Sorry... I'm not into *guessing* what Apple's R&D costs are.
Why wouldn't you believe Apple is stupid if their return is as poor as you *believe* it is? Especially now releasing AVP gen 2?
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Apple Updates Vision Pro With M5 Chip, Dual Knit Band, and 120Hz Support
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Sorry... I'm not into *guessing* what Apple's R&D costs are.
Why wouldn't you believe Apple is stupid if their return is as poor as you *believe* it is? Especially now releasing AVP gen 2?
You're just into the business of guessing a small developer will develop a killer app for AVP. Got it!
Apple threw money at a stupid project. It failed and they are ready to move on. Google does the same **** all the time.
Im sorry but do you think R&D just disappears into thin air? Everything they develop, test etc is often used in multiple products. Its not like all 20 billion (guess pulled from thin air) goes 100% into the vision pro and then thrown out if the AVP fails
To watch movies. I'll say that's what I do 99% of the time with it. I'm the person who prefers watching movies alone with no distractions.
The Vision Pro will forever be an Apple Device I see in screenshots. The price is so far away from what I want to pay for a VR headset that I didn't even want to try a demo of one in an Apple Store - thats how much of a turn off the price is.
Exactly.
Apparently, they can stick an M5 into a pair of glasses where it’s limited by battery and heat constraints. But all this time refusing to stick a proper M-chip into an AppleTV that could run AAA games.
Are they finally going to put an M5 into AppleTV with the impending refresh? Hope dies last…
May I suggest doing the demo and buying a used one on ebay. You can get them like new for like 1.8k or even cheaper with this launch
Yes. Not having an M5 must be why Apple hasn’t produced native Vision OS versions of many of their own apps and why Apple doesn’t permit MacOS apps to run. Like all developers, the M2 was holding them back. Sure…
Updating to the M5 is crucial for long term support, but the M2 isn’t the reason for the lack of “killer apps”.
Correct but the M2 was a reason for me to not keep the first gen. It was a hot and inefficient chip, plus the sharpness was almost there but not good enough for a 3.5k device. With it now supporting 120hz and 10% more pixels I am hoping and praying it is now perfect (which is what I demand for a 3.5k product)
Did you forget the part where I wrote: " The highly sought-after "killer apps" would undoubtedly become even more impressive with enhanced hardware."
M5 will simply make the apps better due to the more powerful chip.
How so? Couldn't some of that knowledge they learned from the AVP be put to use with other devices such as the glasses?
You said for development purposes, which goes a little beyond existing apps running better. That’s not development in itself.
The fact you continue to go down this rabbit hole is hilarious. I guess you have nothing better to do today.
Every complaint about AVP has been some version of too expensive and too heavy/clunky/uncomfortable, and they addressed neither issue except for a ridiculous looking new strap. Doesn’t seem they’re treating this as a serious product.
