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Apple to Hold February 1 Earnings Call Just Ahead of Vision Pro Launch
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Well - I say they ARE wearing it, but we just didn't see them. We did not see them because they were possibly sitting down somewhere, not walking down the street with them. Hope that's clear enough.
Where do you think you would possibly see them wearing the Applevision goggles? My best bet is on an airplane flight. Are you guessing you might catch some Apple exec wearing them having a pint of beer or something? haha. Or walking down the street? Why would they be doing that at this time? No rationalization - I'm curious.
I'm betting you do not understand the product as well.
It’s amusing how people try to rationalize this away. But the fact remains: no Apple executive has been pictured wearing one. That doesn’t project confidence in the product.
No Apple executive has been pictured wearing the AirPods Max, or using an Apple TV. Just because there is no pictures of them wearing it, doesn’t mean they don’t have confidence in it.
As we all know, Apple is famous for photographing its executives using unreleased products; especially unreleased brand new devices families. Just think about all the photos of Tim Cook using the Mac Studio before its launch.
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Yes it does. Wearing a face mask is a big ask. Showing Apple execs wearing it would project confidence that it’s cool and something you want. But again, the fact that none of them are pictured wearing it is a red flag. It projects a lack of confidence on Apple’s part.
Another attempt to trivialize a serious red flag.
The biggest barrier to sales of this device is getting people to wear a bulky mask over their faces. The best way to convince people to do it is for the people who made the thing to show the way. If it was a cool product and Apple was confident that it was cool Tim Cook himself would have worn one at the announcement. Twisting your argument into a pretzel in order to deny this blatantly obvious truth is pointless.
I think it has to do with two things, first is the individual really attractive, that and you will know that peoples hair length might interfere with how neat and groomed all those models look wearing the Vision Pro. Not everyone’s hair is that manageable pulled back and up is it? I also think if you expanded the number of people seen wearing it, it wouldn’t look as nice on all head shapes. Lastly they are avoiding management wearing Vision Pro because the product association images would be used to ridicule them online for sure.
Well, yeah. That’s my point. It doesn’t look cool, it will mess up your hair and basically any picture of anyone wearing one is instantly mocked for looking creepy and dorky.
Another attempt to generate outrage.
Goggles, not mask.
So letting the people who actually worked on it do the demo is the best way to show it. Thats what Apple did.
It’s only mocked by people who are inherently biased against it. Mess up your hair is your latest complaint? People wear hats all the time. People do lots of things which mess up their hair.
Not all objects worn on one’s head work out. Aside from hair which is why their most iconic image below is discussed so much. Is what also you might have on your head that would be interfered with? I am not pegging that as a negative just that this image draws us all to speculate.
No it doesn’t, you’re talking rubbish! It’s a headset not an Apple Watch or AirPods. Tim Cook has spoken enough about it in interviews to show he’s very confident in Vision Pro.
Sure, but people with all kinds of hair wear actual ski goggles with a strap in the back without worrying about messing up their hair. And if the assumption is that the first version is primarily an at-home device then is “messing up your hair” really a big concern? I feel like Apple has spent a lot of time testing and refining how it feels on your head and hair.Not all objects worn on one’s head work out. Aside from hair which is why their most iconic image below is discussed so much. Is what also you might have on your head that would be interfered with? I am not pegging that as a negative just that this image draws us all to speculate.
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If I wanted to poke fun at Apple it wouldn’t be about that really, given your good ski google example, but I do dare to contest Apple trying to suggest “coolness” with being social with the headset on as this marketing picture suggests.
This is reminiscent of car marketing flyers showing cool people in a car model and around the car.
I haven't seen these on Tim or Joz's face once... that really concerns me. I don't think you can sell the "I'm cool, see!" as easily as some of the diehards here on MR.
Won't even get into the fact that once you're priced north of $4000 (taxes), the number of prospective buyers for non-essential technology (this isn't HVAC for your house) disintegrates to almost 0.
Won't even get into the fact that once you're priced north of $4000 (taxes), the number of prospective buyers for non-essential technology (this isn't HVAC for your house) disintegrates to almost 0.
Apple executives don't play by our commoner rules... Steve Jobs had the prototype iPhone in his pocket for a year+ prior to release, by comparison.
However, there were no photos of him using it in the wild. having the iphone in his pocket is like Tim Cook using AVP in private, which he and the project execs have been doing.
Yet…
If it’s so cool, he’d be shown wearing it. The furious reaction to this simple fact really says it all. The device isn’t cool looking. That’s why they won’t wear it.
If I wanted to poke fun at Apple it wouldn’t be about that really, given your good ski google example, but I do dare to contest Apple trying to suggest “coolness” with being social with the headset on as this marketing picture suggests.
This is reminiscent of car marketing flyers showing cool people in a car model and around the car.
She looks creepy, and literally no one wears their hair like that. This add and other images of her strongly suggest that her hair was done specifically for the Vision.
I get that tech fans won’t be able to grasp this but the hair thing is an issue. A fairly significant one. “Derp. People wear hats” isn’t a legitimate rebuttal. Like it or not, “blasts your hear styling” is a reality and a barrier. Yet another reason Apple hasn’t shown Tim Cook (or anyone in a context that isn’t completely controlled) putting the device on and taking it off.