The Apple Headset: A Moment of Wow that Could Make it Cool

We know the point is that like they have to VR headsets have a moment of wow that's what made them cool. Sorry for that but like you know are they gonna have like a FaceTime demo with the avatars we're so used to VR headsets now we're like I am that I've seen a lot of how those work you know are they just gonna get into the nuts and bolts of like here's how we're gonna make ours. I think that they're gonna have to start over and say Here's the cool thing okay now here's all the other stuff you can do.

You think they're gonna like bring it on stage and have Tim Cook wearing it or is it gonna be more uh quiet behind the scenes type over. I think more of that because these things get clunky and weird even in the best scenarios plus sometimes they don't work right and you got the stage demo plus also nobody knows what you're seeing every time I wear something weird on my face I give a lot of experience with that right you don't know what I'm seeing it's not the same thing they could talk about reality OS that has been something that people have seen in code that has been reported on and kind of out there for developers already so it's not a total secret that there is software for it's just not as exciting as the hardware.

And they could have something like a developer kit because the question is who is this for is it for the developers is it for the everyday person is it for work because when you have something simple like a VR headset for gaming like the Quest 2 everyone gets it but when meta started to flex into doing stuff for work in a more expensive headset a lot more complexities and then it's not so easy. I think Apple needs to make something that is developer friendly definitely but then the first version of whatever this is there's been all this talk about that the product may not be ready or the designers didn't want to be ready but maybe they want to put it out anyhow the first version of an Apple product that's new usually isn't isn't the one that you get I think it's about the iterations of the product more than is this product the one and so in that sense like what does it really matter just they have to get the foot in the door.

I'm so curious and yet can't help but wonder how this is going to be so different from every other Apple product yeah well and it needs to work with all the other Apple products like nobody has made a headset that really works seamlessly with your phone your watch your TV your laptop or whatever and some of them do parts of it but that's like the biggest opportunity for apple or eventually Google Samsung and that partnership that they're working on is still like get this thing to just feel normal with everything that you do and feel like a peripheral. I think it makes sense to have something that could be upgraded over time which doesn't seem very Apple but also like if it's a peripheral to your laptop or your phone like you know you're not going to want to buy a new one of these for X thousand dollars maybe ever but like maybe you buy it once and you know if it's really good so they have to kind of map that out too like what what happens there all right we'll have to see do you have more magic tricks while we wait because we have a long time we have to wait it seems.

We have to bring some more some card tricks some Corey tricks I'm gonna be at wwc with the whole oval magic kit and stand and set that up thank you Scott yeah thanks Bridget how Apple launches the headset is important but maybe it's being done like this because it's only going to be important to developers because it could be version two or three that's going to be important to you and me and getting the public on board Apple needs content and gaming built out to get people to understand its value maybe because of the economic climate it's a good thing Apple launches it slowly if most consumers are going to wait then this makes 2023 the year of building out everything the first iPhone was interesting who wants a stylus but thanks didn't get real good until the 3 GS let me know in the comments how closely you will be watching this reveal and if you're someone who wants the first model no matter what or if you're more of a wait and see person.

And if you have questions for me or Scott we're going to tackle them in a future episode if Apple doesn't succeed right off the bat with this it's not the end the company has Diversified into a finance company and Apple's now also a Content Empire of movies and TV shows and exercise programming and music stations and gaming and sports broadcasting but how will all of that fit into the high-tech goggles the suspense is terrible

