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I’m afraid rumors of “early 2024” are too ambitious.

For one thing, leaked images showed people wearing the device with an additional strap across the head, suggesting it is (currently) HEA—VY!
Just wanted to make these corrections—early 2024 release is not a rumor but stated by Apple, and the image with the top strap is not leaked but from Apple’s marketing video.
 
I’m afraid rumors of “early 2024” are too ambitious.

Mid-2024? 🤔

Probably late 2024, in time for the Christmas holiday shopping season (at the earliest).

WWDC24 will probably be devoted to M3 Macs, Apple OS software — including realityOS — and software development and developer tools.

Apple has a lot to work out to make those slick, stagey Apple Vision Pro promo videos we saw match reality.

For one thing, leaked images showed people wearing the device with an additional strap across the head, suggesting it is (currently) HEA—VY!

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And how are people going to feel about the Vision Pro’s tethered battery in its current form? 🤔

(I’m not too concerned about its “high” price tag — Apple has gotten products out the door and into the marketplace before that were pretty pricey, but — being now out in the world — they enjoyed a lot of free, positive publicity and news coverage during the time Apple needed in order to get the price down. Apple PR at first should be, “It’s not for everyone — yet.”)

It seems like the “Apple Vision Pro’s” OS/system software is further along than the hardware.

Make no mistake: with the Apple Vision Pro, Apple has invented a new product category. (I don’t care about its “precursors.”)

But Apple had better hurry!

If competitors’ “Apple Vision Pros” come out before Apple’s Apple Vision Pro, Apple will not be seen as first — and first (not best) is everything.

Just ask Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur, Charles Lindberg, Neil Armstrong (who beat Buzz Aldrin by just 19 minutes, but he was still first!) how critically important being recognized for being FIRST is (would that you could ask them…).

History (and product success) doesn’t reward the better (but second or third or later to do something), it rewards the FIRST.

Being better, but second or third, etc. is nowhere. You MUST be first.

(Be first, not better. Be first, and then become better after — the best!)

Apple announced and demoed the first iPhone to the world on January 9, 2007, but first shipped it in the United States on June 29, 2007, giving Google and Samsung — we now know — 6 whole months to frantically race back to the drawing board 🏃🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️on their very different (at the time) Android OS and copy the iPhone’s industrial design and software as closely as they could get away with.

With the Vision Pro, Apple has invented a new product category, a FIRST — and I don’t care if AR/VR headsets existed before it; the Apple Vision Pro is to AR/VR headsets what the first iPhone was to all smartphones that preceded it. Incontrovertibly, the iPhone changed all mobile phones going forward forever:

“Apple's boast that the iPhone changed everything about the mobile industry has received some support from one of Android's original software architects. Chris DeSalvo, who worked alongside Andy Rubin at Danger before joining Google to build its mobile OS, says that the iPhone's announcement forced everyone on his team to realize that they "are going to have to start over.” — theverge. com, Dec 20, 2013​
And the exact same happened after Apple released the iPad.

The only “serious” competition Apple faces ahead of the Apple Vision Pro’s release is the paltry-by-comparison facebook/Meta Oculus Quest.

But you can be sure that Mark Zuckerberg isn’t busy having his teams hurry advanced proof-of-concept in-house Oculus design prototypes at Meta, he — like Microsoft, Google and Samsung before him — is having his teams copy Apple.

But if facebook/Meta manages to release an “Apple Vision Pro” before Apple releases an “Apple Vision Pro,” Meta will win the crown of being FIRSTand Apple can’t let that happen!

Geez. After SOOOO many decades of it, this “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” thing is really wearing thin…

Copy someone else for a change! 😠
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First is irrelevant in this market as it is very small at present and no one really cares still. Plus Apple have the ecosystem which is far superior to any offer from any other company.
 
Just wanted to make these corrections—early 2024 release is not a rumor but stated by Apple, and the image with the top strap is not leaked but from Apple’s marketing video.

(Thanks for clarifying the errata.)

Worse!

If it comes from Apple itself! You get destroyed in the press for announced timetable delays! (And often by Wall $treet as well.)

And I was aware those images came from Apple (who else?). Perhaps I should have used “seeped” or “snuck” instead of “leaked”?

(I don’t think Apple’s intent was for anyone to question the “back-only” strap in the videos and have anyone like me wondering if the additional “crown” strap in some images might suggest that sucker is HEAVY. A lot heavier than was implied for those so casually wearing one in the videos.)
 
First is irrelevant in this market as it is very small at present and no one really cares still. Plus Apple have the ecosystem which is far superior to any offer from any other company.

I disagree.

