• spoonful@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Man I really don’t want Apple leading any new industry. I’m team Quest here. Say what you want but Quest devices have been a million times more open than anything Apple has put out ever. This seems like a very bad thing for the VR ecosystem :(

    Honestly, I don’t think even Apple can get close to the value of Quest line. Quest 3 is going to be 7 times cheaper and have the same capabilities with added value of existing ecosystem. Could this be the first real failed product in a while?

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      2 years ago

      This is more an AR (or MR) headset than a VR headset. It’s not trying to compete with the Quest, it’s trying to compete with other mixed reality products which are also currently quite expensive.

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        2 years ago

        Quest 3 is a very much mixed reality headset too. Have you seen the announcement? It also features hand tracking since first Quest release that has been constantly worked on.

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          2 years ago

          No I did not. Yup, that’s a much cheaper XR headset. Though Apple’s offering here will have over 2x the resolution which may make a difference in productivity use-cases such as virtual monitors.

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            2 years ago

            Yeah the virtual monitor seems like an amazing use case though the resolution of quest 2 or quest pro is already good enough so the real challenge is the ergonomics of having something on your head for extended period of time. Ergonomics isn’t Apples strong suit either lol

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              2 years ago

              We’ll see. Personally what I really want is a translucent AR display, so I can see the actual light rays of the world hitting my eyeballs combined with pixels. Of course that’s mostly an unsolved engineering challenge…