Agree they need to keep price down as much as possible but this really depends on what they can do. If the feature set is strong enough, I'd pay more. If they function as a heads up display / have excellent video and audio recording features and battery life, I'd pay more.
You do realize that Apple throws the word "pro" on their products as a marketing ploy to jack up the prices.
I worry that we all have short memories.
That’s not true for Apple’s core prosumer products, that’s just a cynical take by people who often know nothing about market segmentation to claim that’s the case with most of Apple’s prosumer products.
Nope, you can set them to record up to 3 minutes if you like. I used them on my trip to Japan and I have a ton of pictures and videos where I was just focused on what I was seeing instead of pulling out my phone.
Just me, or do those look a little too much like Tim Cook's frames?
Apple's rumored plan to enter the smart glasses market by late 2026 is already reshaping the global AR optics supply chain, according to DigiTimes.
According to the paywalled report, demand for smart glasses from the likes of Meta is rising steadily, but the industry now expects Apple's equivalent product to act as the primary catalyst for large-scale commercialization. Multiple suppliers across Taiwan's optical sector have apparently increased capital expenditure to expand capacity and shift research priorities toward AR technologies, citing Apple's expected requirements.
For example, Kinko Optical has positioned itself as a key supplier by opening a new AR, VR, and MR research center, backed by an investment of about $5.6 million. Kinko is currently the only Taiwanese company developing both nanoimprint optical waveguides and optical engines at the same time, technologies that are essential to modern AR glasses designs. Joint development projects with clients are expected to begin in 2026, aligning with the rumored launch timelines of major new products from brands like Apple.
Other Taiwanese suppliers are moving in the same direction. Asia Optical is accelerating development of AR, VR, and metalens products and has partnered with Singapore-based MetaOptics to co-develop metalens technology. JMO Corp. has already entered AR glasses supply chains, while Aiimax Innovation has completed metalens samples now undergoing brand certification.
Samsung has already announced plans to launch AR glasses in 2026, while Apple is expected to introduce its first smart glasses by the end of the year. Apple's entry is expected to increase volumes, stabilize supply chains, and lower component costs, prompting Taiwanese suppliers to position themselves more aggressively as the market for smart glasses expands.
Article Link: Apple's Smart Glasses Plans Already Triggering Industry Changes
Base plan includes one lens and 25 photos per day, premium has both lenses and unlimited photos.
While not having innovated the tech, Apple likely to improve on it, I am afraid. But disappointed that Apple is eyeing the surveillance tech market.
This is ridiculous. The Vision Pro was a niche product, that was never intended on being a mainstream, for the masses product. If you really think logically, it’s a test pilot for vision OS that will fork into a whole suite of products, with a dedicated, functioning, state of the art OS that drives all of them, just like the other OS interfaces currently do.
Well, there are worse things… like you can absolutely look forward to the Samsung version having commercials and popup ads + bloatwear and Meta offerings will have Facebook tethered, Cambridge analytica style, alt right indoctrination feeds that coerce the weak minded voters into voluntary compliance.
Hmm, you said something very smart there. A monocle model would actually look better with a cable attached to it and it could therefore have much more power. 🤔
Apple doesn’t create niche baseline products. They create baseline products they expect to appeal to all customers and furthermore they expect them to buy them without question. Then they add features and upgrades to accommodate customers who they’ve convinced they are “prosumers” and elite and willing to spend stupid prices for products with marginal performance.
…Your assertion is false debunked by the Studio Display and Pro Display XDR as well as the Mac Pro not having mainstream equivalents.
