Mark Zuckerberg is a great technology expert. A creative spirit like few others, but also someone accused of being mean. Someone who had to apologize in front of the US Senate had to take responsibility for scandals regarding the processing of user data. No one can doubt his contributions to the first Internet as we know it today. Not in vain, Facebook It is still the most visited website in the world just behind Youtube. However, his opinion regarding Apple can be interpreted as something too personal and vindictive.
We all remember with varying clarity the moment when Facebook stopped being Facebook and became Meta. The reference was clear: the metaverse. For better or worse, Zuckerberg’s company marked the “social” expansion of the Internet, and His idea was to do the same thing with virtual reality. Have you reached it? It seems not. Apple, on the other hand, promised nothing more than what it showed: a mixed reality viewer, the most advanced today.
“When the wise man points to the sun, the fool looks at the finger”
If we compare what Meta offered us at the time with what Apple has just done by presenting the Apple Vision Pro, there are too many qualifiers. Zuckerberg offers us a parallel world with graphics taken from the original Wii’s Mii Studio, 50% transaction commissions and an experience, in my opinion, poorly maintained.
Apple’s offer, on the other hand, is nothing more than combining fact and fiction to achieve a unique approach. So that we can do everything we have dreamed of for years but without abandoning the real world, where our real life is and from which we must enjoy and make the most of. So to speak, Facebook gives us a new life and Apple improves the one we already have. I think this distinction is fundamental.
In recent months, Zuckerberg reacted to the launch of the Apple Vision Pro by saying that his proposal and that of Cupertino were diametrically opposed. He says Meta’s option is more focused on socialization and Apple’s is too individual, saying everything seen at the event was people using the product sitting on a sofa.
Mark Zuckerberg attacks unnecessarily
After trying them, his response is overwhelming: Meta Quest 3 is better. That’s right, Mark is right: the Meta Quest 3 weighs 120 grams less and costs seven times less. It’s not that this does Meta Quest 3 a disservice, it’s like comparing lemons to eggs. A product that is worse in all areas of technology cannot be better. And fall into the quality-price comparison It’s like comparing a Dacia Logan with a Pagani Zonda.
It seems Zuckerberg is unable to see that the Apple Vision Pro is just the beginning. Basically this is a prototype. In any case, the question that arises is whether what they are offering is really more “sociable”. In other words, are we socializing more in a world completely different from our own? Is hiding behind avatars that have little to do with us really the best way to relate to others? Is this socialization?
What Vision Pro, already available in Europe, aims to do is nothing more than create a platform for developers around the world to prepare applications. Rumors are leaning towards supposed glasses – normal in appearance – which will be launched in a few years. This will be Apple’s final blow. This is just a prototype to show us what we can have in a few years. What Meta taught us is its final product, and if even in these it is worse, I don’t want to see how big the difference will be in a few years..
Zuckerberg wanted to do the same thing he did with social networks in the 2000s, but he lacked resources, time and patience. He wanted to decide what the future should be, but it couldn’t be done. It was overtaken by an Apple which made a better approachwho was able to invest a lot more in it and who knew how to wait for the perfect moment, and it was not appreciated.
“I tried Vision Pro. This is my opinion”
The difference between Meta and Apple is that those in Cupertino do not want to dictate what the future should be. They simply put all their resources at the disposal of the developers, users and other agents involved so that it would be them, and ultimately us, who decided. Maybe this will serve as a wake-up call to Meta and know how to start looking at the sun and stop thinking about your finger.
Here are Zuckerberg’s full statements:
Apple finally announced its mixed reality headset, so I want to talk about that for a second. I was very curious to see what they would release. And obviously I haven’t seen it yet, so I’ll learn more about it as we play with it and see what happens and how people use it.
From what I have seen initially, I would say the good news is that there are no magic solutions to the limits of laws and physics that our teams have not already explored and thought through. They went for a higher resolution screen, and between that and all the technology they introduced to power it, it costs seven times more and now requires so much power that it requires a battery and a cable connected to use it. he. They made this design compromise and it might make sense for the cases they are looking for.
But look, I think their announcement really shows the difference in values and vision that our companies bring to this in a way that I think is really important. We innovate to ensure our products are as accessible and affordable as possible for everyone, and that’s a fundamental part of what we do. And we’ve sold tens of millions of quests.
Most importantly, our view of the metaverse and presence is fundamentally social. It’s about people interacting in new ways and feeling closer in new ways. Our device is also used to be active and do things. Instead, all the demos shown were of a person sitting alone on a couch. This may be the vision of the future of computing, but it’s not the one I want. There is a real philosophical difference in how we approach this question.. And seeing what they’re offering and how they’re going to compete has made me even more excited and, in many ways, optimistic that what we’re doing is important and will be successful. But it’s going to be a fun trip.
An older version of this article was originally published on 09/06/2023.
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