Right why talk about anything ever everyone just sit in silence.
Many of the people criticizing clearly didn't see the presentations.
Is there non-trivial risk of market failure? Of course. They are trying to create a computation and entertainment focused AR device. That is new. It is inherently risky to create new markets. Is it also possible that they have executed this so well that people may find it very compelling and buy it? Yes, that may be true. Only time will settle this question, so making extreme conclusory statements is just silly.
Real, open-minded discussions of the tradeoffs of the tech have unfortunately been in relatively short supply this week. Some folks have made interesting and thoughtful comments and I for one have enjoyed them very much. Kudos! More of that please.
It's not that new. It's very similar in use case to Meta, which many also think is a major airball.
It’s getting those people to put them on beyond the initial honeymoon period that’s seemingly the issue. Everyone I know who bought one raved about it and considers it a great experience it's just the barrier to charging something then putting it on your face is really huge.
And that's a huge issue because it means they're likely never going to buy a face computer again until the form factor dramatically changes. Which suggests that the primary target audience for the new Apple headset has already left the market.
From Meta's perspective, 20 million devices sitting in a closet generating zero future revenue is not a success.
Then let's talk, but only if the talking is to gush about Apple and its toys.
If you are negative, just shut up.