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Apple Vision Pro Customer Interest Dying Down at Some Retail Stores
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Disagree. Even when they are identical to sunglasses, I'd predict only 5-10% of people would use them.
People keep comparing them to the smartphone, but that's a completely false comparison.
Even when they are like regular glasses, what is there to motivate everyone to get them like everyone got smartphones? And unless 90-95% of people have them and wear them all the time, society will never change to make it inconvenient to not have them (pretty much the reason why a lot of people haven't stopped using smartphones).
I was saying it in the sense it's kinda good such addictive technology not being affordable for the majority of the population.
Imagine having the same technology available for 1/10th of the price.
You'd literally only see people with a headset on, in the streets.
I knew this would happen. Not only do people not want to shell out $3,500 for a novelty, there is very little use for one.
Looks like the Hype train got derailed.
I tried it in the store and will say, AVP is incredible when you're actually in it. It is technically impressive on every level, and I can't wait to see where the line goes.
$3,500 is too much, though.
$3,500 is too much, though.
I said this the moment pricing was announced.
This will end up like the G4 cube.
And competitors have their hands on these devices now.
Figuring out where the medium is between affordability and productivity of their devices.
The Vision really helped the competition.
VR is great for immersive, solitary, short-term entertainment. You know what that is? Gaming. And guess what you can't do with the Vision Pro? Gaming.
If you want to be productive, you want to be comfortable and be able to work for a whole day of 9+ hours. That's not what the Vision Pro is for because you simply can't wear it that long, the battery can't take it, the weight is too much, the pressure on your head is too much.
Seems like it wants to be an immersive virtual meeting machine. Everyone hates meetings, no one wants to be immersed in them any more than they have to be.
If you want to be productive, you want to be comfortable and be able to work for a whole day of 9+ hours. That's not what the Vision Pro is for because you simply can't wear it that long, the battery can't take it, the weight is too much, the pressure on your head is too much.
Seems like it wants to be an immersive virtual meeting machine. Everyone hates meetings, no one wants to be immersed in them any more than they have to be.
Educated Consumers want to wear them in public 24/7 and achieve greatness, putting a dent in the virtual universe.
I think part of the disinterest is just that current VR headsets are huge. Who wants to wear that monstrosity on their heads (and then that battery pack hanging off it?) Yuck.
If you can reduce VR headsets to the size of a pair of glasses, like those Meta Wayfairers for example, that size will get people excited.
If you can reduce VR headsets to the size of a pair of glasses, like those Meta Wayfairers for example, that size will get people excited.
I think wearabilty comes down to where people will wear it. I can't find a personal reason to wear it out of the house, but wearing it in my living room, the bulkiness would be less of a factor for me.
That's why I did a demo. I had no plans to buy one, but I was impressed with the demo.
Dear Apple: Scrap this like you did the car project and move on.
I wouldn’t say just gaming, but you’re spot on with it being for short term use. It has well-documented clinical uses, both patient and provider side. There’s a lot of niche fields that also benefit from it, but again, it’s not something you wear all day and minimal mass market appeal. Chances are if you don’t already own a VR headset, you’ll never buy this, and that’s coming from someone who has owned three and has no plans buying this.
That's where I see as VR being useful. Something you can take out the house and interact with the environment around you. For example, while driving, you see information about the road ahead of you (speed limit, warning of objects in the roadway, etc). Tony Stark Ironman helmet kind of stuff.
You mean in this economy when people are using credit cards to just buy groceries? Color me shocked!
Apple’s insistence on being control freaks is hurting them more and more. There are so many good apps for other headsets that can’t be done on Apple Vision Pro… (not to talk about making the thing too heavy without good reason)
AVP is another tool added to a list of other XR tools already in use in surgery.
Johns Hopkins Performs Its First Augmented Reality Surgeries in Patients
The technology used by the physicians for the augmented reality surgeries consisted of a headset with a see-through eye display that projects images of the patient’s internal anatomy such as bones and other tissue based on CT scans — essentially giving the surgeons X-ray vision.
Advancements In AR Surgery: Transforming Healthcare And Saving Lives
As AR technology continues to integrate with surgical navigation systems, the possibilities for improving surgical outcomes and transforming healthcare are limitless.
www.forbes.com
Augmented reality in the operating room: a clinical feasibility study - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background Augmented Reality (AR) is a rapidly emerging technology finding growing acceptance and application in different fields of surgery. Various studies have been performed evaluating the precision and accuracy of AR guided navigation. This study investigates the feasibility of a...
bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com
Apple fully expected this. WWDC2024 will give it another boost, and again in September.
Anybody that expected the interest trajectory to go up, up, up doesn't understand the economics for this type of product release.
Apple knows they are entering a new-for-them market, and they are doing so cautiously, with the long-game in mind.
Anybody that expected the interest trajectory to go up, up, up doesn't understand the economics for this type of product release.
Apple knows they are entering a new-for-them market, and they are doing so cautiously, with the long-game in mind.
For $100 they’d fly off Apple’s shelves and played with, but still wind up collecting dust in a closet.
Yeah, this is exactly what Apple wanted I'm sure.
That's smart logic to use. That way there's no way to fail!
Worse. It's a G4 Cube you wear on your head.