Between 1984 and 1989, Apple had sold one million Macs. It sold 10 million over the following five years. If this sells more than 1 million between 2024 and 2029, it will have had a more successful launch than the Mac. 
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Apple Vision Pro Supports Up to 100Hz Refresh Rate
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I don't think that it is that it couldn't go higher if they wanted to, but by design and perhaps consistency in the experience, they say 100hz is only there to avoid the flickering with 50hz lights while they aim for a consistent 90hz experience.
Apple doesn't compete on specs but on the user experience as a whole.
It seems clear Apple knows it’s not gonna sell like iPhones, and they never expected it to. Only people who don’t get it are surprised by that. It won’t be a failure because it was never intended to sell tens of millions of units. It’s a cutting-edge introductory offering.
So, I don’t think you’re wrong but I think your comment misses the point. Saying that it’s a self-aware early adopter product (yes), and then declaring there are so many reasons not to get it (sure) is just kind of redundant.
Also, for all the complaining these days about the non-revolutionary improvement from the M1 to the M2 (after the massive leap from Intel to M-series), I’m not sure M3 will be THAT different. So, if you think this won’t be the flagship experience Apple wants to ship, I’m not sure they’ll win you over with v2, but who knows.
I’m sure the headset will advance beyond the first generation like any other device, but I’m genuinely considering buying one to experience a very special moment in Apple’s product history, to enjoy content in a very new and impressive way (for me, at least), and to keep it in my collection as a very special piece of Apple history.
For me, I can get one now, enjoy it, and keep it…or wait until years later when it may appreciate (or depreciate, but I doubt it) in value as a collectors item when I could’ve gotten it up front and really used it….in either case, one day it will go next to my Apple ][, my original Macintosh, my original iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc. (Yeah, it is obviously an enthusiast device lol).
Apple has no delusions this will be iPhone-level for several generations. They’re putting this impressive tech out there now to get developers using it, to get it into the social conscious in a way only Apple can, and they will amaze even skeptics like you in the near-to-mid future with something more like a simple pair of glasses. That’s the endgame.
And where did you understanding come from? Rumors from who? MacRumors commenters?
Hah, not commenters!
I'm not sure, it was many months ago. But I believe it was a MacRumors story - don't remember the person/analyst who made the claim.
It does make a lot of sense.
think I’m going to order it and test it out for a couple of weeks and decide if I want to keep it or not.
also think there’s more to see/hear before it finally goes on sale.
Yeah, who ever hear of spending so much money on a computing device! /s
?? Whatever do you mean "...matching what’s already the standard across the board in the industry." There is no standard in the world of AR yet. The field is wide open.
This is so much spin. It’s unproven.
I want to be wrong but this isn’t going to do well. It’s going to be a niche product worse than the airpod max.
Can you imagine seeing this in public?
They’ll be a laughing stock
well compare that to the viewing experience of the apple studio display with the original 1000 dollar stand and it is a steal.
AR is so much spin? And unproven? Really?
And why would it necessarily be destined exclusively for being used in public?
Well yes... its use can certainly be used as a mere display for a computer for a user to do computing. But that's an incredibly narrow use for the device and money not well spent.
AR is much more than being just another computer display.
My belief that many people here don't know what AR is about, how it's used, the problems it can help people solve, etc., is certainly being reinforced by some of the comments here.
yeah well, I wear glasses. And i'm not ever gonna get contacts. Apparently I have to pay an extra 400 bucks because of this. **** you Apple.
Serious post alert.
This has to be the first Apple device that isn't intended to be universally accessible.
I'm a regular middle-aged guy, but I doubt I'll be able to use this. I have eye divergence issues that aren't a problem day-to-day, but get worse as I get tired. This is a relatively common and often undiagnosed medical complaint.
I doubt using this will be feasible for me or, if it is, it won't be pleasant.
And that's before we get to people who have actual eye complaints that make focussing on a screen an inch from their eye impossible.
It really feels like I've missed something with this device. It's just not very Apple in its philosophy.
My hope with this device its that Apple knows this, and there's a direction of travel that takes care of these issues in later generations of this device – that the Vision Pro is really just a kind of purchasable prototype.
This has to be the first Apple device that isn't intended to be universally accessible.
I'm a regular middle-aged guy, but I doubt I'll be able to use this. I have eye divergence issues that aren't a problem day-to-day, but get worse as I get tired. This is a relatively common and often undiagnosed medical complaint.
I doubt using this will be feasible for me or, if it is, it won't be pleasant.
And that's before we get to people who have actual eye complaints that make focussing on a screen an inch from their eye impossible.
It really feels like I've missed something with this device. It's just not very Apple in its philosophy.
My hope with this device its that Apple knows this, and there's a direction of travel that takes care of these issues in later generations of this device – that the Vision Pro is really just a kind of purchasable prototype.
This was repeated so often for the iPads and AppleWatch when they came out. If we asked users what they want, we would get ...
Nobody can focus on anything an inch from their eye. It may seem counterintuitive, but that's not even slightly how VR works. It uses lenses so the focal distance is generally fixed at around 1.5 - 2 meters. So if you're nearsighted and don't wear contacts, you're screwed unless you get the Zeiss corrective lens inserts, the price of which is unknown (but probably won't be cheap).
Anyway, it's called the Vision Pro. All of Apple's Pro stuff costs more...the Mac Pro starts at $7500, the iPhone Pro is more expensive than the iPhone. Presumably at some point they'll make the Apple Vision, which will cost less.