Looked up statistics and the Meta Quest headset, after about 3 years of availability, has…
…500 apps.
For comparison, the iOS App Store has close to 4,000,000 apps.
Apple has picked a steep hill to climb.
I think the competition for them isn’t Meta, games consoles or one of the headset makers for PCs.
The competition is themselves, they’re basically creating virtual Macs.
That’s why it’s priced how it is and positioned 80% as work device.
Will it work, for work?
They already make the best computers, and those don’t make people nauseous looking at them, and you don’t need to strap anything to your head. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@thomasfuchs Agreed, and I thought that messaging was super clear. They were kind of casting about for the scenarios where that really makes sense, and I thought the stuff where it was like, “you’re doing work in your computer, but you’re also making breakfast for your kids” was the weakest and most unsettling.
Sitting on a cramped airplane and being able to block out your surroundings and use a giant screen that doesn’t take up any physical space? Yes please.
@rvr @thomasfuchs but imagine being the person sat next to you, as you sit in your cramped airline chair flailing your arms around the place doing some work.
@jon You mean making small hand gestures or using a keyboard on my lap?
@jon “even subtle pinches from your hand in your lap are visible and detected”
https://www.roadtovr.com/apple-vision-pro-xr-hands-on-preview/
@thomasfuchs Yeah, that will be big. But most planes have outlets or USB ports now.