During the PC-macbook fight, microsoft owned windows and apple owned the entire stack. Eventually microsoft made laptops. In phones, google owned android and apple the entore stack. Eventually google made phones. For the new ar/vr fight, apple still owns the entire stack however facebook uses qualcomm chips and android os. Extremely lazy considering the amount of money meta has spent and the fact they have owned oculus for 10 years. All they build is a layer on top of that. if google puts out a headset with android (which they are working on and will put out) wont that inherently be a better product. Facebook can still be like samsung in this new ecosystem but will it stay relevant? #meta #google
Android is open source. And Im talking about AOSP not the os that runs your phone. Dont reinvent the wheel. Android is a great open source OS.
yes and samsung, lenovo, and countless others use it for phones. If everyone makes headsets then meta will fall in the category of the companies mentioned here unlike google and apple.
Its not the same thing. Phones use an android build that comes bundled with google services (like the play store). For example Google blocked Huawei from using Android w google services, but it can still release on Android. Its just noone wants to buy a phone without Google Services in it. My guess is Meta hopes to build enough service ecosystem to be the vr template.
Apple vs Microsoft
could be but less likely than google. Microsoft hasn’t been able to create platforms like google has. No great windows mobile or os.
Microsoft’s Lumia series was highly optimized, elegant looking, with amazing battery life. The reason for its demise was that Microsoft failed to attract developers to that platform.
Facebook wants to make their own OS which doesn't depend on apps. That's the whole reasoning behind the "currently very failing" Metaverse. Source: Worked at Meta project Horizon.
Hope they do build an os and solve these hard problems. For 10 years and 5b a year their results have been disappointing. Apple has spent 5B total.
This thread is parhetic.. OP had so much kool aid
simply asking a question. I do think meta will be a big player. If you make a good point I am open to changing my opinion. You are just being dismissive and disrespectful.
You are not asking a question, you are hiddenly directing people to agree with you on your opinion that apple is in the best position here. That is pathetic. If you want to ask a question - ask it and thats it.
it’s ads vs hardware
Apple simply bought the meta talent who worked on vr/ar projects for 10 years and indirectly reaped investment that meta made by launching a competing product. Bad that Meta not able to capture IPs till now. If not there should be some legal cases by now. My guess is that Meta can launch even better product at the price point that apple is trying to sell. But choose to optimize product build/price for the market it can sell. Apple strategy is it can’t penetrate to video game market. So it is trying to create its own market. Meta should try to integrate its products with what it is good at. Connecting people. Like integrate it with Facebook, Instagram, whats app etc. People are already using Instagram for finding experiences and buying stuff. So do it AR/VR way. Just like apple is building its case from what it is good at. Making computers. Both these companies are catering to different market segments. Meta failed because it was trying to stick with same market segment which is crowded by MS/Sony. Let us see if Apple will be successful in the segment it is trying to create.
Meta and Google and very similar in a way that they cannot make hardware and don't have a natural grown team. Meta bought Oculus and Google bought HTC. Nobody at native Google has an idea about cell phones. I would be surprised if they can make a headset that can ship.
It’s meta and google Vs apple
Apple vs Samsung. Samsung should seriously consider investing into creating their own mobile OS. If they can do wonders with Android’s SDJ which is so hard to work with, I am sure their SDK would be way better compared to that of Google’s Android SDK.
ROFL use bixby and their garbage over lay and then say that again. Once you use a pixel you realize Samsung brings nothing to the table but nice displays and no proper quality control. You know why apple is dominating? Because google left it’s future in the hands of Samsung to take on Apple. Biggest mistake they could’ve made.
But both apple and Google are not as good as meta in the social media side of the ar/vr
thats again an application of the platform not the platform itself
Meta hasn’t been good at “the social side” of anything for years