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[Draxon Gamer]

"

• Searches for ‘VR,’ ‘mixed reality,’ and ‘augmented reality’ soared 300%, 1,130%, and 545% after Apple announced its Vision Pro headset.
• Google Trends data reveals ‘AI’ interest skyrocketed to an all-time high in May, climbing 619% since 2004
• User interest in AI has more than doubled since the beginning of 2023, jumping from 17 million searches in January to 42 million in May

Online Searches For VR Skyrocketed​

Analysis of Google search data reveals that online searches for ‘VR’ rocketed 300% worldwide on June 5, as Apple unveiled its new Vision Pro mixed reality headset at the Worldwide Developers Conference in California.

A new finding by Digital-adoption.com reveals online interest in ‘VR’ increased 300% over the last seven days, since the headset, priced at $3,499 and set to release next year, was announced." https://www.valuewalk.com/searches-for-vr-rocket-300-worldwide-after-apple-unveils-vision-pro/

Looks like Apple's Vision Pro announcement completely undercut the Quest 3 and muted whatever hype it was going to generate. I wonder if Meta made the announcement so close to Apples conference date on purpose or not, because it was clearly a huge mistake..

The AVP reveal video on Youtube has crossed 21 million views, which is above average for many product reveals but for a VR device it's by far the most ever:


Comparing it with other new VR headsets this year, here's the PS VR2 launch trailer which has 3.9m views:


Then you have the Quest 3 revealed 6 days ago, which hasn't yet reached 1m views with only 849k reached, matching the sentiment I've been seeing lately that Apple pretty much buried the Quest 3 under its shadow and it's interest has been muted despite being the successor to the most successful headset so far:


Sure there was laughter at Apple's price, the lack of showing games or really showing much of anything at the conference even for productivity, the possibility that people wearing glasses may need to pay $600 more for inserts, Vision Pro's questionable usefulness, and we all thought Tim had lost his mind.

But after continuous hype online 3 days later still near the top of the news cycle, and a very clear interest worldwide in this device, I think many of us may have been completely wrong and the Vision Pro is about to be a lot more successful than all of us thought, because let's be straight here, the interest in this thing is unprecedented for any headset and even for many electronic products that aren't even related to VR or AR.

Maybe that 1.5m BOA estimated was the low end, and it could sell even more than that the first year. Maybe all of us just can't see it, but all the casuals can.

$2000 or more will soon be the standard price for VR headsets in the near future I guess. Crazy week.

 

[digital_ghost]

 

[Raonak]

300% isn't really much of an increase considering it's a reveal announcement tbh. (only a 3x increase)

Kinda funny how apple gets hype for doing even less than the competition (only "feature" was 2D screens & pinch to zoom), but that's apple marketing for ya.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Meh

What about "bank loan" ?

Draxon, is that you Eddie ?

 

[ReBurn]

Searches increase. But did sales?

 

[Nankatsu]

Because people are trying to figure it out why Apple is asking 3500$ for a single gimmick device.

 

[Stooky]

300% isn't really much of an increase considering it's a reveal announcement tbh.

Kinda funny how apple has hype for doing even less than the competition, but that's apple marketing for ya.

According to what metric is 300% not a lot?

 

[feynoob]

Quest VR is the best ones so far. Cheap and can be used for anything.

 

[Kilau]

Of course it went up, Apple just invented VR.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Of course it went up, Apple just invented VR.

The sad thing is some people will really believe it.

 

[Raonak]

According to what metric is 300% not a lot?

It's only a 3x increase on normal VR searches.

That's a pretty basic increase.

 

[Draxon Gamer]

I just realized the far left side of the chart with the red line showing small little bumps was the Quest 3 reveal. Jeezus.

 

[SirKicksalot]

The front panel is the masterstroke. It makes normies feel they're not isolated.

 

[ArtHands]

That yellow PSVR line is literally a flat line

 

[SF Kosmo]

People tryna find VR since Apple didn't mention it in their presentation

 

[ManaByte]

Draxon, are you the new Eddie ?

