Mike Boland on market adoption
From Mike Boland's interview about VR AR industry in 2017 · · AR/VR MunchnLearn
“There's a classic chicken‑and‑egg dilemma: there aren't enough apps yet to sway the masses to buy the hardware, and conversely there's not enough hardware out there for app developers and content creators to justify the business case of investing in all that content.”
On , Mike Boland, Chief Operating Officer at TRIUMPH GROUP INC, spoke about market adoption during Mike Boland's interview about VR AR industry in 2017 on AR/VR MunchnLearn.
About Mike Boland
Mike Boland, Chief Operating Officer at Triumph, has been active in discussions on emerging technology and local economic trends. In a 2017 interview, Boland compared the state of virtual reality to the early iPhone era, noting that the industry faces a "chicken-and-egg dilemma" where limited hardware adoption constrains content development and vice versa. He predicted that price competition, such as Oculus Rift's bundle price cut, would help address this, and argued that augmented reality would ultimately be a larger opportunity than VR due to its potential for all-day use across commercial sectors like retail and manufacturing. Boland advised VR companies to focus on accessible platforms like Google Daydream and Gear VR rather than high-end hardware. Boland has also spoken about the "uberification" of local services, describing the on-demand economy as a transformation not seen since the commercial internet emerged. In a 2015 webcast, he discussed the rise of mobile-driven demand aggregation and its impact on how people work and buy. Separately, in a 2015 presentation on sustainable park management at the Presidio of San Francisco, Boland detailed the Presidio Trust's efforts to achieve financial self-sufficiency, reforest with disease-resistant trees, and create programs like a fish amnesty station to balance ecological stewardship with public use.