form factor with the best performance without looking like shit. Pretty sure Apple is in the best position to win that. The software for all the other stuff you mentioned will follow the winner of the hardware. But yeah, the article is pretty weak. People keep trying because AR/VR is going to be massive if the hardware is solved. Being the gateway to a person’s entire world (AR) or the next major media and productivity tools (VR) will make you one of the most powerful companies in the world.
after_care 5y ago
It’s always been a race. Look at Windows phone to see what happens when you come late.
- aikinai 5y ago
  I don’t think GP is referring to the “race” to VR, but the fact that the article tried to insult VR by calling it a white person.

lostmsu 5y ago

Are Google and Apple real players in VR? I thought it was FB via Oculus and Microsoft.

skellera 5y ago

Apple has the best consumer hardware design in the industry. If one of the big tech companies are going to crack the hardware issues (arguably the most important part), it’s going to probably be Apple. It’s a game of who can make the smallest form factor with the best performance without looking like shit. Pretty sure Apple is in the best position to win that. The software for all the other stuff you mentioned will follow the winner of the hardware. But yeah, the article is pretty weak. People keep trying because AR/VR is going to be massive if the hardware is solved. Being the gateway to a person’s entire world (AR) or the next major media and productivity tools (VR) will make you one of the most powerful companies in the world.

after_care 5y ago

It’s always been a race. Look at Windows phone to see what happens when you come late.

aikinai 5y ago
I don’t think GP is referring to the “race” to VR, but the fact that the article tried to insult VR by calling it a white person.