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enforeign there is so much drama and mystery surrounding whatever apple is going to do with a mixed reality headset after years of reported delays and multiple news outlets making their own fake renderings of the design because we're all tired of talking about something we can't see yet everyone is saying the headset will be shown off at WWDC the developers Conference in June that's right Apple's making this massive leap into a whole new hardware product category announcing what could be the beginning of the post iPhone ERA with a device that could change how we work and play it's rumored to cost three grand and you're telling me that that is going to happen in the same breath as news on operating system updates what yeah no one cares about watch OS 10 no one's going to care about Mac OS 14 not when there's going to be a headset thing hiding behind some curtain is all people want to talk about so why would an iconic new product share the Limelight at a developers conference and why wouldn't Apple give this VR AR headset thing its own special event and let's think about the climate right now for Apple to unveil such an important piece of risky Hardware you're telling me now Tim Cook is finally going to do it in this economy with wave after wave of tech layoffs Bank collapses and inflation Mania sweeping the nation yeah yeah now they decide it's VR time ah cool yeah there are a lot of questions and I want to know all of your biggest apple headset concerns through your comments and questions below and be sure to subscribe to the channel because we're going to answer them in a future episode I really want to see what apple is doing here I want to get swept up in whatever wild VR magic they have been crafting for the past seven years or however long it's been but does the world have the capacity right now to have any interest in this one more thing perhaps we should be thinking differently about this product from other Apple Hardware launches let's go over how Apple would potentially treat this reveal at WWDC and why it won't be like other app products I'm Bridget Carey and this is one more thing this rumored headset could be seen as Tim Cook's big Legacy as he sets up the next phase of the Apple product universe but the hype is heavy here speculation began five years ago when stories started cropping up about the project rumors from Mostly reliable sources ramped up over the past few months we have heard it could be called reality Pro that this would let you watch 3D video it would do interactive workouts use hand tracking and have some sort of realistic FaceTime Avatar chats with other people whatever that's supposed to be all while wearing some sort of high-tech ski goggles the big picture is still pretty hazy recently we have seen some ribbon cables allegedly leak out it's posted by Mac rumors and nine to five Mac from a Twitter user called Mr White yeah looks like the shape of glasses such curves so mysterious riveting stuff a few days ago a story came out from the financial times that there is a huge pressure on the Apple headset team to ship it out now and some tech for augmented reality may not be fully perfected so we could see other iterations of headgear from Apple down the road so why is this so dramatic Apple has to pull off some serious magic here so let's pull in the VR and AR master who has covered Apple for years and you knows a few tricks the company may have up its sleeve CNET editor at large Scott Stein I feel like we've been here before yeah we have it's been a long time waiting for this headset we've been talking so much about this headset but we did not think it would be at WWDC just a few months ago so what would a launch at the developers conference look like yeah this is like seems like option two where the first would have been you announced the headset and they didn't do that now you're gonna maybe fold it in at the show that is all about the developers it makes sense to talk about it there but that's a lot of stuff to digest like it's it seems like you would eat up the show to talk about the headset when that show is also supposed to be about Mac development and iPads and phones and watches and whatever else how are headsets typically announced because you've been to quite a few unveilings well headsets sometimes feel like they evolve more than they're suddenly born I mean things like the Oculus Rift or magic leap were these things you heard about for such a long time buy the company not rumors but actual you know intended leaks that then manifest into a product or you see demos over year after year so laying it all down at one event is not typically a VR air headset move that's why I thought that Apple would do some sort of demo event before and then something after and then something after that it's like a slower roll out yeah because there's a lot to take in I still feel like you've got to kind of show something like you got to show magic you got to show magic they gotta do the equivalent of like making the handkerchief disappear where it's like wow that's cool how'd they do that anyway I do magic you know the point is that like they have to VR headsets have a moment of wow that's what made them cool sorry for that but like you know are they gonna have like a FaceTime demo with the avatars we're so used to VR headsets now we're like I am that I've seen a lot of how those work you know are they just gonna get into the nuts and bolts of like here's how we're gonna make ours I think that they're gonna have to start over and say Here's the cool thing okay now here's all the other stuff you can do you think they're gonna like bring it on stage and have Tim Cook wearing it or is it gonna be more uh quiet behind the scenes type over I think more of that because these things get clunky and weird even in the best scenarios plus sometimes they don't work right and you got the stage demo plus also nobody knows what you're seeing every time I wear something weird on my face I give a lot of experience with that right you don't know what I'm seeing it's not the same thing they could talk about reality OS that has been something that people have seen in code that has been reported on and kind of out there for developers already so it's not a total secret that there is software for it's just not as exciting as the hardware and they could have something like a developer kit because the question is who is this for is it for the developers is it for the