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Apple can bring far more than just industrial design. a) Have acquired [1] a ridiculous number of AR/VR companies including Limbak [2] who have conceptual lens

Apple can bring far more than just industrial design. a) Have acquired [1] a ridiculous number of AR/VR companies including Limbak [2] who have conceptual lens designs which are far better than anything on the market today. b) Proven supply chain and expertise with LiDAR, MicroLED, Photonics, Glass, Custom Silicon, Batteries, Power Management, Wearable Fabrics etc. c) Up to version 6 of their ARKit SDK [3] and decade of experience in building ultra low power operating systems e.g. Secure Enclave OS, watchOS etc. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIr4Em03B5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIr4Em03B5s [3] https://developer.apple.com/augmented-reality/arkit/ https://developer.apple.com/augmented-reality/arkit/

charcircuit 4y ago
>and decade of experience in building ultra low power operating systems e.g. Secure Enclave OS, watchOS etc. The latest rumors say that the current headset requires you to carry a large battery separate to it all for 2 hours of battery life. That sounds like a failure to be ultra low power.
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  2 hours is fine for VR, you can’t play much longer than that anyways. For AR it’s probably not that great, however.
  - charcircuit 4y ago
    My point was that in order to reach a viable battery life they had to compromise by forcing people to carry around a large battery pack.
    - boppo1 4y ago
      Killer app: figure out how to power it off the energy stored in my adipose tissue.
      - zemvpferreira 4y ago
        Would inertial charging like an automatic watch be a possiblity for a vr headset? I'd love that actually!
        danpalmer 4y ago
        Probably not. Inertial charging still requires that you put the effort in, the trick is that with watches it's very little effort – equivalent to winding the watch every few days – so you don't feel it. If you have ever used a hand-crank torch or radio, or something else that converts effort into power, you'll know that it takes a fair bit of effort, and that's for low power devices. Inertial charging to recoup, say, 5k mAh to charge a smart phone for a day, would therefore require a lot of effort. This would be spread out over a day, but might feel like, for example, carrying a heavy backpack the whole day.
        cassianoleal 4y ago
        Could it be used to charge that external battery and significantly improve its autonomy? :D
  - Arrath 4y ago
    Bah call me old fashioned but I prefer my tethered headset where batteries aren't a concern at all.
    - threeseed 4y ago
      Pretty sure Apple will allow you to connect the headset to a Mac.

charcircuit 4y ago

>and decade of experience in building ultra low power operating systems e.g. Secure Enclave OS, watchOS etc. The latest rumors say that the current headset requires you to carry a large battery separate to it all for 2 hours of battery life. That sounds like a failure to be ultra low power.

seanmcdirmid 4y ago
2 hours is fine for VR, you can’t play much longer than that anyways. For AR it’s probably not that great, however.
- charcircuit 4y ago
  My point was that in order to reach a viable battery life they had to compromise by forcing people to carry around a large battery pack.
  - boppo1 4y ago
    Killer app: figure out how to power it off the energy stored in my adipose tissue.
    - zemvpferreira 4y ago
      Would inertial charging like an automatic watch be a possiblity for a vr headset? I'd love that actually!
      - danpalmer 4y ago
        Probably not. Inertial charging still requires that you put the effort in, the trick is that with watches it's very little effort – equivalent to winding the watch every few days – so you don't feel it. If you have ever used a hand-crank torch or radio, or something else that converts effort into power, you'll know that it takes a fair bit of effort, and that's for low power devices. Inertial charging to recoup, say, 5k mAh to charge a smart phone for a day, would therefore require a lot of effort. This would be spread out over a day, but might feel like, for example, carrying a heavy backpack the whole day.
        cassianoleal 4y ago
        Could it be used to charge that external battery and significantly improve its autonomy? :D
- Arrath 4y ago
  Bah call me old fashioned but I prefer my tethered headset where batteries aren't a concern at all.
  - threeseed 4y ago
    Pretty sure Apple will allow you to connect the headset to a Mac.