 

[adamsapple]

The Apple Effect ™

 

[20cent]

According to what metric is 300% not a lot?

That's less than the Apple tax

 

[K' Dash]

I mean, if I was in the middle of the day, saw the headlines and wanted to have a good laugh, I would've searched for it too.

 

[Crayon]

It's impressive at any price. I'm not surprised it's getting noticed. And no, I highly doubt it's all greasy apple sycophants.

As for the quest 3's comparatively muted reaction, it's $500 is probably dissapointing. The quest 2 was 299 for a long stretch there (and now will be again), and the 3 is an iterative upgrade for a lot more money. At least in comparison to apple's thing here, q3 is just not very exciting.

 

[Buggy Loop]

I’m gonna be honest, just last week I was hyped for Quest 3 to retire my Quest 2

Now.. I feel like it’ll become a dead weight in the span of a year if I buy Quest 3. Too much will change rapidly in coming 2 years.

Gabe from Valve has apparently said that chasing “cheap” headset is a mistake and I feel like they would want to make Deckard even more expensive than Index, but this is ultimately what push this business forward. Buying a cheap headset only for it to sleep in a closet for months/years is not healthy, not healthy at all.

Can’t believe Meta has paid all these brilliant peoples, bought so many studios, invested so many in R&D only to feel like it missed the mark completely.

This is what it feels like



I fee like spending ~$500 dollars for meta ecosystem now will fee ridiculous when Vision hits iPhone price in late 2024 or 2025.

 

[legacy24]

Searches increase. But did sales?

this is the equivalent of Xbox using "engagement" numbers for their games

 

[R6Rider]

Nice try Eddie

 

[poppabk]

What the hell is that graph?

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Me knowing that Apple is going to sell a shit-ton of these things to their cult.

 

[Dr. Claus]

Me knowing that Apple is going to sell a shit-ton of these things to their cult.

 

[PSYGN]

bruh

 

[BearNecessity]

Pretty much killed my hype for the Quest 3 tbh lol.
I'll wait to see what the Quest 4 offers.

 

[Raonak]

I’m gonna be honest, just last week I was hyped for Quest 3 to retire my Quest 2

Now.. I feel like it’ll become a dead weight in the span of a year if I buy Quest 3. Too much will change rapidly in coming 2 years.

Gabe from Valve has apparently said that chasing “cheap” headset is a mistake and I feel like they would want to make Deckard even more expensive than Index, but this is ultimately what push this business forward. Buying a cheap headset only for it to sleep in a closet for months/years is not healthy, not healthy at all.

Can’t believe Meta has paid all these brilliant peoples, bought so many studios, invested so many in R&D only to feel like it missed the mark completely.

I fee like spending ~$500 dollars for meta ecosystem now will fee ridiculous when Vision hits iPhone price in late 2024 or 2025.

Same thing will happen to apple's too. In a year's time you'll get competitors that make a more powerful headset with a far bigger feature set for half the price.

I wouldn't be so quick to buy into the bullshots. virtual avatars are gonna be uncanny valley to the maximum.


Meta paid the same brilliant people that apple did, apple just has better marketing.
The reality is that both headsets will end up collecting dust after the initial novelty wears off.

The idea of a headset being an everyday device that people chose over their computers and phones is a mythical pipe dream.
That's the reason why both meta and apple are having trouble actually showing legitimately interesting use cases for their headsets outside of gaming.

 

[CGNoire]

"

• Searches for ‘VR,’ ‘mixed reality,’ and ‘augmented reality’ soared 300%, 1,130%, and 545% after Apple announced its Vision Pro headset.
• Google Trends data reveals ‘AI’ interest skyrocketed to an all-time high in May, climbing 619% since 2004
• User interest in AI has more than doubled since the beginning of 2023, jumping from 17 million searches in January to 42 million in May

Online Searches For VR Skyrocketed​

Analysis of Google search data reveals that online searches for ‘VR’ rocketed 300% worldwide on June 5, as Apple unveiled its new Vision Pro mixed reality headset at the Worldwide Developers Conference in California.

