Tobias: Apple's entry will make AR headsets ubiquitous and viable for software
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Martin Tobias compares Apple's forthcoming AR/VR hardware launch to how the iPhone transformed smartphones into a mass-market platform.
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“You know, once Apple gets in, frankly, You know, I would really push the gas down when Apple gets in, because if you look at what happened in phones, you know, everybody was doing phones and then Apple did the smartphone and then phones just went crazy. When Apple gets in and consumerizes a device, then, you know, these devices are going to be cheap enough and ubiquitous enough to be able to develop a business on.”
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