Re:Meta rebuffs Google's virtual reality tie-up proposal
by NBJack on Friday March 01, 2024 @08:59PM
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Mmm, remains to be seen. Apple hasn't won anything yet. Data gathering is clearly the goal here, with those whom own the platform being the victors. A few headsets have been sold, sure, but market penetration is the key.
I think Meta is certainly ahead, but they are burning cash hard. Apple is just getting started.
Re:Meta rebuffs Google's virtual reality tie-up proposal
by AndrewKemendo on Friday March 01, 2024 @09:06PM
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I agree that Apple wins long term and FB glasses are the “Android” of AR
The Apple brand is just too dominant that losing on AR doesn’t mean Apple sinks
Alternatively Meta doesn’t have such a position so losing on AR would be existential if they need it to beat Apple
The data that comes off of AR devices is just way too important and FB and Apple started investing early.
When google hedged after they failed with glass, by investing in ML and then putting half ass effort into Tango they gave the market to Apple with the Metaio etc… purchases.
I can’t stress how badly Magic Leap fucked the AR startup ecosystem up.
Meanwhile Zuck was smart enough to realize AR was early and built the VR market via Oculus knowing Oculus was just V0 for AR.
Meta and Apple won and there’s no way for a startup or even Google to compete in AR and thus the most important future data market