For 6 people who bought and still uses AVP.
You have countered my factually correct statement with a statement this is factually incorrect. That is just misdirection.
".. .Data from IDC claims that Apple shipped 390,000 Vision Pro units in 2024. ..."
Apple's Vision Pro headset is still failing to see appeal among consumers, according to a new report from the Financial Times. Data from IDC claims that Apple shipped 390,000 Vision Pro units in 2024. IDC expected Apple to ship just 45,000 new Vision Pro units in the latest quarter of 2025. The...
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10 versus 100,000. is 4 orders of magnitude off target. That is a bit past being slightly off target; it is the factually incorrect zone.
Wi-Fi only headphones would be heavier and cost more. Those are a couple of the attributes that AVP labored under. It is a major factor as where Wi-Fi headphones don't dominate the wireless headphone market.
Apple has also trying to stuff things into the Bluetooth standard that didn't stick.
" .. In 2019, Apple published an extension called HDR which supports data rates of 4 (HDR4) and 8 (HDR8) Mbit/s using π/4-
DQPSK modulation on 4 MHz channels with forward error correction (FEC). .."
However, for some of the largest lossless music files even 8Mbit/s isn't going to work either.
So a camera used less power than a wifi module?
Apple has a 0.4 still and a 0.1 megapixel camera sensor here. They are purposely shrinking the data so it fits on bluetooth and avoids Wi-Fi ... Yes Bluetooth LE does use less power than Wi-FI. That why it is winning in the wireless headphone market.
Secondly, the basics of a camera is to convert photons to electrons. The photovoltaic effect... And no that does not consume power . In fact, on solar panels is it how power is
produced ; not consumed. Now if want to data process the data produced then yes that 'costs' some energy to do the computations. To convert digital data into audio cost computational energy also. If the bit rate levels between audio and 'pictures' is about the same then computational energy difference probably isn't all that hugely different.
Furthermore, a camera in this setup is very likely turned off 90-98% of the time. A module that is powered off versus a module that is powered on (to maintain the constant connection to phone/ipad/mac) ..... yes the latter is going to consume more power.
Look, I understand that different people have different needs, but being able to do something doesn’t mean it’s a logical next step to do it.
Actually using Logic and logical requires working with facts. You are 4 orders of magnitude off. Basic camera core sensors consume energy versus convert it. Standards compliant Wi-Fi radio systems do consume more energy than Bluetooth LE.
Drifting in a sea of non facts , logic isn't in play.
It’s like adding a camera and a speaker to your microwave so it can see you and, if you’re not around, announce that your food is ready through your car’s speakers after opening the windows, just in case you’re in the garden and it needs to be loud enough for you to hear, instead of just a simple “bing.”
If Apple was actually building that you might have a point. They are not so you really don't.
Siri ( i.e., 'AI' ) have been a feature of AirPods since they were first introduced. The product has not existed without an "AI' connection the entire time. If Siri gets a vision perception capability, then adding it is basically following along with initial plan to couple to Siri.
They are not trying to add a keep persistent pictures/video feature. The image don't even need to leave RAM to get basics done (besides flowing between devices. AirPod RAM -> iPhone RAM (and maybe Apple PPC RAM).
When I walk into most larger stores the doors just open and close behind me. Oooo evil camera sensor.
In a recently build large supermarket I walked up to one of the refrigerator/freezer units and the inside was dark until I stood in front of the glass door for a moment. Would it make more sense to keep the freezer/refrigerator light on all the time? Or turn it off when no one is looking? (lights, even LEDs ones produce heat. So light on in a freezer isn't helping keep it coolest.) Again ooo the 'evil' camera sensor.
Siri can performance behaviors that are bit more complicated than open/close a door or turn a light on/off.
If these photos can end up in another app ( into Photos , "perv app 27" or some random cloud storage disk ) then Apple probably is failing here. However, there is zero reason why this can't be treated similar to TouchID , FaceID info and handled securely and not available for random app or general 'root' access. The actual image data isn't what the sensor is actually about. It is about capture metadata from the image. ( name of book , address , identify an object (what kind of bug, flower, tree is that) , etc. )
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." -- Martin Luther King Jr.
What as system does matters more than some superficial attribute property. ( projecting that there is a camera so therefore it is part of the survellicnce state or the tool of the supreme perverts. is bigoted ; not logical. )
