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Apple Reveals 'Vision Pro' Headset and visionOS

In 2010 Steve Jobs sat down on a sofa and picked up an iPad to read the news. That's how the presentation went, anyway.

Can you imagine Steve Jobs putting this on his head and doing a presentation extolling the values of this, the latest and greatest Apple product?

This product is not of the Apple we know. It might be a great product (I'm not convinced of that, but am willing to entertain the idea) but it's not Apple, and this makes me jolly sad.
 
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Nuno Lopes said:
My child is 12, he saw the presentation with me. Eagerly he waited for the VR part ... was excited. Bur even he, when saw the price, stood and left the couch disappointed ("What 3.5k, get out of here, ill gather for a Quest 2").
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By the time he’s 16 it’ll be within the range of affordability. Not a huge comfort though, lol.
 
Allen_Wentz said:
No. Like steveballmer said, "...the conversation is about whether the device "completely obscures the user's field of vision". Which it does not."

Yes, through a camera is not the same as looking at your living room. But it is is not obscured.
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This SCREEN encompasses your entire field of view. The fact that it’s showing you an image of the things behind the screen does NOT mean that you have an unobstructed view.
 
Watch the keynote (1:50:43) -- they create a realistic looking avatar that other people on the call will see.
 

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Iconoclysm said:
Vs. what other augmented reality product out there? Apple addressed the problem through use of other technologies...it will do for now, and I fully expect a Google Glass style product in the future as well. This being the "Pro", that being "Apple Vision".
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What problem?? That’s the central issue. What problem does this solve?
 
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I don’t think this will be a threat to the home-cinema market, due to the single-user nature. It will simply be an alternative consumption option. And certainly, watching movies alone, I would take this option - which will blow away any 4K laser projector, if not simply for the OLED infinite contrast this will offer over any projector. But this isn’t going to be the solution for having the friends over to watch the Super Bowl, or watch Disney flicks with the kids.
 
The ‘dirty’ secret about this technology is it will not really take it off until it can be embedded into people’s heads, and not be something external.
 
Aslak3 said:
In 2010 Steve Jobs sat down on a sofa and picked up an iPad to read the news. That's how the presentation went, anyway.

Can you imagine Steve Jobs putting this on his head and doing a presentation extolling the values of this, the latest and greatest Apple product?

This product is not of the Apple we know. It might be a great product (I'm not convinced of that, but am willing to entertain the idea) but it's not Apple, and this makes me jolly sad.
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I can’t even imagine Steve Jobs walking on stage and trying to sell the Apple Watch. Even though it wasn’t that long ago, he really died in a different era.
 
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Wish Apple had shown a fully immersive live sports event as part of the VisionPro demo imagine sitting at the NBA or World cup finals and feeling like you’re there
 
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Timo_Existencia said:
I think they priced it inline with the tech and the capabilities it contains. A Mac Studio costs $2-4K. We've been thinking about this like a monitor, and comparing it to toys like the Meta Quest. It's so much more than those. It's a wholly new general computing device. The tech had to be best possible to get the device to the level it needs to be.

They sold me the vision today.
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Me too
 
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fakestrawberryflavor said:
Curious about what this R1 processor is
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Likely a coprocessor that handles all of the positional awareness and tracking (eye, hand, mouth) so the M2 isn’t bogged down by trying to handle that and run apps at the same time. I honestly think an M2 is underpowered for the price of this headset, but I’m up to being wrong.
 
“Starting at $3499”

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They’ve lost their marbles. Entering a product space that has already failed to gain traction AND introducing a unit more expensive than half the computers they sell. This is insane.
 
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fathergll said:
Person on internet forum responds to other person within seconds telling them to go outside. 😂

That's like a drunk at the bar telling someone else they're cut off. "Oh internet" indeed.....
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You're right. I should have . . . sat for a few minutes to make it look like I didn't see it until later? Then I'd be cool?

My God man. As I said, no one is trolling you, no one cares that much, you are way overthinking everyone else.
 
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