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0 pointsladberg3y ago0 comments

If you're suggesting that Apple implemented Meta's research starting as it was published on 8/2021, then that timeline absolutely does not work.

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jessriedel3y ago· 2 in thread

Could you say more? I agree an Apple VR headset has been in the works for longer than 2 years, but is it that crazy that they were working on multiple approaches and didn't settle on a final design until after 8/2021, which included using some non-trivial ideas from that paper?

ladbergOP3y ago

Can't really give out any non-public info unfortunately.

I'm not saying that everything was fixed in stone by 8/2021, but any big hardware features like the front-facing display would take longer than that to develop start-to-finish, so I'm just refuting the possibility that Apple could have started development of a front-facing display on the headset and had it ready on the final product in <2 years.

It's not necessarily that a display itself (or any other individual component really) takes >2 years to develop, but that a tightly integrated cutting-edge system can't have significant hardware features added on <2 years before the final product is demoed to the public.

refulgentis3y ago

I'm gonna go ahead and play:'I work near hardware in FAANG, this is totally possible to pull off in 2 years'

...but if you're asserting 'I work at Apple, impossible', I'll give it to you.

Generally people believe way too strongly that phones / other hardware /etc. are set 3 years in advance. Note it's well-reported Vision Pro just got to DVT in the last 4-6 weeks.

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