I'm not sure how that comes across as underwhelming to you – it seems to me like Apple (unsurprisingly) is going for the high end market with specs to match.
Except MS actually did steal Google's thunder. This trailer did nothing but confirm how boring Meta seems and just made me more curious about what Apple's offering will look like.
And what Meta did to openAI with Llamas
Gaming with headsets is sweaty but fun and Sony is the best company for that (PS5).
For business who will style themselves and than will use a headset like this?
As usual I'm very very curious about the anouncment.
I can see are/vr in the long-term for being cheap enough that you buy one for a main unique purpose like building your house and potentially for the regular online game session but not as something which will change our environment.
Given they decided to announce this earlier they must have looked at the Apple XR spec leaks and will undercut Apple's efforts to attempt to sell their headset. The first new form factor of an Apple product is the worst one to buy (Unless you are a collector)
Meta is clearly far ahead in AI, XR and vision research than Apple is. But then the goal is obvious and it is the AR glasses. Either way, the death of Meta Platforms Inc. (Formerly Facebook) has been greatly exaggerated here.
We'll see about Apple's headset but the leaks only show that the hardware and the price is very underwhelming. The most important thing to look out for is the software. But no doubt that Apple will try to justify the high price at the last minute.