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2021-12-13, 15:19

As far as VR goes, I played with a Vive a few years ago. Setting it up still felt very beta (too many cables), but that’s solvable. The software ranged from interesting to gimmick. Google Earth in VR? Very neat. You’re standing on the planet and can zoom in with hand gestures. Then you’re walking street-level. Hard to explain. Very sci-fi. But ultimately just a silly tech demo.

Then there’s the game/fitness angle. Sort of Nintendo Wii but evolved. I know someone who exercises that way, and sure, why not.

But while the hardware keeps getting better almost as a law or nature, the software killer app hasn’t appeared. Not in the 90s when VR was first hyped, nor in the late 2010s when Oculus appeared.

MS HoloLens was also a huge letdown, IMHO.

Which raises the question: has Apple cracked it? Are they pursuing AR, VR, or both?
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