• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    9 months ago

    If you watch the original iPhone release video, Steve Jobs talks about combining a phone, iPod, and Internet connected device together into one thing. The crowd cheered at the first two items, but had no real idea why the third item was such a big deal.

    I imagine that Apple is experimenting in the space where VR and AR can be mobile. I don’t think they fully understand what a good mobile AR experience should be, but the iPod didn’t launch with an app store.

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      9 months ago

      Except this device is hardly mobile and it’s clearly made to be used stationary.

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        9 months ago

        The device can be used mobile and I’ve seen several reviewers using the device while walking around in a public setting. It looks dumb, but you can do it.

        I also think Apple is being conservative in what gets shown while walking because Apple doesn’t want its customers to walk in traffic. However, I expect that to change as Apple gets a better handle on walking distractions.

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          9 months ago

          In their demo video, they show someone working in the kitchen and my visceral reaction was “oh hell no”. I just can’t see any real world, regular use for this thing still. I am happy to be proven wrong though.

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      9 months ago

      The crowd cheered at the first two items, but had no real idea why the third item was such a big deal.

      I’m not sure, I took that to mean a competitor to Palm, which was pretty popular among a niche segment of the population. Although data plans via 3G kinda sucked back then and most Palm users I knew were constantly trying to connect to wifi.