Apple is making an integrated headset: their own lenses, processor, ..., down to the operating system.
The Quest uses an Android based operating system and a lot of off the shelf components.
We've seen this story before and it hasn't ended well for the folks in Mark's position.
A personal device like these headsets needs to be delightful. It has to be responsive. It has to have the little touches. It's much more difficult to do that when you're constrained by off the shelf components.
Apple had the best touchpads for a decade because of those integrated properties, for example.
Apple is making an integrated headset: their own lenses, processor, ..., down to the operating system.
The Quest uses an Android based operating system and a lot of off the shelf components.
We've seen this story before and it hasn't ended well for the folks in Mark's position.
A personal device like these headsets needs to be delightful. It has to be responsive. It has to have the little touches. It's much more difficult to do that when you're constrained by off the shelf components.
Apple had the best touchpads for a decade because of those integrated properties, for example.