My brother owns a bar in backwaters of Virginia. His staff all have iPhones. His staff will all have Apple glasses in seven years or less. The poor in India or Africa or elsewhere? Yeah, they will have a cheap Chinese knockoff. They will not be nearly as useful or as
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Technology costs decline rapidly unlike other products
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Technology is different. Woz showed me his first color printer. Cost $45,000. Today a $70 printer is way way better. None of the products you listed come down in cost rapidly. None. That's what you don't get because of your very obvious bias.
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Apple’s AR Strategy: $3,500 Device Gateway to Lightweight Glasses
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You assume the $3,500 device is the only one they have planned and don't get what it is for. It is to get you to go to the Apple Store and get sold on augmented reality. Within 48 months Apple will have a lightweight pair of glasses that will be far more capable than what
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Technology adoption follows wealth: poor access comes later
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Technology revolutions always start with the money. Not with the poor. The poor will show up someday long after the first glasses appear and the costs come way down. And they will monetize at a far lower rate. And never bring the cool shit.
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Apple TV Audio Stack Improvements Despite Occasional Hanging Issues
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Very. My Apple TV has hung a couple of times playing music, though. That said, it sounds way better, so they are doing a lot of tuning of the audio stack on the TV.
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Meta’s AR Headset Adoption Challenge Amid Smartphone Competition
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The thing is, everyone has a phone that already can do augmented reality. So, Meta still has a tough time to convince people to lay down $500 bones for a headset that most people haven't even considered buying yet. Plus, every kid will want to try the new Disneyland in it.
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Qualcomm VP Discusses Hybrid AI Future and On-Device Capabilities
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Next up: Jilei Hou VP of Eng. & Head of AI @Qualcomm on "The Future of AI is Hybrid". Learn about the importance of on-device AI, hybrid AI, and how Qualcomm is delivering these capabilities using #datacentricAI workflow. A crucial conversation as #genAI & AI compute skyrocket
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Microsoft Launches 12-Week AI Curriculum for Beginners
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microsoft/AI-For-Beginners: 12 Weeks, 24 Lessons, AI for All! Azure Cloud Advocates at Microsoft are pleased to offer a 12-week, 24-lesson curriculum all about Artificial Intelligence. https://
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Display Resolution Limitations: VR Headsets vs High-End TVs
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I can't. I must read and interact with TweetDeck and, sorry, the displays simply do not have the resolution I demand. But then I have an $8,000 83-inch Sony TV to use too and it completely outclasses the Quest.
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Apple’s Vision: Lightweight AR Glasses Within Four Years
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Tim Cook doesn't disagree. Within 18 months we will see a more capable, lighter, and lower cost headset. Within 48 months we will see a lightweight pair of glasses from Apple that are affordable for masses.