TechCheck+ The headset wars: Why it's Apple's to lose 01/26/24

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🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Two tech titans are now duking it out in the headset wars. Apple's Vision Pro and Meta's Quests offer different price points, different specs, and most importantly, different visions of the future of virtual reality. And both have big hurdles to clear. This week on TechCheck, why the headset battle is Apple's to lose.

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0:00.0	Two Tech Titans offering different price points,
0:03.0	different specs, and most importantly,
0:05.0	different versions of the future of virtual reality.
0:08.0	Quest 3 is the most powerful headset that we have ever shipped.
0:12.8	An entirely new AR platform with a revolutionary new product.
0:17.7	Call them headsets, ski goggles, face computers,
0:20.1	2024 is turning out to be the year of virtual reality with Apple and Meta duking it out.
0:25.4	What?
0:26.4	What?
0:27.4	Now this is an office this is incredible this week on tech check why the headset battle is
0:39.1	apples to lose.
0:53.6	Apple and Met us see their headset lose. even changing its name to reflect that back in 2021. I am proud to announce that starting today our company is now
0:58.7	meta.
0:59.2	Mark Zuckerberg envisions a whole new world, one where we could live our entire lives in the
1:03.9	Metaverse. You'll probably have a photorealistic avatar for work, a stylized
1:08.9	one for hanging out, and maybe even a fantasy one for gaming. You're going to be able to bring things from the physical world into the metaverse.
1:17.0	Almost any type of media that can be represented digitally, photos, videos, art, music, movies, books, games, you name it.
1:25.0	So that's really where he centered his virtual reality
1:27.2	headset, the MetaQuests.
1:29.2	And maybe because this was during COVID, he also tried to pitch it as a
1:32.0	substitute for in-person interactions.
1:34.7	The feeling of presence.
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