Philip Houska Okungokoqobo okungokoqobo ngokuhlanganyela nenye yezinkampani zobuchwepheshe ezinethonya kakhulu isihloko okuxoxwa ngaso njalo. Cishe akukho okungamangaza ngakho, njengoba umncintiswano usuvele ungene kulawa manzi futhi kancane kancane uqala ukwandisa amaphothifoliyo awo ngalokhu, ngokusho kobuchwepheshe obuningi. I-Apple ayikazibandakanyi ngokusemthethweni emkhakheni weqiniso langempela, kodwa ngokolwazi lwamanje, ukutholwa kwezinkampani ezigxile kwi-VR kanye nokuqashwa kukaDoug Bowman, uchwepheshe we-VR, akuzona kuphela izinkomba zokuthi i-Apple iphezu kokuthile ngempela.
Nsuku zonke Izikhathi Zezezimali ngokusekelwe emithonjeni ejwayelene nalesi simo, ibhala ukuthi i-Apple ihlanganise ithimba eliyimfihlo eligcwele ochwepheshe beqiniso elibonakalayo nelingeziwe ukuze bakhe ama-prototypes okuqala amahedisethi abonakalayo. Ithimba, elingagcini nje ngezinkulungwane zabasebenzi ekuthengeni okukhethwe ngokucophelela, kodwa futhi ngandlela thize abasebenzi abavela kwaMicrosoft noma i-Lytro yokuqala, bangaqhudelana nemikhiqizo ye-VR kanye ne-AR esikhathini esizayo ngamadivayisi afana ne-Rift evela. I-Oculus (kusukela ngo-2014 ephethwe yi-Facebook) kanye ne-Microsoft's HoloLens (esithombeni ngezansi).
Iqiniso elithakazelisayo ukuthi inkampani ye-Cupertino ike yazama iqiniso elingokoqobo. Ithimba elincane eliholwa nguSteve Jobs lidale ama-prototypes ahlukahlukene, awanikeza ngisho nelungelo lobunikazi, kodwa base bewushiya lo mbono ngenxa yokungavuthwa okuthile kobuchwepheshe.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, i-VR sphere yaqala ukuzibonakalisa ngezinga elibanzi futhi, isibonelo, i-Rift evela ku-Oculus yadalwa, eyathengwa yi-Facebook ngo-March 2014 ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili (cishe imiqhele eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-25). Abanye abadlali abakhulu bezobuchwepheshe nabo sebeqalile ukuthuthukisa imikhiqizo ngobuchwepheshe, futhi kwamangala ukuthi i-Apple, ebonakala inolwazi okungenani oluncane ngeqiniso elibonakalayo, ayizange ingene emdlalweni nganoma iyiphi indlela ebalulekile.
Nokho, phakathi naleso sikhathi, le nkampani yenza ukuthengwa okuthakazelisayo ngesimo somphakathi wakwa-Israyeli I-PrimeSense egxile kubuchwepheshe be-3D, izinkampani zaseJalimane I-Metaio, egxile ngokoqobo kanye ne-augmented reality, uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Faceshift kanye nokuqaliswa kwakamuva kwe-Flyby, evumela okungokoqobo okungathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona ukuthi "babone" umhlaba wonke kusetshenziswa amadivaysi eselula, i-Google nayo yasizakala futhi yathuthukisa ubuchwepheshe be-3D ngaphansi kwegama lekhodi elithi "Tango" neqembu le-Flyby.
Ukungena kwesidlakela saseCalifornia ku-VR/AR sphere kungasizwa nangu-Doug Bowman, osanda kubambisana naye. waqasha, kanye nezisebenzi zangaphambili zeMicrosoft neLytro.
Ngokokuqala ngqa, umqondisi omkhulu we-Apple, uTim Cook, uphawule ngaso sonke isimo mayelana nalobu buchwepheshe obushisayo, ngubani kwabelwane ngokuthi okungokoqobo okubonakalayo kuyinkambu ethokozisayo enezici ezithakazelisayo. Ngaphandle kwalokho, isimo asishintshi. I-Apple iyaqhubeka nokwenqaba ukunikeza imininingwane eyengeziwe mayelana neqiniso elibonakalayo, njengoba kuwumkhuba wayo ngayo yonke imikhiqizo yayo ezayo.
Kodwa-ke, lonke ulwazi oseluvele kuze kube manje lubonisa ukuthi inkampani kaCook ihlela okuthile, kodwa akekho ongaba nesiqiniseko se-100% ukuthi umkhiqizo onjalo uzofika nini emakethe. Ithimba elisanda kwakhiwa le-VR/AR liyakufakazela lokho. Ngokwesiko i-Apple kulindeleke ukuthi imikhiqizo yabo ethulwe iyohlala iphezulu emakethe, ngakho-ke kunethuba elikhulu lokuthi iqiniso elibonakalayo le-Apple ngeke lincintisane kuphela ne-headset ye-Rift, kodwa futhi ne-HoloLens namanye amadivaysi.
I-Apple ingemuva.