jeffwApple Rumored to Be Working on AirPods With Built-in Cameras
TFO WinderCost as much as an iPhone
JeenaWill the camera look inside of your ear?
ManosTheHandsOfFate
AllYourSmurfiWax on … iWax off
ZierYes and tell you your IQ, and notify your doctor that you don't wash in there.
XNXIts gonna look out at the world so you can ask it questions and it can tell you about what youre looking at
I doubt it’s for their fun headset since they’ve already abandoned it. I’m sure it’s going to be taking data for mapping or some other dumb bullshit with AI to describe what’s around you because you can’t fucking use your eyes.
Apple is so bad now. Ugh.
Abandoned it? What?
This doesn’t say that the Vision Pro is abandoned at all.
In fact, it implies the opposite. They have paused development of a Vision Pro 2 and are instead accelerating development of their planned lower-cost headset.
Seems to me that they will be having the Vision Pro (1st gen) as their supported flagship for longer than expected.
the tech giant has suspended work on the next Vision Pro and is looking for ways to cut costs for a cheaper model that could ship by the end of next year
It absolutely does not. Which non-shitty version of their currently absolutely shitty headset did you think was going to be the magic one that actually works the way describe and advertise? Lolol
Why do you think the headset doesn’t work as described or advertised?
Its price is the main complaint I’ve seen.
If you haven’t read or looked into this, it feels almost wrong to just boil it down for you.
Watch one of their stupid commercials about it, then see if it works at all the way they delict it working. It does not. All it is now is a wearable monitor for desktop viewing. Things it does not do while clearly depicted as such:
- gaming
- multimedia presentations
- stream to other headsets
- have ANY sharable user positioning data (local or GPS)
- collaboration with other headset owners
- wireless anything (it’s got a heavy ass battery pack)
- literally has NONE of the apps that it had depicted it had in some presentations at initial dev announcement (Netflix, YouTube…etc), though they are usable in browser
Anyway, you get the idea. There’s more, but why bother.
NeshuraI like shitting on Apple as much as the next guy but the Vision Pro is an impressive piece of gear from an engineering perspective. Unfortunately, much like pretty much all VR headsets before it, it is suffering from a lack of an ecosystem.
All Apple changed is to pivot away from a focus on bleeding edge high end hardware in this new segment and instead grow a userbase by means of a cheaper base product (likely missing one or two bells and whistles). Developers don’t like to produce apps for platforms nobody will use, even if they get thrown some money to do so, because it is a poor long term investment. So Apple’s best shot at this is to get Vision devices onto as many heads as possible.
You can play steam games on the Vision Pro via a PC.
It absolutely does. I’m not sure why you’re trying to spread misinformation, but Apple clearly hasn’t dropped VR or the Vision Pro.
I never said that. WTF are you talking about?
Yes you did.
I doubt it’s for their fun headset since they’ve already abandoned it.
Yes. They did abandon work on the gaming and multimedia improved headset. What about that is wrong from the article?
What are you talking about? They never said they were making a gaming-focused headset. We were talking about the Vision Pro and you said Apple abandoned it.
Yes they did. I was at WWDC, and they punted to the upcoming version of the headset that would do what they already claimed it would.
From the horses mouth: apple.com/…/apple-announces-more-than-600-new-app…
None of the mention of gaming is true or possible with the current gen, and they specifically said they were developing an “upcoming headset for gamers” that was tailored to this. Now it’s cancelled, and even if you pull the “well, they REALLY meant…” bullshit, they specifically talked about how “easy” it was to port games from the App Store, which was never possible. Flat out bullshit.
Lmao you’re honestly telling me that this is an announcement of a gaming headset? HAHAHA
Bloons TD 6. Cut the Rope. NBA 2K24 ARCADE EDITION.
All of this mentioned way below stuff like watching TV.
Yeah mate, totally. A headset for gamers HAHAHAHA.
Do yourself a favour and just take the L. They were never developing a gaming headset.
They’re just stopping development of the Pro to focus on the cheaper model so not necessarily abandoned
Remove the unnecessary outwardly facing “eyeball screens”. There, cheaper.
I was trying to call out that dude as an idiot without getting flamed for it. Seems like they’re doing a great job of flaming themselves though. I knew it wasn’t abandoned.
sigmaklimgrindsetSomeone correct me if I’m wrong here, but anyone feel like Apple is slowly having an…over-engineering problem?
The Apple Vision Pro, this… the new iPad Pros with FUCKING M4 CHIPS THAT ARE RUNNING IPADOS (???)