It’s only irrelevant and no one cares because of the disappointing, underwhelming products that are out there

The Apple Vision Pro is different — a game changer. Just like the 2007 iPhone was a game changer — and was also a first.

This is no piece of “Metaverse” junk. The only thing “Metaverse” demos have succeeded in doing so far is creeping people out.

No wonder consumers are bored with the whole idea. The Apple Vision Pro product is breathtaking (if it lives up to the demo videos).

Apple will (as per usual) make the product category relevant and exciting if they succeed in marketing what they’ve so far revealed — before someone markets something truly comparable first. (Nothing out there is close to comparable so far.)

Maybe it will be used only by professionals (doctors and surgeons, hospitals, real estate, enterprise corporation sales, universities) initially, then costs will come down so it becomes affordable by consumers for mass consumption.

But Apple has to get on the historical record and be known for being FIRST.

After someone else beats you to it, you can never be first. Physics doesn’t work that way.
 
I have a feeling we are gonna try this thing then go home and say, nah, I don't need this.
Most people will think that, especially at the price. This is for hardcore early adopters and developers [like me].
I remember being the only person around with the Apple watch [bought first day], but now they are everywhere....... it will take time for the right apps to develop, and people to understand the benefits. Certainly wont be a walk in the store and buy purchase.
 
And I was aware those images came from Apple (who else?). Perhaps I should have used “seeped” or “snuck” instead of “leaked”?
Oh I see. Yes, “snuck” would be more appropriate. “Leaking” is done by unofficial means, usually against the wishes of the company.
 
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just wait until the marketing blitz hits

Agree.

If there’s one thing left that Apple hasn’t lost it’s that it remains the Master of Hype.

You hear and read people groan about it — about Apple products…that become wildly successful regardless.

Like, haters tried to make the Apple Watch unpopular with memes like this:

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But, nevertheless, this still happened:​


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I have a feeling we are gonna try this thing then go home and say, nah, I don't need this.

I feel you, but people (including myself) don’t realize they want certain Apple products — until they have one.

I didn’t buy an Apple Watch for a while — I believed I had no use for one. Then my friend found one in an empty airport airline terminal at 3 AM (Series 1), but the airline desks wanted nothing to do with it and told him (inside the airport) to take it to “local law enforcement.” He had a connection to catch, so…

Instead, he gave it to me. I called “law enforcement.” I even called Apple to see if there was some sort of serial number that would allow me to track down the owner. Apple said, “Nope.”

So I wore it. Started receiving texts on it. Replying. Started taking and making calls on it. Setting alarms. Calendar alerts. Recording notes. Using Siri. Playing games. Listening to music like when I used my iPod(s).

That was years ago. Now, I own a Series 9 (plus a bunch in-between).

Check out this quote by the man himself.
 
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I’m afraid rumors of “early 2024” are too ambitious.

Mid-2024? 🤔

Probably late 2024, in time for the Christmas holiday shopping season (at the earliest).

WWDC24 will probably be devoted to M3 Macs, Apple OS software — including realityOS — and software development and developer tools.

Apple has a lot to work out to make those slick, stagey Apple Vision Pro promo videos we saw match reality.

For one thing, leaked images showed people wearing the device with an additional strap across the head, suggesting it is (currently) HEA—VY!

View attachment 2297506

And how are people going to feel about the Vision Pro’s tethered battery in its current form? 🤔

(I’m not too concerned about its “high” price tag — Apple has gotten products out the door and into the marketplace before that were pretty pricey, but — being now out in the world — they enjoyed a lot of free, positive publicity and news coverage during the time Apple needed in order to get the price down. Apple PR at first should be, “It’s not for everyone — yet.”)

It seems like the “Apple Vision Pro’s” OS/system software is further along than the hardware.

Make no mistake: with the Apple Vision Pro, Apple has invented a new product category. (I don’t care about its “precursors.”)

But Apple had better hurry!

If competitors’ “Apple Vision Pros” come out before Apple’s Apple Vision Pro, Apple will not be seen as first — and first (not best) is everything.

Just ask Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur, Charles Lindberg, Neil Armstrong (who beat Buzz Aldrin by just 19 minutes, but he was still first!) how critically important being recognized for being FIRST is (would that you could ask them…).

History (and product success) doesn’t reward the better (but second or third or later to do something), it rewards the FIRST.

Being better, but second or third, etc. is nowhere. You MUST be first.

(Be first, not better. Be first, and then become better after — the best!)

Apple announced and demoed the first iPhone to the world on January 9, 2007, but first shipped it in the United States on June 29, 2007, giving Google and Samsung — we now know — 6 whole months to frantically race back to the drawing board 🏃🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️on their very different (at the time) Android OS and copy the iPhone’s industrial design and software as closely as they could get away with.

