Apple’s core competence is to wait for some good product hit the market and later improve it to make it much better and fetch their market share. Being forefront of the tech is not their skill, their skill is integration , supplier, and supply chain Logistics’s, and a design
The experience you get is probably better than any existing VR headset but I struggle to see myself valuing it at more than $500. The FOV and resolution still both suck and the headset is super bulky. I would rather use a phone or laptop/tablet to co some content since it’s much more pixel dense. If they can make a slimmer, lighter version with much higher pixel density it might be worth getting one but the tech is nowhere near there yet.
Facebook bought Oculus 10 years ago. Nothing is better about weight. It's worse, in fact. The 1.5 pound dorkbox smashed against your face is literally heavier and uglier than it was a decade ago. Take that Moore's law bullshit somewhere else. These things aren't going to be 30 grams for 30 years.
I don’t think this has ever been true. There are too many things they do where they have created a market out of nothing. The general public had never paid for digital music or apps until apple created the market. Same with contactless payment from phones.
You can argue that any of these technologies existed before and they “followed”, but that’s a pretty distorted view when apple made the market - they didn’t take market share from others.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen them claim to invent any of those things. I’ve only ever seen other people claim they do.
> They don't invent much
They probably invent at the same rate as others investing in R&D.
> and willingly lock you into it.
They vertically integrate. Their customers obviously like this and aren’t bothered that it isn’t open. It’s not a bad thing, unless you consider the behaviour bad from all companies.