A new finding by Digital-adoption.com reveals online interest in ‘VR’ increased 300% over the last seven days, since the headset, priced at $3,499 and set to release next year, was announced." https://www.valuewalk.com/searches-for-vr-rocket-300-worldwide-after-apple-unveils-vision-pro/

Looks like Apple's Vision Pro announcement completely undercut the Quest 3 and muted whatever hype it was going to generate. I wonder if Meta made the announcement so close to Apples conference date on purpose or not, because it was clearly a huge mistake..

The AVP reveal video on Youtube has crossed 21 million views, which is above average for many product reveals but for a VR device it's by far the most ever:


Comparing it with other new VR headsets this year, here's the PS VR2 launch trailer which has 3.9m views:


Then you have the Quest 3 revealed 6 days ago, which hasn't yet reached 1m views with only 849k reached, matching the sentiment I've been seeing lately that Apple pretty much buried the Quest 3 under its shadow and it's interest has been muted despite being the successor to the most successful headset so far:


Sure there was laughter at Apple's price, the lack of showing games or really showing much of anything at the conference even for productivity, the possibility that people wearing glasses may need to pay $600 more for inserts, Vision Pro's questionable usefulness, and we all thought Tim had lost his mind.

But after continuous hype online 3 days later still near the top of the news cycle, and a very clear interest worldwide in this device, I think many of us may have been completely wrong and the Vision Pro is about to be a lot more successful than all of us thought, because let's be straight here, the interest in this thing is unprecedented for any headset and even for many electronic products that aren't even related to VR or AR.

Maybe that 1.5m BOA estimated was the low end, and it could sell even more than that the first year. Maybe all of us just can't see it, but all the casuals can.

$2000 or more will soon be the standard price for VR headsets in the near future I guess. Crazy week.

Its bonkers you equate google searches for VR vocabulary and interest in what Apple's new product is with actual intetest in buying said product.

 

[CGNoire]

According to what metric is 300% not a lot?

Well if you had a dollar and then you had 3 dollars.....you still broke.

 

[Gamerguy84]

 

[Robb]

It’s probably just people searching “where can I buy a VR headset under $3499?”

 

[Stooky]

Well if you had a dollar and then you had 3 dollars.....you still broke.

mmmm nice try......If I had a million now I have 3 million................ That's why I was asking for a metric

 

[CGNoire]

mmmm nice try......If I had a million now I have 3 million................ That's why I was asking for a metric

Search results dont equal sales though.

This isnt the Iphone reveal no matter how much certain people wish it was.

 

[tmlDan]

im convinced Draxon is Eddie lol

 

[midnightAI]

Probably the average iPhone user typing 'what is vr'

 

[GymWolf]

Do we also know the amount of people who looked at the price, laughed out loud and closed the search right after?

 

[Davevil]

Rocked

 

[Tomi]

Sony wins again

 

[KingHippo1967]

So it went up from 10 people searching to 40 people searching. Got it.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

First and foremost I really do appreciate the technology but this thing might as well be a piece of shit for gamers when not enough peripherals or compatibility has been announced and before somebody criticizes, I don't have time to read everything I've only watched some positive or certain videos that aren't allowed to necessarily bash the thing and I've watched others that have been more critical mainly because of the price.

It's hard to really judge this if you are just looking at it as a mainstream hyper expensive device like apple wants to sell it as. It's going to be almost 4,000 after taxes and I don't see how other than some degree of bragging rights that this thing is going to be anything anybody here would want to buy. I do understand if you're just some kind of loyalist or whatever but you are far better off getting any of the cheaper headsets to achieve your gaming needs

So, cool technology aside, and if I had money to blow I would research this before buying and may consider it pending peripheral support and compatibility with pretty much everything else like all the other headsets have. Otherwise this may will be a piece of shit like I said initially. I don't drink the Apple Kool-Aid and that price is way overpriced no matter how you look at it but Apple can do what they want and the loyalist or somebody will defend it to no and.

