Zeyphersan
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Dare I buy AR glasses? Absolutely. I'm very into this
I would laugh if Microsoft got beat again.
I do to. One of the the problems with VR is that it's an inherently anti-social technology, you're literally cutting yourself off from the world, and humans are social creatures.
I love VR, but it's only really good for escapes.
Cool.
My grandkids will use AR to experience how the world was before climate change took a dump on Earth.
...that Apple only has 2 big successes in its entire history and Microsoft only got beat once...
My money is on Microsoft engineers at this point as well, but you're making large errors here.
Just in recent history the 'big successes' are much more numerous.
MacBook
iPod
iTunes
iPhone
iPad
Apple Focus.
Not really a success like the others you mentioned.
And yet it was an AR product (Google Glass) that was labeled far more anti-social and met with a virulent response unlike anything released as a VR device.
The distinction between AR/VR is a very temporary condition.
But apple had the iPhone, the iPad and the MacBook air in quick succession. Then nothing really of any substance, just iterations. Things like force touch failed to be the next big thing, and the watch failed to redefine the market segment like people were hoping.
I think the negative reaction to Google Glass was partially due to nearly every person pictured wearing one looking creepy af, and the "fuck you" attitude that went along with it.
I think the negative reaction to Google Glass was partially due to nearly every person pictured wearing one looking creepy af, and the "fuck you" attitude that went along with it.
I'm gonna try and design an augmented reality app that can read people's power levels.
I just don't believe that Apple has an innovation engine anymore. They do solid incremental and follower products, but their 'major initiatives' since iPad have all been pretty 'eh' (TV 4, Watch, Music) or failed altogether (Car). They are now a big corporate, and can throw money and people on areas they think are cool, but they haven't got the culture for institutionalised big scale innovation.
Cool.
My grandkids will use AR to experience how the world was before climate change took a dump on Earth.
My money is on Microsoft engineers at this point as well, but you're making large errors here.
Just in recent history the 'big successes' are much more numerous.
MacBook
iPod
iTunes
iPhone
iPad
Google's biggest mistake was letting Glass' ambassadors be creepy tech libertarians who were willing to pony up for it. It just fit into every conceivable stereotype of the out-of-touch techie ruining San Fran.
Mac (more of a past success. not that big currently anymore) and iPhone. That's it
There is a reason Apple is called a one trick pony
iPod was the base for iPhone and died with the iPhone
iTunes is a side product, nothing unique and nothing people could not live without. some people still hate it and other still don't even know it. especially today, when your iPhone is synced via cloud and you don't need iTunes anymore
iPad is not a big success and just a bigger iPhone. side product, too if you want to name it that way.
Excited just to see the doublespeak ads about how a full 360 immersive VR view is clunky and wrong while a small FoV AR box infront of you is practical and sleek.
Yup. Genuine privacy concerns ordinary people had were met with a smugly hostile "I don't give a shit. You're in public, so you have no right to privacy. Get used to it."
How old are you? The iPod was a cultural phenomenon. And it died with the iPhone because Apple smartly let the iPhone cannibalize it. As for iTunes, it made legally buying music digitally safe and simple.
Old enough, but not to old, to be familiar with the iPod and iTunes. neither the iPod and definitely not iTunes defines Apple as a company in its history
The Walkman was a cultural phenomenon, too
Xbox is kinda big next to Playstation and Nintendo
Amazon has its Fire devices
Still those products / services don't define said companies.
core business. side business. complementary business. leverage one of your business for another.
you don't see the difference between digital content for Amazon and Apple?
it's a prime example for that
Old enough, but not to old, to be familiar with the iPod and iTunes. neither the iPod and definitely not iTunes defines Apple as a company in its history
And the only thing it really did was record. Which is really creepy and anti-social.
Yep, even though some people want to pretend there's nothing creepy about it because "selfies" and "progress" and "lol luddites". Walking around with a video recorder strapped to your face is weird and totally tonedeaf to other people's discomfort and sense of privacy and personal space.
Old enough, but not to old, to be familiar with the iPod and iTunes. neither the iPod and definitely not iTunes defines Apple as a company in its history
The Walkman was a cultural phenomenon, too
Xbox is kinda big next to Playstation and Nintendo
Amazon has its Fire devices
Still those products / services don't define said companies.
core business. side business. complementary business. leverage one of your business for another.
you don't see the difference between digital content for Amazon and Apple?
it's a prime example for that
So many words to say so little.
The Xbox and the Fire didn't change culture. They didn't alter how the world did things.
The iPod was a legit cultural revolution, and iTunes completely altered how people consumed music. Hell, iTunes is still the largest music retailer in the world and, with the iPod, helped lift Apple from near-obsolescence to king of the business world.
To discount that is ludicrous.
So many words to say so little.
The Xbox and the Fire didn't change culture. They didn't alter how the world did things.
The iPod was a legit cultural revolution, and iTunes completely altered how people consumed music. Hell, iTunes is still the largest music retailer in the world and, with the iPod, helped lift Apple from near-obsolescence to king of the business world.
To discount that is ludicrous.
also iTunes did not change how people consume music
streaming and YouTube did and still is.
especially if you look beyond the US. iTunes was never big outside the US.
how many people pay for digital music downloads? how many listen to music on YouTube and via streaming?
iTunes is in the same boat like the iPod. A product / service, that lead to something really gamechanging. It's a short transition product / service, that never got huge or will be around a very long time.
Apple Watch didn't fail tho LOLHate to be the downer but my gut reaction is that this will mostly fail, not unlike the Apple Watch.
Apple Watch didn't fail tho LOL
Can't say it changed the world though like the iPhone or even iPad.
also iTunes did not change how people consume music
streaming and YouTube did and still is.
especially if you look beyond the US. iTunes was never big outside the US.
how many people pay for digital music downloads? how many listen to music on YouTube and via streaming?