Apple hires VR specialist.

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Isn't the iPhone 6+ the better iPad alternative ? The tablet market is being replaced with phablets, and in both markets, Apple has biggest pieces of the pie. Mac sales aren't too bad, the best they've ever been.

The Apple Watch is a first gen product and it's doing OK for such a useless device. Look how many attempts MS took to make the Surface machines a viable line of products (that is still niche?). Why is Apple supposed to get every product right with their first attempt? It's not possible when the technology isn't there yet. It's less about losing the edge and more about the unrealistic expectations that Apple products deal with.

I still believe the Apple Watch in its current state, and smartwatches in general, will not be much bigger than they are right now. I don't need another product that I have to worry about charging on a daily basis when it barely offers any extra functionality


HoloLens is yet to be a big thing , why are we talking about it being killed? Not downplaying the tech, but making a cool tech demo and implementing it in a real product that people need or want to buy is two vastly different things.

Same thing could be said for lots of the VR headsets (or VR as a whole?), especially the PSVR, A VR headset that requires a gaming console to operate isn't exactly a hot product for the masses.

iPhones being the best selling and the most capable smartphones (in terms of hardware) & Apple continuous investment in making their own CPUs/future GPUs (that is paying off extremely well) can be considered good reasons why hypothetical Apple VR headsets/AR devices that depend on or borrow some processing powers from the iPhone are gonna be positioned well among the available offerings, hypothetically.

Let's wait and see which company will break VR to the masses. Exciting days indeed.