With the Vision Pro, Apple has invented a new product category, a FIRST — and I don’t care if AR/VR headsets existed before it; the Apple Vision Pro is to AR/VR headsets what the first iPhone was to all smartphones that preceded it. Incontrovertibly, the iPhone changed all mobile phones going forward forever:

“Apple's boast that the iPhone changed everything about the mobile industry has received some support from one of Android's original software architects. Chris DeSalvo, who worked alongside Andy Rubin at Danger before joining Google to build its mobile OS, says that the iPhone's announcement forced everyone on his team to realize that they "are going to have to start over.” — theverge. com, Dec 20, 2013​
And the exact same happened after Apple released the iPad.

The only “serious” competition Apple faces ahead of the Apple Vision Pro’s release is the paltry-by-comparison facebook/Meta Oculus Quest.

But you can be sure that Mark Zuckerberg isn’t busy having his teams hurry advanced proof-of-concept in-house Oculus design prototypes at Meta, he — like Microsoft, Google and Samsung before him — is having his teams copy Apple.

But if facebook/Meta manages to release an “Apple Vision Pro” before Apple releases an “Apple Vision Pro,” Meta will win the crown of being FIRSTand Apple can’t let that happen!

Geez. After SOOOO many decades of it, this “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” thing is really wearing thin…

Copy someone else for a change! 😠
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You state:
"For one thing, leaked images showed people wearing the device with an additional strap across the head, suggesting it is (currently) HEA—VY!"

FYI an over-the-head strap as shown is useful to help prevent a headset from slipping position, especially for someone with a full head of hair like the photo. Not necessarily due to "HEA—VY!" as you claim.
 
If Apple really wants the Vision Pro to shed a few grams, they need to switch from aluminum to titanium carbon fiber!
 
Most people will think that, especially at the price. This is for hardcore early adopters and developers [like me].
I remember being the only person around with the Apple watch [bought first day], but now they are everywhere....... it will take time for the right apps to develop, and people to understand the benefits. Certainly wont be a walk in the store and buy purchase.
Except the Apple Watch was everywhere from the beginning. Also, different products are different. Just because the Apple Watch was an obvious success (as were watches before the Apple Watch!) doesn't mean people are excited to wear some VR contraption.
 
Most people will think that, especially at the price. This is for hardcore early adopters and developers [like me].
I remember being the only person around with the Apple watch [bought first day], but now they are everywhere....... it will take time for the right apps to develop, and people to understand the benefits. Certainly wont be a walk in the store and buy purchase.
Dude the Apple Watch was very popular lol. It sold 10 million units.

There were watches that were successful before Apple got to market.

Can’t say that for VR/AR

This is going to bomb so hard that it’s going to be a humanitarian crisis.
 
Photo editing, hopefully with the ability to remotely connect to my Mac Studio from any room in the house if I need more power. Video editing in the same way, but with the ability to have multiple docs/apps up at the same time to reference without needing multiple monitors.
Experimenting with 3D content creation as a future content option for my clients and seeing how it could work it’s way into our business.

On top of that, large scale movies look fantastic and I’m interested to see how games develop. I had a PSVR, and it was good, but resolution/clarity wasn’t great.

Wanting to build a new house also, I am extremely excited at the potential to create a custom house plan and then view it in VR. I am confident that would be possible at some point not too far in the future.

I think Vision Pro has a bright future.
Man believes he is living in the movie minority report.

I truly wish this device makes you happy.
 
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That’s nice. I can finally test out my app on real hardware. It’s an app for when you’re drunk and will alert you if your prospect is actually ugly. Just put on an Apple vision pro before a night out of drinking and we’ll make sure you don’t go home to an ugly

Or put it on with an ugly and they can be transformed into 1+ beauties. ;)

Given the ratio of uglies to beauties in the world, you might make much more money coding THAT app than the one you've been considering. ;)
 
Most people will think that, especially at the price. This is for hardcore early adopters and developers [like me].
I remember being the only person around with the Apple watch [bought first day], but now they are everywhere....... it will take time for the right apps to develop, and people to understand the benefits. Certainly wont be a walk in the store and buy purchase.

Yes.

This reminds me of the early Macintosh and Next days…

A new platform — no matter how great — would flop if it lacked key, popular software apps (”killer apps”).

I remember how nasty Bill Gates was when a reporter asked him if Microsoft would develop any software for Steve Jobs’ new Next computer workstation.
 
Apple Vision Pro,
visionOS 1.0,
& impressive games announced/released: Mar 26 2024; 1-2 month waiting list

VisionOS 2.0 beta,
new RealityKit/gaming APIs,
& super impressive gaming demos released: WWDC24; 6-month waiting list
 
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