everyday person is it for work because when you have something simple like a VR headset for gaming like the Quest 2 everyone gets it but when meta started to flex into doing stuff for work in a more expensive headset a lot more complexities and then it's not so easy I think Apple needs to make something that is developer friendly definitely but then the first version of whatever this is there's been all this talk about that the product may not be ready or the designers didn't want to be ready but maybe they want to put it out anyhow the first version of an Apple product that's new usually isn't isn't the one that you get I think the it's about the iterations of the product more than is this product the one and so in that sense like what does it really matter just they have to get the foot in the door I'm so curious and yet can't help but wonder how this is going to be so different from every other Apple product yeah well and it needs to work with all the other Apple products like nobody has made a headset that really works seamlessly with your phone your watch your TV your laptop or whatever and some of them do parts of it but that's like the biggest opportunity for apple or eventually Google Samsung and that partnership that they're working on is still like get this thing to just feel normal with everything that you do and feel like a peripheral I think it makes sense to have something that could be upgraded over time which doesn't seem very Apple but also like if it's a peripheral to your laptop or your phone like you know you're not going to want to buy a new one of these for X thousand dollars maybe ever but like maybe you buy it once and you know if it's really good so they have to kind of map that out too like what what happens there all right we'll have to see do you have more magic tricks while we wait because we have a long time we have to wait it seems we have to bring some more some card tricks some Corey tricks I'm gonna be at wwc with the whole oval magic kit and stand and set that up thank you Scott yeah thanks Bridget how Apple launches the headset is important but maybe it's being done like this because it's only going to be important to developers because it could be version two or three that's going to be important to you and me and getting the public on board Apple needs content and gaming built out to get people to understand its value maybe because of the economic climate it's a good thing Apple launches it slowly if most consumers are going to wait then this makes 2023 the year of building out everything the first iPhone was interesting who wants a stylus but thanks didn't get real good until the 3 GS let me know in the comments how closely you will be watching this reveal and if you're someone who wants the first model no matter what or if you're more of a wait and see person and if you have questions for me or Scott we're going to tackle them in a future episode if Apple doesn't succeed right off the bat with this it's not the end the company has Diversified into a finance company and Apple's now also a Content Empire of movies and TV shows and exercise programming and music stations and gaming and sports broadcasting but how will all of that fit into the high-tech goggles the suspense is terrible I hope it will lastforeign there is so much drama and mystery surrounding whatever apple is going to do with a mixed reality headset after years of reported delays and multiple news outlets making their own fake renderings of the design because we're all tired of talking about something we can't see yet everyone is saying the headset will be shown off at WWDC the developers Conference in June that's right Apple's making this massive leap into a whole new hardware product category announcing what could be the beginning of the post iPhone ERA with a device that could change how we work and play it's rumored to cost three grand and you're telling me that that is going to happen in the same breath as news on operating system updates what yeah no one cares about watch OS 10 no one's going to care about Mac OS 14 not when there's going to be a headset thing hiding behind some curtain is all people want to talk about so why would an iconic new product share the Limelight at a developers conference and why wouldn't Apple give this VR AR headset thing its own special event and let's think about the climate right now for Apple to unveil such an important piece of risky Hardware you're telling me now Tim Cook is finally going to do it in this economy with wave after wave of tech layoffs Bank collapses and inflation Mania sweeping the nation yeah yeah now they decide it's VR time ah cool yeah there are a lot of questions and I want to know all of your biggest apple headset concerns through your comments and questions below and be sure to subscribe to the channel because we're going to answer them in a future episode I really want to see what apple is doing here I want to get swept up in whatever wild VR magic they have been crafting for the past seven years or however long it's been but does the world have the capacity right now to have any interest in this one more thing perhaps we should be thinking differently about this product from other Apple Hardware launches let's go over how Apple would potentially treat this reveal at WWDC and why it won't be like other app products I'm Bridget Carey and this is one more thing this rumored headset could be seen as Tim Cook's big Legacy as he sets up the next phase of the Apple product universe but the hype is heavy here speculation began five years ago when stories started cropping up about the project rumors from Mostly reliable sources ramped up over the past few months we have heard it could be called reality Pro that this would let you watch 3D video it would do interactive workouts use hand tracking and have some sort of realistic FaceTime Avatar chats with other people whatever that's supposed to be all while wearing some sort of high-tech ski goggles the big picture is still pretty hazy recently we have seen some ribbon cables allegedly leak out it's posted by Mac rumors and nine to five Mac from a Twitter user called Mr White yeah looks like the shape of glasses such curves so mysterious riveting stuff a few days ago a story came out from the financial times that there is a huge pressure on the Apple headset team to ship it out now and some tech for augmented reality may not be fully perfected so we could see other iterations of headgear from Apple down the road so