The following is an excerpt from today’s Global Newsletter.
Two of our favorite Forbes fintech pundits weighed in on the potential of the Apple Vision Pro headset to transform digital banking in the not-to-distant future.
First, there was grumpy Gus Ron Shevlin, who suggested Apple’s move was more about protecting their territory from Meta than changing the fake world.
Dave Birch — and his talented cartoonist Helen Homes — were next up, and Dave was more glasses half full. His take was the divide could “cement the relationship between the user, the platform, their identity (and, in time, those wallets) but using iris biometrics, an obvious step up from FaceID.” Interesting point.
While we may be five-plus years away from a critical mass move to the metaverse (I tend to lean more toward Ready Player One and Tron versus any glorious utopia), it’s clear SOMETHING will come of this in fintech. Until the hardware is as ubiquitous as the iPhone, it will likely be an expensive sandbox for the tech nerd herd to populate.
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GlobalA fintech vision for the Vision ProBy David G.W. Birch, Contributor Apple has entered the virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) field with its Vision Pro headset, fintechs should look at their metaverse strategies.
