The reality distortion field better be at record levels next week because I still don't get this headset stuff. I'd understand it as an R&D side project to be ready for 15-20 years from now when battery/compute tech might be ready. But this moonshot approach of throwing tons of resources at it and shipping something maybe even this year? Just don't see it working out.
@paul I find it really weird from the company that has just repeatedly screwed the pooch/not given a toss about GPUs and games for ten years running now. I'm open to the idea there's Serious Uses but if you can't do games on it you're ignoring a huge population primed to spend big bucks on special-purpose gadgets. But they haven't even made serious efforts at getting AAA games on their existing computing hardware. Why would those folks invest in this even more niche platform?

@donw @paul This.

Apple went out & made Metal. Sure it’s good, but how many indie studios & companies are going to go out of their way to guarantee compatibility to a “small” group?

Apple needs to hit the ground running here. A few AAA games in the past few years is a good start, but we need more.

EA was rumored to be selling. Amazon & Apple were looking to buy. I think this would make a statement that they care & more of the industry would probably get on board.