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Here’s What YOU Think of Apple’s VR/AR Headset
Our viewers have a lot to say about the potential for Apple to release a virtual and augmented reality headset. CNET’s Bridget Carey reads out your comments, and who knows, maybe CEO Tim Cook will appreciate the feedback. 0:00 Reading YOUR Comments About Apple’s Headset 0:22 Tim Cook – Cover Model 1:33 Apple’s VR Headset…
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Walter Golden
April 7, 2023 at 1:40 pm
Bridget is always cool & watchable (and ageless), and hi to Lexi (is she still around CNet?). I’m in the minority here; I’m into VR and it helped me in ways I never thought of. I had very bad ptsd from surviving multiple fires, and the vr gets me out of this place. Meditation thru it pretty much cleared me up. I am very sensitive but got my vr legs now & can’t get enough (as long as it’s comfort leveled for me). Apple is the key trendsetter for so many things, I hope some of you will give vr a chance (if they go that route) because it can do more than u think. 😎❤🥽
BrandonTuckvr
April 7, 2023 at 1:55 pm
nah CNET DONT LOSE HER
mofosoto
April 7, 2023 at 2:04 pm
VR is going to take a long time to mainstream. It’s too expensive and will be for a long time and the headsets are too cumbersome. I think the normal AR everyday glasses are where it’s at. Way cheaper and far more functional in the everyday world. They don’t need to be super advanced either but they’ll get there in the future as they progress. I was super excited when I heard rumors that the glasses were coming out and I don’t even wear glasses. I was thinking about buying an Apple Watch but was hard to justify the luxury when I already carry a better one in my pocket and then heard about the glasses and that was the end of the Watch for me because then I’ll have it in view all the time. I hope this VR device is really just the glasses, it’ll be a huge disappointment and mistake to only come out with the VR. The way Apple designs things I know they can easily put all the tech of an Apple Watch in a pair of sleek glasses.
Thomas
April 7, 2023 at 2:33 pm
I hope it benefits vision impaired people like me.
Daniel Marqusee
April 7, 2023 at 3:19 pm
Ok. So high quality see through headsets, like light weight glasses, are about 4 – 10 years away. And if you consider global smartphone adoption took about 3-8 years to be mainstream its easier to get a better picture of XR.
That said, I think the focus on AR and VR to be quite limited. At the moment VR is niche, but for the most part all upcoming headsets will support passthrough AR. This mixture of VR and AR combined will likely drive a lot of innovation, and will be dubbed Augmented Virtuality.
Now these headsets will be tethered, expensive, and niche. But the technical infrastructure and social adoption of technology will evolve hardware really fast. Like smartphones, color tv, the internet, and so forth; adoption will spike rapidly. Its up for us, the content creators, to get the tools to create for this exciting new medium.
fendicap
April 8, 2023 at 1:35 am
You didn’t come up with the term “Augmented Virtuality” and you’re not being clever. That’s in Milgram’s paper from the 90s.
Dale C
April 7, 2023 at 4:47 pm
did she take her meds today
Tokyo Wolfchild
April 7, 2023 at 7:22 pm
Vr is the future period. The future of displays, monitors & tv’s and if you ever put a vr headset on than you know the potential & what VR will look like in 5-10 years. AR speaks for itself instead of buying 5 or 6 products to do different things you would just need to buy a pair of glasses to do everything you need.
Duane Locsin
April 7, 2023 at 8:14 pm
Some think VR being isolating is a bad thing when really they miss the whole point of VR.
VR is meant to be an ESCAPE from the real world into a virtual fantasy one.
you can still interact with real people in it though.
Duane Locsin
April 7, 2023 at 8:25 pm
I don’t care for Apple’s ecosystem. I prefer independence, own control and freedom.
Being locked in, gate kept and choices, if any, restricted is not appealing.
Which is why I gradually escaped Apple’s ecosystem and have no interest in a headset that nearly only relies on it. I avoided the metaquest on a similar reason.
doc B
April 7, 2023 at 9:42 pm
I think AR is a waste of time until its as invisible as a regular pair of glasses.
Rasco Adeniyi
April 7, 2023 at 9:48 pm
Bridget saved the last comment till the end. I missed your videos. From Dallas with ❤🙌
Casey Roberts
April 7, 2023 at 10:54 pm
Apple AR glasses are going to be more popular initially. VR is still a few years away from being a mass market product.
Ringtail
April 8, 2023 at 1:42 am
“VR is isolating” has to be the most boomer take I’ve ever heard tbh
Brobi V2
April 8, 2023 at 3:39 am
I’m going to buy it
Aldo Medina
April 8, 2023 at 4:20 am
You’re my favorite too😊
DJ WILL
April 8, 2023 at 4:30 am
Why has Apple bought Beats, but AirPods are still their main/famous model of headphones?
DJ WILL
April 8, 2023 at 4:31 am
I also think that you are doing a great job Bridget, Keep it Up. This is coming all the way from Australia.
Mike Coshan
April 8, 2023 at 5:14 am
I’m just excited to see more Bridget Carey Content, I can imagine AR taking off more than VR, but battery longevity or rather lack of such is still of of the most limiting factors.
Jean-Luc
April 8, 2023 at 5:35 am
Depending on how they implement the OS this could be amazing. Apple have head start with their integrated chips and the U1 chip so ideally the AR features can be fixed to different environments maybe even using HomePod as a location base station. I’d love to be able to walk between rooms and pin different content in each like virtual monitors in the office and a virtual tv in the living room that dynamically react when the user walks in. It doesn’t need to be something people wear outdoors and as for the price whilst expensive it depends on how many devices it could replace/complement which they need to communicate in marketing.
