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Apple is hiring game developers to make content for its upcoming AR/VR headset
- hunglee2 4y agoherein ends Meta. You have got to back Apple to beat anyone on hardware, mix that in with App store dominance and dominating the AR / VR space is in sight. Zuckerberg's biggest mistake - forgivable though it was - was not building a mobile phone
- Someone 4y ago> Zuckerberg's biggest mistake - forgivable though it was - was not building a mobile phone But he did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_First https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_First: “The HTC First is an Android smartphone released by HTC on April 12, 2013. It was unveiled on April 4, 2013, as part of a press event held by Facebook. Serving as a successor to a pair of Facebook-oriented devices HTC released in 2011, it was the first and only Android device to be pre-loaded with Facebook's own user interface layer, Facebook Home” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Home: “Facebook Home was a user interface layer for Android smartphones. Developed by the company then known as Facebook (now Meta Platforms), the software was designed to be a drop-in replacement for the device's existing home screen ("launcher"). It provided a replacement home screen that allowed users to easily view and post content on Facebook along with launching apps, a replacement lock screen that displayed notifications from Facebook and other apps, and an overlay which allowed users to chat via Facebook messages or SMS from any app”
- hunglee2 4y agoI think that was his half assed attempt at it. He had an aversion to hardware (sensible) but did not foresee how aggressive Apple would be in moving to the service layer. Occulus was the right call, too late