Gurman: Vision Pro 2 Development Focusing on Size, Weight, and Prescription Lenses

[PBG4 Dude]

When has Apple really dropped their prices massively?

The first MacBook Air was $1,799 and if you wanted the 64GB SSD upgrade, that was another $1,000.

 

[FlyingTexan]

When has Apple really dropped their prices massively?

2008 Macbook air was $1800. 2023 is $999. Which one is better? How much has inflation hit?

 

[picpicmac]

I wonder how it would work if the battery were built into the strap.

Just make the device powered by the human!

The average human operates at about 100W (average over the day).

 

[darngooddesign]

Ah, the Osborne Effect in full flow.

Some guy publishing a rumor is not the Osborne Effect.

 

[filmantopia]

On the other hand, Swiss watches don't become obsolete every few years.

Your point?

 

[glindon]

Can’t tell you how many people declared Apple Watch a dud, even years after it was originally released, before it became the most popular watch in the world.

There’s a huge gulf between $350 watches and $3500 Vision Pro.

 

[Menneisyys2]

The iPad 1 to iPad 2 effect… 6month later a v2 better in every way lol

You meant the iPad 3->4 with the 6 months? (albeit that definitely wasn't as big an upgrade as the 1->2 one was, which happened after a year. The iPad1 was seriously underpowered with that 256MB of RAM; no wonder it didn't receive anything past iPad OS 5.)

 

[svish]

Many things could change by the the time the 2nd generation is released. Not expecting it to be released for a couple of years.

 

[duncandb]

There's an extremely simple solution to the neck strain issue for all VR, which is to add an additional weight behind the head, a counter-weight so the weight wanting to make the had tilt forward is balanced by a same weight wanting to make it tilt backward. This isn't rocket science people. I kept thinking months ago I should explicitly suggest this to Apple and others, don't know why they don't think of it themselves. That said, this is something a third party accessory maker could possibly do, not that they should have to.

 

[Janichsan]

Your point?

Apple Watches are – in the end of the day – throwaway products. A good Swiss watch is built to last a life-time (or more). Of course the former sell more than the latter.

Pure sales numbers do not define the quality of a product. Just the quality of the business strategy of the manufacturer.

 

[Le0M]

Agree, I think once it’s it gets to the 1,500 price range people are more likely to buy one

Sure. What I was saying, though, is that they will release an AVP at that price only if the quality remains AT LEAST as good as the original AVP.

 

[FlyingTexan]

RobbieTop: "Most People still unaware Apple even has preposterously expensive VR headset in development. When they hear about it launch, they will laugh at the Price Tag and buy an Meta Quest 3. Filthy Rich Nerds will scratch their heads on why someone making $25,000 a year will buy an iPhone but not a ScubaGearProMaxPlus. American population blissfully unaware they are about to be given the most hilarious thing to mock people wearing in public about 6-8 months from now."

Except this isn't marketed towards people it's meant for professionals where $3500 really isn't much and the Meta Quest 3 doesn't work in the apple ecosystem. I'm not a fanboy but a realist and this post is a bit childish at best. I remember the first flat screen LCD TV's were $20k for 36inches. Now you can buy a 65inch for $450 that's better quality and more capable than anything offered in the beginning. Same for this device.

 

[miiwtoo]

Except this isn't marketed towards people it's meant for professionals where $3500 really isn't much and the Meta Quest 3 doesn't work in the apple ecosystem. I'm not a fanboy but a realist and this post is a bit childish at best. I remember the first flat screen LCD TV's were $20k for 36inches. Now you can buy a 65inch for $450 that's better quality and more capable than anything offered in the beginning. Same for this device.

if the technology is too new (aka microLED), but if you put oled or miniLED for example, that price is just because the company`s name is Apple,

 

[bobcomer]

There's an extremely simple solution to the neck strain issue for all VR, which is to add an additional weight behind the head, a counter-weight so the weight wanting to make the had tilt forward is balanced by a same weight wanting to make it tilt backward. This isn't rocket science people. I kept thinking months ago I should explicitly suggest this to Apple and others, don't know why they don't think of it themselves. That said, this is something a third party accessory maker could possibly do, not that they should have to.

So 2X the weight. That's actually not good for your cervical spine -- it will cause compression. Not a good thing at all. It would be better using it while lying on your back. (with a pillow)

 

[robbietop]

Except this isn't marketed towards people it's meant for professionals where $3500 really isn't much and the Meta Quest 3 doesn't work in the apple ecosystem. I'm not a fanboy but a realist and this post is a bit childish at best. I remember the first flat screen LCD TV's were $20k for 36inches. Now you can buy a 65inch for $450 that's better quality and more capable than anything offered in the beginning. Same for this device.

Ok, so at least we agree that this is not the next iPhone nor is it the future of daily technology use.

I did not foresee Google Glass as the future and this thing definitely isn't in its current scuba headset form factor. This is niche engineering at best.

 

[seinman]

There was a time when a DVD player was that much.

No there wasn't. The most expensive first-gen DVD player, as far as I can find online, was $750 in 1997. That's ~$1400 adjusted for inflation. Other models were released at the same time, one as low as $600 ($1150 adjusted).