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Along with NFTs and Web3, many sawmetaverseas the next big thing in tech.

Indeed, Facebook famouslychanged its name to Metabecause Mark Zuckerberg was convinced the metaverse was the future.

Apple Vision Pro headset

Bing Chat, AI, and LLMs are the big tech story of 2023, not VR.

Every major tech company haspulled back on the concept, with headset prices slashed due to low demand.

Instead, in 2023, AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) are the big rage.

So AI seems to be much more than just a fad.

Bing Chat in Windows 11 Search

Bing Chat, AI, and LLMs are the big tech story of 2023, not VR.

What did Apple not discuss at WWDC?

Anything with AI,chatbots, or assistants.

What is Apples response to Microsoft and Google?

Metaverse is shite

So far, it has none.

All Apple has done here is create the worlds best AR/VR headset.

A wait-and-see approach?

Windows Mixed Reality in 2019

Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality goes back to 2017 but was never popular despite being impressive.

All of that is true.

Apple, despite some goofy names, really did take existing categories and made them more viable for consumers.

Its price is out of reach for most people.

Apple Vision Pro headset

Apple Vision Pro headset sure does look nice, but is it worth $3,500?

Its use case is vaguely defined or, at the very least, very niche.

Will Apple Vision Pro be impressive?

But Apple has a big hill to climb in what has proven to be a tough category.

Apple Sonoma at WWDC23

And one the consumer market has (largely) rejected.

Maybe this could be the first step towards something more significant.

So perhaps wearable spatial computers are the next big trend.

Apple Vision Pro, cracked

Image of the VITURE Pro XR Glasses.

HP Reverb G2 VR headset

Apple Store in Bangkok, Thailand

Intel AI PC display at MWC Barcelona 2025

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

A hand holding the Lenovo Legion Glasses 2 with the Windows Central CES 2025 badge

New XREAL One AR glasses showcasing its augmented capabilities.

IVAS headset based on Microsoft HoloLens

Microsoft HoloLens

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition power adapter in box

Microsoft Edge Vertical Tabs

Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark running on MSI Claw 8 AI+.

Asus Rog Zephyrus G14 Ryzen

Claude AI app by Anthropic is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.