Like what is happening in their product development department lately?
Chozo"If you can't reinvent the wheel, then just make the wheel more expensive."
-Tim Apple, probably
-Tim Apple, probably
Listen, I can’t lie…my iPhone X is the best phone I’ve owned. Bought in 2017 and still going strong with promised support until 2026/27. I still have fond memories of “paying” my parents back for it (I was child labour 😀)
I bought a 14 pro and gave my nephew my X. Besides the island and the camera quality they are largely indistinguishable for almost all of my use-cases. And they are almost 5 years apart.
Huh? I was pretty sure it’d fall out of OS support this year. And without security patches, shudder
It still gets security updates, just not iOS17 support. My mum is on the 6s with iOS 15 and that still gets security updates. It’s my secondary phone, and in it’s lifetime l’ve had a two Pixels and a Samsung that I had to return for build faults (Pixel) or they stopped doing software updates/security updates.
There are many faults for Apple, but their iOS support can’t compare to any first party Android. iPhone owners don’t NEED to upgrade every two/three years, they do it because they’re dumbasses.
Thanks for the info. Yeah, that support is even better than I’d thought, and it was already top-tier
I appreciate his proper name being used 🤗
I just saw that clip a week or two ago and I’m still laughing at it every time I see an apple product
Or they have a ton of M4 sized wheels and it’s easier just to use the same wheel for everything
WahotsThey need to take their talent and apply it to stuff that could actually use it, rather than rehashing stuff that is already good. An Apple clothes dryer that actually can sense dry clothes and doesn’t break easily. An apple garage door that doesn’t suck. An Apple Ebike that lasts ages and is repairable (and gets people out of their cars).
I think an Apple bidet could be neat. A toaster, too.
Did you just put “easily repairable” and “Apple” in the same sentence?
… I don’t know if I trust Siri to wash my asshole tbh
andrew_bidlawSomething tells me you wouldn’t like the coming AssID feature either.
The bidet is under development. It is going to have cameras to confirm cleanliness using ai.
AllNewTypeFaceAn Apple bidet which adds a colonic health section to your Health app
That would probably disrupt the brand too much.
I bought a fancy shmancy toaster and it sucks, matches my mixer but ruins my sammiches.
Yeah, it feels like no matter how much I spend on stuff like toasters, air fryers, or blenders, they just aren’t built like they were a couple of decades ago. It’s a drag to go through appliances that shouldn’t be disposable. Even high-end vaccums don’t last as long as they should, and when they do need parts, they are difficult to repair. Miele even got bought out, iirc.
Let me guess. Add infrared cameras onto the Airpods, costing them very little extra, and using it as justification for an £80 price rise.
I think it’s more so a selling point to get you to buy into the Apple sphere. It would work with other Apple gear, so you just have to buy that other stuff
I get the haha apple expensive meme, but the AirPods are very fairly priced in the market segment considering their feature set
Not saying otherwise. I’m saying IR cameras are probably an excuse to bump up the price.
Dizzy Devil Duckycould offer “in-air” gestures
I can’t wait for stories of people brushing their hair away and the earbuds take that as a sign to raise the volume too high or something equally dumb to happen because they won’t be able to differentiate between a normal gesture meant for it and something not meant for it.
Gesture controls are cool, but what happens if they are too sensitive to movement or think gesture xyz is the same as gesture zyx?
I think the problem would be there aren’t sensitive enough and you have people walking around talking to themselves and waving their hands all around in frustration
CorkyskogIf someone is wearing them you will never be truly certain if a bee is flying around them or not.
These already have IR sensors for gesture detection
www.indiegogo.com/…/hy-concealed-smart-earbuds#/
Using cameras instead of simpler IR sensors are going to hurt battery life
Exactly… I have regular buds for running and I hate them because they inevitably shift around a bit and , when I try to get them back in place, they start misinterpreting my touch with whatever touch command they were preprogrammed
These ideas sound nice in the brainstorming room but, in my experience, have rarely panned out in practice
First there were glassholes. Now we’ll have earworms?
You mean butt plugs with cameras pointing onwards into it?
I would buy that
AnUnusualRelicThey haven’t even thought of adding fans for the hot days. Is anyone even thinking of users at Apple?
Let’s take one of the only types of tech that gets reasonable battery life and make it no longer have good battery life. What a great idea.
BobEar pics now easier than ever
Chemical WonkaJust to improve the spy ecosystem. Thanks