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So this, I mean, this is just a rumor. They're considering it or whatever, but like... That'd be the thing I'd be watching for here.

So this, I mean, this is just a rumor. They're considering it or whatever, but like... That'd be the thing I'd be watching for here.

Not so much the product that they roll out, because, again, there's a bunch of existing products on the market like this, and I don't think they're setting the market on fire, but they are certainly cheap enough for someone to buy as, like, just an impulse purchase for, like, a toy, and people seem to like them, and they're cool. Is it better than watching a movie on your laptop on the plane?

Not so much the product that they roll out, because, again, there's a bunch of existing products on the market like this, and I don't think they're setting the market on fire, but they are certainly cheap enough for someone to buy as, like, just an impulse purchase for, like, a toy, and people seem to like them, and they're cool. Is it better than watching a movie on your laptop on the plane?

I kind of like watching video on my OLED iPad. A cheap pair of glasses is honestly not going to have the image quality. as my very expensive OLED iPad does. But then again, it's private and it's smaller than an iPad and it stays with me wherever I look.

I kind of like watching video on my OLED iPad. A cheap pair of glasses is honestly not going to have the image quality. as my very expensive OLED iPad does. But then again, it's private and it's smaller than an iPad and it stays with me wherever I look.

So it does have some advantages, but I think Apple is going to, if they pursue this, they're going to have some very difficult decisions to make about what exactly they're doing. And the thing I suggested before of saying, this isn't a platform, this is a monitor. That is kind of like sidestepping it all and just saying like, look, it's a monitor. We'll update it every six years.

So it does have some advantages, but I think Apple is going to, if they pursue this, they're going to have some very difficult decisions to make about what exactly they're doing. And the thing I suggested before of saying, this isn't a platform, this is a monitor. That is kind of like sidestepping it all and just saying like, look, it's a monitor. We'll update it every six years.

It comes with an A13 inside it. It runs a variant of iOS, but basically it's just a really cool screen that goes on your face. It's no power button. Yeah, exactly. And that is saying we are not ready to do AR, but we are ready to put screens in your eyeballs.

It comes with an A13 inside it. It runs a variant of iOS, but basically it's just a really cool screen that goes on your face. It's no power button. Yeah, exactly. And that is saying we are not ready to do AR, but we are ready to put screens in your eyeballs.

Or the right approach for this time. The right approach for this time and for this current state of technology. I think Apple should continue to pursue the high end because that's how you eventually get to the good version of that. But it's too expensive now. So what can you do with existing tech? What is the Palm Pilot version of this?

Or the right approach for this time. The right approach for this time and for this current state of technology. I think Apple should continue to pursue the high end because that's how you eventually get to the good version of that. But it's too expensive now. So what can you do with existing tech? What is the Palm Pilot version of this?

Again, with this rumor, another thing leaning in the direction of it being more like a monitor is they're basically saying offload computing to the phone. But you don't want your phone doing that much heavy lifting in service of projecting an image onto your glasses, right?

Again, with this rumor, another thing leaning in the direction of it being more like a monitor is they're basically saying offload computing to the phone. But you don't want your phone doing that much heavy lifting in service of projecting an image onto your glasses, right?

But if you just ask it to project video, if you're watching a TV show or a movie or a YouTube video, well, there's hardware decoding for the video, and that is actually one of the lighter things that your phone can do. It doesn't have to show the video on its screen, so it's saving on battery life on not lighting up its screen, right? It's using the battery that's in your glasses.

But if you just ask it to project video, if you're watching a TV show or a movie or a YouTube video, well, there's hardware decoding for the video, and that is actually one of the lighter things that your phone can do. It doesn't have to show the video on its screen, so it's saving on battery life on not lighting up its screen, right? It's using the battery that's in your glasses.

But it's doing networking. It's downloading the video, or if it's already downloaded, it's streaming it off the SSD. It's decoding the compressed video. It's sending the image, right? Yeah.

But it's doing networking. It's downloading the video, or if it's already downloaded, it's streaming it off the SSD. It's decoding the compressed video. It's sending the image, right? Yeah.

Anything more than that, where you're asking the phone to like track objects in 3D space and do stuff like the Vision Pro does to make like a stable floating window in front of you, your phone battery is going to get slaughtered. I mean, hell, the Vision Pro with a huge battery that's bigger than the iPhone itself, two hours battery life.

Anything more than that, where you're asking the phone to like track objects in 3D space and do stuff like the Vision Pro does to make like a stable floating window in front of you, your phone battery is going to get slaughtered. I mean, hell, the Vision Pro with a huge battery that's bigger than the iPhone itself, two hours battery life.