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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by PretzelPirate on Friday June 09, 2023 @08:18AM (#36256696)
> The first iPhone was released June 2007

And the first mobile phone was sold to the public in 1949. It took time to catch on. People needed it to be convenient and accessible. VR/AR is neither convenient nor accessible today.

You can use your iPhone camera for an AR experience, but your hands are occupied holding the phone so you can't do much at all when using it.

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by coffeebeqn on Friday June 09, 2023 @09:06AM (#36257252)
Even if AR through a phone is a bit clunky you’d think people would use it if it was so great. I’ve never heard any real consumer talk about AR outside of the short obsession with Pokemon Go.

The whole meta verse thing seems like it was 100% hype building by people with money invested in it and none of the platforms had any users.

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