I'm skeptical about this timeline and this tech, but hear me out... a lot of folks in this thread and in past threads about this subject have viewed this through a consumer lens. But why wouldn't Apple be looking into commercial uses with deep pocket buyers instead? They've expressed an interest in health care in the past, for example. Truckers who need info and who don't exactly have CarPlay in their rigs - this becomes a heads-up display of road / weather / gas info.
Even in the consumer world - my game-playing son already has a headset with a microphone attached while he's on his PS4. The VR headsets with the PS4 (or xbox, or whatever...) have been clunky in the past and had limited games, but it doesn't negate that there are already consumers being conditioned to use headsets here that could be extended in some way.
Finally - look at all the people wandering around with AirPods in their ears... is it really that hard to imagine some extension to this in glasses form or some other lightweight, non-intrusive form where the iPhone has the smarts and the headset is just another augmentation like the Watch?
Even in the consumer world - my game-playing son already has a headset with a microphone attached while he's on his PS4. The VR headsets with the PS4 (or xbox, or whatever...) have been clunky in the past and had limited games, but it doesn't negate that there are already consumers being conditioned to use headsets here that could be extended in some way.
Finally - look at all the people wandering around with AirPods in their ears... is it really that hard to imagine some extension to this in glasses form or some other lightweight, non-intrusive form where the iPhone has the smarts and the headset is just another augmentation like the Watch?