Day 35/60: The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree of VR/AR
“Hi” from Europe!
Working From Hotel (WFH) Today:
APPLE LAUNCHED A NEW PRODUCT CATEGORY…
first it was Macs, then iPhones, Then iPads, then Airppds… and now, Vision.
10 Reasons why you NEED the apple headset?
REMOTE WORKING? LOOK AT YOUR LAPTOP, AND BAM. A 100 FOOT HOLOGRAPHIC SCREEN IS PROJECTED IN YOUR BEDROOM.
ENJOYING SPORTS? NOW YOU CAN HAVE 10 SCREENS, GAMBLE ALL YOU WANT, IT’S A VIRTUAL SPORTS BOOK.
Learn something new? There’s no better way to learn than in 3D, now your lessons are life sized!
Love Movies? But don’t own a movie theatre in your house? No problem, just put on the headset. That’s wayyyy cheaper than buying a whole movie theatre!
Missing your family? Call them from the Vision and see them life-sized! No more tiny little screens
Get ahead of competitors. If you’re a business, you’ve got to innovate. Imagine being one of the first 5 million people to own an iPhone?? You won.
Hate being on Video 24/7 on Zoom? All good, with the new re-creation system, Apple scans your face and recreates a virtual version of you. Wear your pyjamas while your avatar is wearing a suit coat.. nobody will know! Stay comfy, make money.
Be Cool. GO TRY IT FOR YOURSELF! VISION WILL BE AVAILABLE IN APPLE STORES FOR DEMO SOON, AND PURCHASE IN EARLY 2024
Love VR already? Play your fave Quest games, Apple showed Rec Room during their Keynote.
Make money. If you’re a VR dev, a consultant, an AR dev, an investor, a sales person, or even a corporate employee, this headset is going to be your key to make money. New jobs, investment opportunities, and apps will be created over the next decade. Just like the iPhone’s App Store.
Why I’m happy?
In 2015, I was sitting in my college dorm wondering what I’d do with my career.
I had no idea.
I was randomly going through YouTube.. when I saw this video
https://lnkd.in/eJCZ-iHC
It was the first time I had ever seen a VR headset.
I packed my stuff, I moved straight to San Francisco.
And I started a venture fund for VR/AR.
It’s been a very tough decade of trying to succeed in VR/AR
The dream was always.. “will apple launch a Headset?”
Today, that #dream was realized
Apple launched the sleekest, most light weight, and coolest headset we’ve ever seen
1000x more impressive than Meta (sorry, I did enjoy working there, but always felt the hardware was v uncomfortable)
Here’s the 9 minute preview
https://lnkd.in/ecGs-qRs
The header goes for sale from Apple in early 2024
This is what the industry needs
Even while I was working at meta, I told my boss multiple times, “We need apple to launch a headset. That’s the only way this technology becomes mainstream.”
And again, today, that happened
I’ve been waiting 8 years for this
I’m SO happy not just for myself but for all of the (literally) hundreds of founders I met over the year
The people who have struggled and done their absolute best to stay alive and thrive the best they could
This is the time for our industry. Finally.
it’s time.
Thank you Apple
-Don
Www.LinkedIn.com/in/donstein