why is this so dramatic Apple has to pull off some serious magic here so let's pull in the VR and AR master who has covered Apple for years and you knows a few tricks the company may have up its sleeve CNET editor at large Scott Stein I feel like we've been here before yeah we have it's been a long time waiting for this headset we've been talking so much about this headset but we did not think it would be at WWDC just a few months ago so what would a launch at the developers conference look like yeah this is like seems like option two where the first would have been you announced the headset and they didn't do that now you're gonna maybe fold it in at the show that is all about the developers it makes sense to talk about it there but that's a lot of stuff to digest like it's it seems like you would eat up the show to talk about the headset when that show is also supposed to be about Mac development and iPads and phones and watches and whatever else how are headsets typically announced because you've been to quite a few unveilings well headsets sometimes feel like they evolve more than they're suddenly born I mean things like the Oculus Rift or magic leap were these things you heard about for such a long time buy the company not rumors but actual you know intended leaks that then manifest into a product or you see demos over year after year so laying it all down at one event is not typically a VR air headset move that's why I thought that Apple would do some sort of demo event before and then something after and then something after that it's like a slower roll out yeah because there's a lot to take in I still feel like you've got to kind of show something like you got to show magic you got to show magic they gotta do the equivalent of like making the handkerchief disappear where it's like wow that's cool how'd they do that anyway I do magic you know the point is that like they have to VR headsets have a moment of wow that's what made them cool sorry for that but like you know are they gonna have like a FaceTime demo with the avatars we're so used to VR headsets now we're like I am that I've seen a lot of how those work you know are they just gonna get into the nuts and bolts of like here's how we're gonna make ours I think that they're gonna have to start over and say Here's the cool thing okay now here's all the other stuff you can do you think they're gonna like bring it on stage and have Tim Cook wearing it or is it gonna be more uh quiet behind the scenes type over I think more of that because these things get clunky and weird even in the best scenarios plus sometimes they don't work right and you got the stage demo plus also nobody knows what you're seeing every time I wear something weird on my face I give a lot of experience with that right you don't know what I'm seeing it's not the same thing they could talk about reality OS that has been something that people have seen in code that has been reported on and kind of out there for developers already so it's not a total secret that there is software for it's just not as exciting as the hardware and they could have something like a developer kit because the question is who is this for is it for the developers is it for the everyday person is it for work because when you have something simple like a VR headset for gaming like the Quest 2 everyone gets it but when meta started to flex into doing stuff for work in a more expensive headset a lot more complexities and then it's not so easy I think Apple needs to make something that is developer friendly definitely but then the first version of whatever this is there's been all this talk about that the product may not be ready or the designers didn't want to be ready but maybe they want to put it out anyhow the first version of an Apple product that's new usually isn't isn't the one that you get I think the it's about the iterations of the product more than is this product the one and so in that sense like what does it really matter just they have to get the foot in the door I'm so curious and yet can't help but wonder how this is going to be so different from every other Apple product yeah well and it needs to work with all the other Apple products like nobody has made a headset that really works seamlessly with your phone your watch your TV your laptop or whatever and some of them do parts of it but that's like the biggest opportunity for apple or eventually Google Samsung and that partnership that they're working on is still like get this thing to just feel normal with everything that you do and feel like a peripheral I think it makes sense to have something that could be upgraded over time which doesn't seem very Apple but also like if it's a peripheral to your laptop or your phone like you know you're not going to want to buy a new one of these for X thousand dollars maybe ever but like maybe you buy it once and you know if it's really good so they have to kind of map that out too like what what happens there all right we'll have to see do you have more magic tricks while we wait because we have a long time we have to wait it seems we have to bring some more some card tricks some Corey tricks I'm gonna be at wwc with the whole oval magic kit and stand and set that up thank you Scott yeah thanks Bridget how Apple launches the headset is important but maybe it's being done like this because it's only going to be important to developers because it could be version two or three that's going to be important to you and me and getting the public on board Apple needs content and gaming built out to get people to understand its value maybe because of the economic climate it's a good thing Apple launches it slowly if most consumers are going to wait then this makes 2023 the year of building out everything the first iPhone was interesting who wants a stylus but thanks didn't get real good until the 3 GS let me know in the comments how closely you will be watching this reveal and if you're someone who wants the first model no matter what or if you're more of a wait and see person and if you have questions for me or Scott we're going to tackle them in a future episode if Apple doesn't succeed right off the bat with this it's not the end the company has Diversified into a finance company and Apple's now also a Content Empire of movies and TV shows and exercise programming and music stations and gaming and sports broadcasting but how will all of that fit into the high-tech goggles the suspense is terrible I hope it will last\n"