Comment by Uptrenda
3 years ago
I'm really surprised that Apple chose to work on this. Think about the track record of companies of similar products (in no particular order):
- Google Glass -- tried and failed
- Facebook's 'meta' -- slashed development
- Metas space glasses -- now defunct, idk if they even even shipped
- Magic leap -- did they end up shipping?
- Microsoft surface -- looks like it was rolled out to 'enterprise' but does anyone actually use it?
- Numerous headsets on the market causing nausea, eye strain, head aches, and social ridicule (lmao)
Many big companies tried to do this but didn't really get past the gimmick stage. So yeah, it seems like a massive risk that Apple took or is taking to do this. Hopefully they've done enough to push the concept past these usability hurdles. I mean: as a tech guy this would be awesome if it delivers.
Did you mean Microsoft HoloLens?