In a video published in 2005, Steve Jobs already spoke about virtual reality. And the least we can say is that his opinion on this technology was particularly clear.
While Apple recently unveiled the space computer that every GAFAM would dream you would always have in front of your eyes, let’s take a leap into the past to find out what Steve Jobs said about the first models of VR headsets.
In 2005, Steve Jobs already gave his opinion on virtual reality…
What could Steve Jobs have thought of the Apple Vision? That, of course, we will never know. Died in October 2011, the founder of the famous apple brand will not have experienced the rise of the virtual and augmented reality sectors in recent years. Although there is still a long way to go to hope to democratize these technologies, the newly unveiled mixed reality headset from Apple intends to give a first blow in the anthill to start changing the situation.
As shared with us by BFM, a video of Steve Jobs recently appeared on the Web. Dating from 2005, this one shows us a short extract in which the man did not mince his words vis-à-vis virtual reality.
… and it didn’t go with the back of the spoon!
While praising the experience of a simple pair of headphones during a conference, Steve Jobs explained that there is no device you can take with you that is in able to reproduce an experience similar to that of a 50-inch plasma screen at home. He then added this: Until someone invents this, there will be these opposing constraints “. When the speaker retorted that there were, however, headsets in the shape of glasses that you can wear on your nose, the founder of Apple replied: “ They are mediocre “.
This is an opinion that could not be clearer with regard to the first models of VR helmets. Note, however, that the video is to be placed in context. 18 years ago, we were all very far from imagining what form virtual reality would take and what place it could occupy nearly two decades later. Anyway, no one knows what Steve Jobs would have thought of the current mixed reality headsets and the Apple Vision Pro…
Source : BFM
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