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The pros and cons of the early adopter. Factors like weight and comfort often arise. Perhaps a future strategy in this space will be to minimise the headset co

The pros and cons of the early adopter. Factors like weight and comfort often arise. Perhaps a future strategy in this space will be to minimise the headset componentry by shifting as much as possible externally, similar to how Apple has approached the battery issue with the Vision Pro. (imagination running with that idea : future iphones and Macs will be the processing units for more-compact future Vision Pros)

I_Am_Nous 3y ago
Modular Google Glass essentially? That could be pretty cool, and make the headset lighter too.
mshaler 3y ago
Maybe AVP aspirationally (once in sunglass form factor) seeks to replace iPad, then Mac, then iPhone?
vonwoodson 3y ago
Like, it's super weird to have an external battery but not the rest of the non-visual hardware, right?
asadotzler 3y ago
There's no fixing the fact that people think highly of their faces (especially those who spend time on hair and makeup) are not going to put a big dorkbox on their faces. This whole approach is an evolutionary dead end. If users have to strap anything to press against their faces all around their eyes, forehead and cheeks, adoption's going to be limited to a small group of male gamers, think 10 million MAU in 5-10 years ("Quest" got 6M in 10 years) not 100 million and certainly not a billion. This product is a flop that should have stayed in R&D for 10 to 20 more years until the tech was ready to build something that didn't make your face look silly. Jobs would never have released this. This is the DynaTAK, not even the StarTAK, and certainly not the iPhone 1. Apple didn't rush to build a mobile phone in the late '90s when the StarTAK was showing that cell phones could fit in your shirt pocket and work pretty well. They waited another decade until they could build something truly good, not just good enough like the StarTAK. But Tim Cook shipped this DynaTAK+ headset that dorks your face. That's just the kind of good solid work a fashion tech brand like Apple needs /s
- seec 3y ago
  I get the sarcasm and I wish Apple would stop their luxury fashion brand run and go back to interesting affordable universal tech...

I_Am_Nous 3y ago

Modular Google Glass essentially? That could be pretty cool, and make the headset lighter too.

mshaler 3y ago

Maybe AVP aspirationally (once in sunglass form factor) seeks to replace iPad, then Mac, then iPhone?

vonwoodson 3y ago

Like, it's super weird to have an external battery but not the rest of the non-visual hardware, right?

asadotzler 3y ago

There's no fixing the fact that people think highly of their faces (especially those who spend time on hair and makeup) are not going to put a big dorkbox on their faces. This whole approach is an evolutionary dead end. If users have to strap anything to press against their faces all around their eyes, forehead and cheeks, adoption's going to be limited to a small group of male gamers, think 10 million MAU in 5-10 years ("Quest" got 6M in 10 years) not 100 million and certainly not a billion. This product is a flop that should have stayed in R&D for 10 to 20 more years until the tech was ready to build something that didn't make your face look silly. Jobs would never have released this. This is the DynaTAK, not even the StarTAK, and certainly not the iPhone 1. Apple didn't rush to build a mobile phone in the late '90s when the StarTAK was showing that cell phones could fit in your shirt pocket and work pretty well. They waited another decade until they could build something truly good, not just good enough like the StarTAK. But Tim Cook shipped this DynaTAK+ headset that dorks your face. That's just the kind of good solid work a fashion tech brand like Apple needs /s

seec 3y ago
I get the sarcasm and I wish Apple would stop their luxury fashion brand run and go back to interesting affordable universal tech...