Indeed fine engineering, however it is a VR headset, not an AR one, no matter what Apple what wants us to believe.
HoloLens is/was an AR headset as an example.
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iFixit Shares Apple Vision Pro Teardown
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Indeed fine engineering, however it is a VR headset, not an AR one, no matter what Apple what wants us to believe.
HoloLens is/was an AR headset as an example.
Yeah but then how many would bother to do so? I’d argue not a huge number of customers willing to bother.
This tear down will generate lots of articles for sure on the Vision Pro design uniqueness.
True.. But maybe mixed reality (MR) is more apt for the AVP
"Apple Stores have a machine to determine approximate prescription glasses strength when you come in for a demo. For users with eye conditions (like strabismus) that might interfere with eye tracking, the Vision Pro offers alternative interaction controls in the accessibility features. However, we have heard that lenses are not available for people who have astigmatism, which is 40% of the population. If you know anything more about that, leave it in the comments. "
Huh?
Huh?
What a mess. It reminds me at the change of a Harddrive in a IBook. To see, what you can see anyway it needs a hollow foil, cam and display?. This is terrible Ingeneering. whata ****. Who invented this Sh*t? My God, how can you put such a mess together? Nowadays it is so easy to project something on glass via laser. Even at this size... I'm really shocked at how you can design and assemble such garbage.
Yee gads that a lot of screws to keep track of with complete disassembly!
Wonder if they can put Humpty Dumpy together again after that tear down?
Wonder if they can put Humpty Dumpy together again after that tear down?
-1000. If you design something like this, you don't care about any repairs. I've never seen anything so horrible in my life. I'm really shocked!
Some of the snarky comments from this person and these companies is annoying. They don’t create anything they just break other peoples hard work. This is a first gen device. And clearly a lot of engineering went into it. Also you can use third party battery packs with this device.
Hey, you won't believe what I heard! They actually added fans in the VP to help cool down the microchips and sensors. How cool is that, right? It's like they've got everything covered. Who would've thought, huh? Ignorance is bliss, my friend! 😄
Well, it certainly looks like $3500 worth of tech there.
Don’t understand the need for all the sarcasm in the video. Is it really necessary to express frustration at the number of screws? There’s like 30 individual components crammed into this thing.
Eventually modules will be combined, but that will result in the ifixit’s comments on how you have to replace the entire X simply to repair Y.
This is a staggering amount of tech crammed into a curved space. It’s honestly remarkable how much is going on in terms of getting all of this working together in one cohesive unit. I think competitors are going to find the R1 is a staggering obstacle to overcome in terms of performance in sensor fusion….
Eventually modules will be combined, but that will result in the ifixit’s comments on how you have to replace the entire X simply to repair Y.
This is a staggering amount of tech crammed into a curved space. It’s honestly remarkable how much is going on in terms of getting all of this working together in one cohesive unit. I think competitors are going to find the R1 is a staggering obstacle to overcome in terms of performance in sensor fusion….
I want to see what is in the battery pack.
Man, the internals of this baby are intense! I can see why it was challenging to assemble. Truly mind blowing internal design. I can only imagine how many iterations it took to get to this point, and how much more it would need to simplify and bring cost down.
People feel better after complaining. Even though it does no good.
It has nothing to do with features. Ignorance is bliss.
Hardly. Whether complex means to build or operate it would still be the automobile. Yachts and Leer jets are consumer products too.
iFixit previous Apple products tear-downs:
"Ohh, so much glue"
"Ohh, the ports are soldered to the logic board"
"Ohh, the screws are not Phillips"
"Ohh, the battery is not easily replaceable"
iFixit on the VP:
"Ohh, so many screws, why so many screws"
"Ohh, so many connectors, why so many connectors"
...
Should be renamed as iHateIt
"Ohh, so much glue"
"Ohh, the ports are soldered to the logic board"
"Ohh, the screws are not Phillips"
"Ohh, the battery is not easily replaceable"
iFixit on the VP:
"Ohh, so many screws, why so many screws"
"Ohh, so many connectors, why so many connectors"
...
Should be renamed as iHateIt
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Queue the class action lawsuits due to non user serviceable parts
A Chinese company will sell their copy of "Vizion Pro" for $99 on AliExpress very soon.
I thought they were dead in 96/97. The turnaround was remarkable and they continue to do remarkable things.