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Appleis famous for its Think Different slogan, and it seems to be thinking different about AR and VR with the imminentApple AR/VR headset: to be blunt, Apple isn’t buying theMetaversehype.
The news comes via Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, whose Power On newsletter is often a great source of Apple news. AsAppleinsiderreports, Gurman says that Apple has thought about the Metaverse – an always-on virtual world that’s a bit like The Matrix but without the kung-fu or Keanu – but isn’t impressed.
“I’ve been told pretty directly that the idea of a completely virtual world where users can escape to – like they can in Meta Platforms/Facebook’s vision of the future – is off limits for Apple,” Gurman says.
Good. As much as I love The Matrix, I don’t want to live in it – let alone live in a poor approximation of it.
Meh to the Metaverse
The Apple AR/VR headset does sound impressive: current rumours predict a curved visor withAirPods Max-esque strap,Apple Watch-style interchangeable bands, an M-series Apple processor or similar and LIDAR for hand and gesture recognition.
I’m excited, because I love VR. I’m looking forward to upgrading from my PSVR to thePSVR2this year, and I’ve lost countless hours to my Oculus VR headset and Beat Saber. But as someone who’s spent a lot of time in virtual worlds, I’m also very aware that the headsets get hot, heavy and uncomfortable, your eyes go a bit funny after even fairly short experiences and if you’re playing something fast-paced then from time to time you have to go and be sick in a bucket.
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The Apple AR/VR headset isn’t going to do that. It doesn’t offer a Second Life, pun fully intended: it’s here to make your existing life more fun, and maybe a bit easier too. And on that basis, it’s almost guaranteed to be thebest VR headsetfor me.
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