Hussien Alsafi
April 8, 2023 at 5:48 am
😊😊😊😊😊😁😁😁😁😁❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
James Olson
April 8, 2023 at 11:50 am
Appeal to a bigger audience develop AR Glasses that is flexible by tapping into multiple eco systems! I know this isn’t typical for apple but during these economic time it would be a great move.
SweetCherryGrower
April 8, 2023 at 12:20 pm
She is so awesome
Nolan
April 8, 2023 at 1:01 pm
What happened to Bridget Carey she’s making videos so boring was before she really make professional video but no more
ControllerAkimbo
April 8, 2023 at 1:06 pm
AR (with the current tech) is a waste of time imo, I think most people will come to see this whenever this headset comes out. it’ll be google glass again
Sam Mollica
April 8, 2023 at 4:37 pm
It’s not surprising to encounter people who still doubt the future of Virtual Reality (VR) technology, especially considering the rapid advancements we’ve seen in recent years. Anyone harboring skepticism likely hasn’t kept their finger on the pulse of innovation in this field. As VR continues to gain traction across multiple industries, Apple, with its history of groundbreaking product development, is uniquely positioned to dominate the emerging market.
Apple’s strong brand recognition, commitment to user experience, and extensive ecosystem of devices and software put the company in a prime spot to take the lead in the VR space. With a proven track record of creating and popularizing new technologies, Apple has the potential to bring VR into the mainstream like never before.
While other players in the VR market have made significant strides, Apple’s focus on integrating hardware and software seamlessly is unmatched. Its ability to create a unified and cohesive user experience across devices will likely provide a superior VR experience for consumers, driving adoption rates even higher.
Moreover, Apple’s vast resources and R&D capabilities enable the company to invest heavily in refining and perfecting VR technology. This will not only result in improvements to existing VR experiences but also open up new possibilities and applications across various industries, from gaming and entertainment to healthcare and education.
In conclusion, those who doubt the future of VR might not be up to date with the rapid progress being made in the field. With Apple’s unique position and expertise, the company is poised to dominate the emerging VR market and play a key role in shaping the future of this transformative technology. So, it’s essential for everyone to keep their finger on the pulse and watch how Apple and VR evolve together.
James Hansen
April 8, 2023 at 9:42 pm
I too think you are cool, Bridget Carey. You’re my favorite Apple commentator, with sensible reporting and I love your sense of humor. Great eyes and expressions!
Graham Evans
April 8, 2023 at 10:53 pm
The more i hear about this product the less im interested i am
Ricky Tenderkiss
April 9, 2023 at 3:41 am
I don’t know.
If Apple are seriously launching an a.r./v.r. headset, then of course I’m curious to see Apple’s spin on the concept. It’s worth remembering Apple at their best stand apart from other firms — not just in tech, but across all industries — in their almost singleminded focus on user experience … on their placing the human experience at the center of everything they do. Which of course was Jobs’ great genius, even apart from Wozniak, and helps explain why no number of Wharton classes will ever equip a cookie-cutter c.e.o. with the skills and insights Jobs gained just from growing up in the right place at the right time: gobbling l.s.d. and exploring Buddhism and having free love in Silicon Valley right as U.S. youth culture turned its back _en masse_ on corporate capitalist culture and tried to re-engineer society instead back around human values and human experiences — turning Jobs into one of the most productive leaders in human history, and thus paradoxically into one of its most financially successful. So with Jobs’ d.n.a. still powering Apple, I want to know what unique insight they have into these headsets, what human truth they’ve discovered at the headset’s core.
But aside from all that…
Even taking into account gaming, even taking into account some obvious a.r. use-cases … for ordinary citizens, these headsets seem like a solution in dire need of a problem, and not like “the next big thing.” The technology is intrinsically so cumbersome that it places an added burden on whatever task one may want to accomplish: even at its most magically light and invisible, what can a head-mounted device accomplish which I couldn’t do ten times more nimbly on a gaming console or a phone? And these headsets are certainly NOT magically light and invisible … but even when they become so, then so what? A phone or a console will always be more convenient and less irritating to use … I think. Given not so much its present limitations as its permanent limitations, an a.r. headset — to my intuition — seems like it could never rise above being either a kluge or a gimmick or some combination of both: the toy you really wanted for Christmas, then get, then play with for an hour, then never touch again although the box it came in turns out to make a great spaceship. I just don’t see these headsets, for the regular citizen, being much more than a brief, intense fad.
But I’ll be pleasantly surprised if Apple prove me wrong! The idea on its own certainly seems neat — I just can’t see it applied in the real world in a way which ever isn’t cumbersome and annoying. But by all means Apple, please wow me!!
Jashua Smith
April 9, 2023 at 5:45 am
I am fine with the goggles as long as it does the job. If the goggles works better than a smaller pair of glasses, then I’m for the goggles.
Puyopuyodreamin
April 9, 2023 at 7:31 am
I think AR/VR will be a generation leap like radios to 📺. Cheers
Shady Moustafa
April 9, 2023 at 4:01 pm
I hope that the Apple glasses have a vision improvement that is chosen and modified to be one glasses that are suitable for all people.
The VRtist
April 9, 2023 at 7:05 pm
Can’t wait to crap on the can while working on my VR editing. I’ll just need to sell my right kidney before I can afford one of these. 😂
skyemac8
April 9, 2023 at 9:39 pm
Bridget is the perfect host for this.
Andrew Elek
April 10, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Regarding future AirPods. They’ve always had a fatal flaw… collecting ear wax. The pictures I’ve seen online will never be unseen 🤢. Purely out of fear I stick to Beats wireless earbuds. The speaker grills and sensors sealed making them easier to clean.