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It is amazing how the hype for this went off a cliff, especially as the LLM stuff went into orbit. There is a large contingent that understandably want a new i

It is amazing how the hype for this went off a cliff, especially as the LLM stuff went into orbit. There is a large contingent that understandably want a new iPhone type success, along with new App Store level opportunities, but like with the VR wave I suspect they will be disappointed by this one. The computing industry appears to have run out of obvious things to do with what it has developed.

selykg 3y ago
I don't think hype was ever _that_ high anyway, plus, this is how it is with every product more or less. You hear about it, there's a wave of interest, then generally speaking it tapers off until closer to launch. We now have a launch date so I anticipate interest continues to go upward until launch day and we'll start getting real world feedback as to whether it's a game changer or a flop. Personally, VR type stuff does not seem like it's going to be a big deal for me. But. I do believe that if Apple can make my work flow better for the work day with a device like this, it would be a big win and that is where my hype for this is coming. It actually allows that separation of work and home easier if work is always in the headset, so there's a potential work life balance win in here.
mft_ 3y ago
As an industry (area) matures, each successive developmental innovation is usually successively smaller, more incremental, less game-changing. Since the iPhone, Apple has made a relative but smaller success of e.g. the iPad, AppleTV, AirPods, Watch, and AirTags. Several of these were not immediately successful (in Apple mega-corp terms, at least). For the VR stuff, we have to expect they have a long term plan, incorporating compelling unique apps or content delivery, and later cheaper hardware models. I think we need to give them 3-5 years before we judge the success or failure of (let’s call it) their Vision franchise.

selykg 3y ago

I don't think hype was ever _that_ high anyway, plus, this is how it is with every product more or less. You hear about it, there's a wave of interest, then generally speaking it tapers off until closer to launch. We now have a launch date so I anticipate interest continues to go upward until launch day and we'll start getting real world feedback as to whether it's a game changer or a flop. Personally, VR type stuff does not seem like it's going to be a big deal for me. But. I do believe that if Apple can make my work flow better for the work day with a device like this, it would be a big win and that is where my hype for this is coming. It actually allows that separation of work and home easier if work is always in the headset, so there's a potential work life balance win in here.

mft_ 3y ago

As an industry (area) matures, each successive developmental innovation is usually successively smaller, more incremental, less game-changing. Since the iPhone, Apple has made a relative but smaller success of e.g. the iPad, AppleTV, AirPods, Watch, and AirTags. Several of these were not immediately successful (in Apple mega-corp terms, at least). For the VR stuff, we have to expect they have a long term plan, incorporating compelling unique apps or content delivery, and later cheaper hardware models. I think we need to give them 3-5 years before we judge the success or failure of (let’s call it) their Vision franchise.