 

[StueyDuck]

The brainwashing Apple have on people is actually insane if you think about it.

But more vr is good vr. If this means VR will be better supported then I'm all for it. But we all know Apple are going to gatekeep and make VR for "the stupids"

 

[Schmick]

Hang on a minute.... so searches for VR? Not the Apple Vision?

 

[FunkMiller]

Most of those searches were probably asking if the Vision Pro actually does VR... because the presentation sure as hell didn't say that it did.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

Because people are trying to figure it out why Apple is asking 3500$ for a single gimmick device.

Gimmick device?
It's a portable computer with VR/AR at best quality.
I'm not a fan of anything and Apple too. Never had a single Apple device. But I'm a VR enthusiast and this is very interesting device.

 

[DenchDeckard]

300 x 1....

 

[Snake29]

Everyone knew Sony would release a new PSVR headset. Nobody knew if Apple would've announce a headset at this time.

The brainwashing Apple have on people is actually insane if you think about it.

But more vr is good vr. If this means VR will be better supported then I'm all for it. But we all know Apple are going to gatekeep and make VR for "the stupids"

And that's what VR needs.

 

[midnightAI]

Everyone knew Sony would release a new PSVR headset. Nobody knew if Apple would've announce a headset at this time.

Really? Nobody? Nobody knew with 100% certainty perhaps, but it was well known that it was very likely they would, it's the only reason I watched that snooze fest

 

[Buggy Loop]

Same thing will happen to apple's too. In a year's time you'll get competitors that make a more powerful headset with a far bigger feature set for half the price.

Far bigger feature set?

You even realize how tough for these companies it is to make UX even that smooth, let alone the headset? 500 patents. 500. The next competitor will probably not even be Meta or Valve but the likes of Samsung / Google.

Vision non pro will already be half price by the time they even react

I wouldn't be so quick to buy into the bullshots. virtual avatars are gonna be uncanny valley to the maximum.

Bullshots? Peoples have tried it after WWDC

Meta paid the same brilliant people that apple did, apple just has better marketing.
The reality is that both headsets will end up collecting dust after the initial novelty wears off.

Just better marketing… sure..
Meta had years of head-start, like VR is defined now as it is because of Oculus. Apple jumps in first try and is years ahead. Do not underestimate the engineering work into human interface. There’s a canyon between what Apple presented and the jank of the others so far.

One is trying to sell you ecosystem of computing / TV

One is trying to sell you social network (metaverse)

I for one far better prefer to go with the computer & entertainment one than social network. What about you?

There’s a reason Apple stayed far far away from anything Meta presented for Quest pro, look what happened

Quest 2 went in closets because the only thing it offers is gaming.

That’s why Apple is doing everything else in presentation, the idea is for this to become a daily driver.

The idea of a headset being an everyday device that people chose over their computers and phones is a mythical pipe dream.

Another famous Raonak age like milk quote, ouf. Why do peoples have such a narrow view. You’re talking like this is it for Apple, product is this and we evaluate the result at release. Prices will drop, form factor will get smaller. What’s your timeline for pipe dream?

What you’re saying is that in general VR will never take off, you’re wrong. You think it’s only about gaming, you’re wrong.

Apple didn’t enter this market with $100B investment to pack the bags in a year. Vision pro will sell to devs and the super users first, they don’t care for selling 20M pieces of plastic crap like Meta is doing.

Even Gabe Newell has mentioned that chasing cheap VR will not go well. Expect Deckard to cost more than Index.

That's the reason why both meta and apple are having trouble actually showing legitimately interesting use cases for their headsets outside of gaming.

Uh no, I think everyone would love Apple’s use case, just at cheap price.. which is inevitable. Don’t even put the Meta presentation for AR / multiverse in the same sentence as what Apple showed lol. Are you insane? I don’t even want to buy one (who buys first gen with that price), but your constant dissing on what Apple presented is insane.