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You can blame Apple. Apple used to have a press office that made review materials available to a much wider array of journalists and personalities. That shifted in the last few years to seeking "relationships" with only key influencers as a way to essentially manage the reviews they get, like a politician who chooses to only talk to certain friendly reporters. There are exceptions—MKBHD has a large enough audience that he can balance fair criticisms against the control-freak tendencies of a company like Apple. But anyone else knows to either toe the line and embrace the relationship by speaking only to the faithful (iJustine in particular has given some really illluminating interviews about the "role" she plays to satisfy an Apple user audience that "struggles to see criticism as anything but an attack"), or buy the product themselves on the open market, speak more freely (and run the risk of having press credentials conveniently not offered to the next keynote speak), but give up the chance to have a video ready prior to release.

Apple is obsessive about not liking reviews without guardrails, and they were doubly so with AVP reviews. Makes me wonder what their own confidence is in the product.

I wouldn't fret about that too much.

Some of the people who purchased the 160,000 AVPs over the weekend will likely create their own reviews.


"Makes me wonder what their own confidence is in the product."

Judging by the number of AVPs sold over a couple of days, I imagine Apple's confidence is pretty good. Not bad for a $3,500 brand new product in a new product category.

The sky isn't falling.
 
It'll be a few years before anyone is doing anything really useful with these things.

They DO have enormous potential, especially for people in the research & development field. I also get that you have to release it to the unwashed masses for it to see widespread adoption BEFORE it really changes the world.

As with GUI at Zerox PARC or the Newton. It never really made a difference in the world until it was brought to the masses. These moves forward in technology were eventually world changers, but it took time and the vision (no pun intended) to make that leap forward.

I have no doubt that Apple has changed the game with this product. It makes all the other VR's look like toys in comparison. When it's twice as good at half the price (which is what happens with most Apple products) then it'll reach critical mass.

The potential is endless. The challenge was/is getting it off the ground.

Right now I don't want one as the cost/benefit ratio is just too low. This is an early adopter device.

PS. Someone needs to buy one and keep it in the original wrapping and box for about 15 years (or until right around January). Then, BOOM. That's when I'll cash in.

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Wow that top strap is such a huge failure, especially after they put in so much work on the stretchy back strap, the top strap seems like such an after thought designed to mitigate the substantial weight and front weight loading. Will be interesting to see what devs come up with, for myself it still just looks like an overpriced VR headset. Sure it's the absolute best VR headset out, but I still am not seeing anything to indicate it's anything but a VR headset, just without a VR market/games yet (if ever).

PS Nice to see you get a "free" special cloth with this, lol.
 
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Regaring the Verge's take. Yeah I think camera based mixed-reality is a temporary measure. Transparent OLED tech is getting pretty far and I would guess that is where we will end up.

Should be a bit cheaper without the external screen and less camera-tech, though it could become quite tricky to handle privacy. Maybe dual-layer OLED.
 
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Regaring the Verge's take. Yeah I think camera based mixed-reality is a temporary measure. Transparent OLED tech is getting pretty far and I would guess that is where we will end up.

Should be a bit cheaper without the external screen and less camera-tech, though it could become quite tricky to handle privacy. Maybe dual-layer OLED.
The problem is creating a transparent OLED that is also capable of getting bright enough to pass through the required optics. Not to mention making the world around you bright enough to see through the optics. The Sony OLEDs that Apple is using can reach 5000 nits, but only about 20% of that makes it through to your eyes.
 
AND YOU CANNOT HOT SWAP BATTERIES!! 🤣🤣🤣 All of you out here thinking you are doing work or watching movies on airplanes, are going to be big mad with your preorders. I wonder what the return process is like?

Really?!? That seems like a total rookie move for a company like Apple. Maybe they thought it was too complicated for users to handle. If true that would be truly awful with the very short battery life.
 
Just finished The Verge's review and Nilay did a fantastic job. He calls out a number of limitations and realities of the technology being used right now. Very much worth the time to hear his perspective.
I cackled like a witch when the camera cut to Nilay sat in front of an open MacBook Pro, poking at thin air to type.

It is so completely ridiculous. LOL.
 
My advice: Be very cautious and critical when watching these reviews. It has been said several times that Apple is deeply involved in most of these reviews to shape the early perception/opinion of Apple Vision Pro. If you watch a review 1 or 2 months from now, you’ll probably get an honest, objective review.
 
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