Paul Haddad 
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.
Jay 🆘@paul It's not coming. Brace for the avalanche of articles next Monday talking about how it's "facing further delays."
@paul There is no "killer app," nobody wants a face computer, and Apple has been beating the drum of *augmented* reality, not *virtual* reality, but people talk about them interchangably.
AT MOST it's a device aimed at AR developers to give them a common, predictable environment on which to test complex interactions for use on other or future devices.
But I'm also prepared to be 100% wrong.
samf@jsit @paul The largest hint I've seen in favor of a headset incoming: Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games (No Man's Sky), has a habit of tweeting relevant emoji before an update. Today, it was an apple. And NMS has a strong Playstation VR presence already. Could be trolling, of course!
@jsit @paul https://youtu.be/YdjLewAzVZQ it was that
Also: honestly, why would anyone game on a Mac these days?
No Man's Sky Mac Launch Trailer
@samf Because it’s the biggest screen you have capable of playing games maybe? Even if you have an Apple TV, a lot of big games never come there. Someone with an iMac who likes games might just be waiting for something to come to them and be grateful for this.
@jsit Perhaps! I can say that in my personal experience—and as someone all-in on the Apple ecosystem—gaming on Mac has been absolutely miserable. The lack of hardware upgradability alone is a dealbreaker. Like I was checking out the Diablo 4 open beta a while back and needed a boost, so I threw $40 at Best Buy and tripled my RAM that afternoon.
@samf Yeah, I think it’s less about buying a Mac for gaming, and more about having a Mac and welcoming good games on them. I’m a casual gamer who likes games but only has a Switch because a friend gave it to me as a gift. Other than that I’d probably be playing games on Apple TV (and still do sometimes). Part of the reason I’m rooting so hard for Apple Arcade is because I’m sure there are people like me.