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Here's a First In-Person Look at the Apple Vision Pro

I think the price is justified, considering it replaces your Macbook/iMac, iPhone, iPad, and even your big screen TV. I won't pay $3500 to beta test the device however. Call me in 2 years when it's down to $2K and the bugs are ironed out.
 
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Yeah… this has not aged well.

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roar08 said:
From a practical standpoint, the hardware is going to be seen as "silly/ridiculous" by MUCH (not all) of the market, maybe too many to make it a mass consumer product. The price is also probably on the high side for a mass market device, for what it is.
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I think it’s fine. The AirPods used to look dumb when it was first released. Remember that?

I remember being an early adopter of the AirPods and feeling insecure in the public wearing them.

Now the AirPods look iconic and signals that you have wealth.

I think Apple has done a great job making it look not weird with its design and eye display features. Plus, because it’s designed to be an AR device first, it won’t make the person wearing it disconnect from the environment.
 
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I don’t think Steve Jobs would let this pass as an Apple product.

For AR/VR technology to be truly revolutionary you need to be able to touch the 3D objects in front of you. The VR inputs are just extremely bad and unintuitive to use for most people. The combination of using of your eyes, weird gestures and voice commands is just not very practical. I think until we can have full control of the 3D environment with our hands just like multi touch worked for iPhone, AR/VR is just going to be a niche product for tech enthusiasts.

I feel actually sad that Apple can’t see this. It just shows that without Steve Jobs they have no direction. Steve Jobs would never enter into a new category of products if it didn’t make sense to deliver the best possible solution for people. Apple didn’t need a VR/AR headset right now. They have enough money without it. The technology is just not as mature as it needs to be. It doesn’t matter how good the screen looks or how well it fits.

It’s all about the input when it comes to AR/VR replacing computers. We’re not there yet, but hopefully they’ll realize this.
 
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This past weekend I watched the movie Blackberry and during today's event while Tim was revealing the Vision Pro, the first thing that came to my mind was the scene in the movie when Steve Jobs was revealing the first iPhone and the guys from Blackberry HQs were watching on TV the keynote. That day, January 9 of 2007 was the beginning of the end of Blackberry and their 55% market share. Today's event will make history and could change the way we interact with the world.
 
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The Vision Pro looks great. Apple designers made something quite good looking for a 1st generation device. 🎩🧢👒🎓⛑️🪖-off
 
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CC77 said:
The biggest keynote flop of the of the Tim Cook era. Apple itself didn’t even present a “why” for this. Why should I?
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For me, the why is a portal 100” display for when I’m traveling and need to work.

The bonus for me is that it will have the ultimate entertainment experience.

I also look forward to the AR apps developers will make.
 
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TVreporter said:
Couple of things from all the promotional videos:

- No children are seen wearing one.
- It's not being used outside at all. Wonder if being in sunlight impacts the viewing?
- No one is with someone else using it. So when someone does a FT call, they see me with the goggles on?
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I don't think it's for the kids but they did promote Disney movies.
 
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senttoschool said:
I thought this was DOA. I was wrong. I think this is revolutionary. It’s not a VR device like I imagined. It’s an AR device.

I could totally see myself buying this or buying a future version.

I work a lot while traveling. One of my main issues is not having a big external monitor when I’m away from home. This solves that problem for me and integrates with my MacBook Pro.

Also, the $3500 price tag is fine. Just think of it as buying an M2 Mac, a 3D 100” OLED screen and an iPhone in one.

I’m excited to see this in person and excited for the second version. I’m betting that by version 3, it will be purchased by the masses. The first one is obviously aimed at developers first.

Overtime, it will get more powerful, lighter, longer battery life, and cheaper. It will eventually have a great non-pro version for the masses.
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Cheaper? Not over the next 3-4 years and even a "cheaper" version won't be cheap, believe me. This is not Apples course anymore to make something really much cheaper over the years.
 
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It was a long journey Tim, but you finally managed to introduce a new product.

Welcome Vision, goodbye FINALLY iPhone, iPad, Mac.

Welcome back to Sun MicroSystem Looking Glass!

5 years more and finally we will be in the future, no more keyboards, mouse, screens.

Hallelujah!
 
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madmin said:
This has been years in the making. Finally on this historic day we see Apple finish eating itself, intoxicated on their own hype juice.
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Yeah I'm uh.....trying to figure out who their target audience is at $3500?
 
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al256 said:
How does that battery pack compare to the original iPod in terms of size?
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TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ said:
I can't believe Apple AR/VR headset is finally here.
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I cannot believe it's here either ... in fact I'm not believing this thread at all until a bit later for me to watch the keynote.

But man having an external battery pack?!
It's like Apple's version of the BlackBerry belt-holster. THIS is terrible!

Maybe Apple and TSMC really needs a better implementation or advancement in the A-series chip design and evolution of say 4 generations ahead for incredible power-efficiency to negate the need for a battery pack.
 
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senttoschool said:
I think it’s fine. The AirPods used to look dumb when it was first released. Remember that?

Now the AirPods look iconic and signals that you have wealth.

I think Apple has done a great job making it look not weird with its design and eye display features. Plus, because it’s designed to be an AR device first, it won’t make the person wearing it completely seem out of it.
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Apple built an incredibly successful campaign ("silhouettes") around EarPods/iPods. AirPods were a pretty natural extension of that as far as social acceptance goes IMO; I don't think they looked as dumb as you might think. Wearing ski goggles — as ostensibly beautiful as they may be — plugged into your pocket? Seems just a little bit ... not the same at all.
 
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TVreporter said:
Couple of things from all the promotional videos:

- No children are seen wearing one.
- It's not being used outside at all. Wonder if being in sunlight impacts the viewing?
- No one is with someone else using it. So when someone does a FT call, they see me with the goggles on?
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No, you turn into a digital avatar that teeters on uncanny valley. They showed it in the keynote
 
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