Maybe these are actually the Apple glasses, just in the bulky, expensive, early prototype form, and 20 years from now the Apple Vision Pro will just be a pair of 500 dollar ray bans.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Using Vision Pro: 'It's an Aha Moment'
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The non-success of 3D TVs with much more lightweight glasses has shown that that’s not what people want.
Tim's life must be so boring if a VR/AR device, even if a superior one, constitutes a few-in-a-lifetime aha moment.
Or perhaps he is making a gross exaggeration.
Or perhaps he is making a gross exaggeration.
Why? Enlighten us.
The Vision Pro raises the bar of the spatial computing industry by at least 5 years.
most likely the latter aha
Doubt it, but maybe.
Apple is getting serious about gaming, but the Vision Pro team was silo'd off from those efforts and their lead hates gaming. The developer sessions for the Vision Pro state that fast paced games are out of the question due to latency with hand tracking in VR mode, and no controller support.
I fully expect a 2nd Gen Vision Pro will embrace gaming and be the forcing function which causes a lot of early adopters to upgrade, probably in late 2026 or early 2027. 1st gen is going to establish spatial computing as a paradigm and be primarily used for content consumption and maybe occasionally second screen stuff with a Mac as a novelty (given how heavy the headset is I doubt people will spent 8 hours a day in it).
Why is gaming a make-it-or-break-it deal for the Mac? There are dedicated consoles for die-hard gamers. Bringing gaming to the Mac is not solving anything, and Apple's mission is to solve issues (such as consumer-friendliness) and advance technology forward, not just do what everybody else is doing.
They said that about the first iPhone.
The vast majority of employees at every tech company around the world is gonna buy one, that's around 5 million orders just by itself. Add the Apple faithful, general tech enthusiasts, that's about another 10 million orders. The problem I see is Apple meeting demand. Lets say its a hit at that point, you will start seeing pilot programs in businesses for WFH users utilizing, probably another solid 2 to 5 million right there.
I think it’s astounding that there are people who believe VR won’t matter… Maybe it won’t be the 1st generation Vision Pro, maybe not at this price point, but betting against VR in the long term is really shortsighted…
Besides, it’s a good idea for Apple to explore potential future technologies, even if there’s a risk that they’ll fail. Resting on their laurels, on the premise that smart phones, of the kind and in the form factor that they exist right now, will be a thing until the end of times, would be suicidal. Better to invest in new developments now, rather than when it’s too late.
Besides, it’s a good idea for Apple to explore potential future technologies, even if there’s a risk that they’ll fail. Resting on their laurels, on the premise that smart phones, of the kind and in the form factor that they exist right now, will be a thing until the end of times, would be suicidal. Better to invest in new developments now, rather than when it’s too late.
When was the last time you went "Aha!" and spent $3500?
I call BS on Tim. BTW i'm the biggest apple fan here and i am doubt of this product.
I call BS on Tim. BTW i'm the biggest apple fan here and i am doubt of this product.
While gaming might not be a dealbreaker, it’s definitely a good idea to try and eliminate one of the glaring disadvantages of MacOS vs. Windows. It can only help to further the general acceptance of the platform.
Surprised so many, especially on this forum are down on the product. We, or at least I, complain about Apple's lack of innovation and this is a start in the right direction.
Understandable people are concerned with it being under powered but let's see what its like when it's released and see if this grows into something.
I'll take this over a new camera for an iphone every year.
Understandable people are concerned with it being under powered but let's see what its like when it's released and see if this grows into something.
I'll take this over a new camera for an iphone every year.
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Well, I certainly do enjoy my Airpods and my Apple Watch. Also, just a friendly reminder that Apple shareholders and Apple users are not two completely different species, right now it costs exactly 171.21 USD to become an Apple shareholder…
To be fair they said the same thing about the iPhone, but I get your point. I think it's a slow adoption strategy. The issue I have with it is that it's so inhuman and isolating, which is very un-apple. I would never wear this unless I was by myself. I guess that's what happens when your only emotional relationships are with a machine, like Tim