The Vision Pro is not an iPhone and it should never be measured against that success. A phone is something that we have come to rely on and everyone needs one. You would be measuring it against a once in a generation success... Not even TVs when it comes down to it are as important to most people than their phone.
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I'm honestly thinking of getting the Vision Pro
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Given enough decades it may end up looking like Google Glasses or contact lenses.
Given enough decades we might be flying around the sky like the Jetsons.... we are still waiting...
The Vision Pro will be a game changer for disabled people.
Not enough R&D money and regulatory limitations. How many hurdles would George have to go through to get his flying car FAA-legal?
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Lower resolutions work fine for gaming, fitness, and even movie watching, but won’t cut it for the “floating app windows” use case that Apple is focused on. Maybe they could use LCD or standard OLED to save on cost, but that would need a bulkier headset. You need the cameras for passthrough and hand tracking, so reducing the quality for photos and videos isn’t really an option.
Removing the outer screen seems like the best option for cost savings. But even that probably won’t cut more than a couple hundred from the price.
Yeah, it's expensive being disabled. Look up how much wheelchairs cost. Or hearing aids, not the recent over the counter kind, but ones that are prescribed by audiologists. Or how much it takes to train and keep a guiding eye dog. Etc, etc.
Those Ironman-like hand/feet/limb/leg/arm fully powered and mechanical prosthetics?
If you live in the US how much is a care giver? Not $15/hr.... that's the rate for unskilled labor.
Damn. The only other practical thing I can think of them doing is instead of an M2 using an A17 for the SoC. How the hell are they gonna get this thing affordable? If the consumer model isn't under $1800, it's dead.
Apple has an M2 chip in two different $599 devices. It can’t be all that big of a premium in cost over an A-series chip.
I really love the tech - and it is honestly dead impressive to see. But I can’t get over the complete shift to a full mask for computing like that. I did back to back snow seasons for close to 20 years, I’m used to goggles. But for me this is a future purchase when it can be utilised with more regular day to day headwear, like glasses.
Eventually the HMD becomes natural. Take it from me, a guy who spends his time in VR from 3-5 hours in one sitting. I could go even longer if I wanted, and I have. And this is with a headset with front weight to it, something the Vision Pro doesn't have, so it'll be even easier to wear for so long that you may even forget you're wearing it.
I am getting one if my works pays for it...and I think that is 85% likely.
I doubt it. What will happen is the Pro 2 introduced and the pro 1 with some minor changes will become the consumer. Apple simply cannot compromise on the visual quality....it would destroy their revolutionary approach. The outside glass, the premium single piece of aluminum. All that can go away but never the resolution, eye sensors, or processing speed.
Be that as it may - but that wasn’t the angle I was looking at. This isn’t ‘everyday’ regular portable computing like a phone - for example. I mean - it’s useful as that, for sure, but I’m not talking about geeks on tech forums. It’s too much for regular people to be expected to wear.
I'm wondering if it's possible to make the flame out of plastic, or some kind of composite material. And I really don't think you need the eye display to show people around you that you are paying attention.
Sorry but the thought of you in the bathroom with the Vision Pro is just too much to bear.
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Yes, pretty much how I see it too.
I don't see it replace any Mac at this moment, but that's how Apple do, so we will buy new stuff from them. But they might replace iPad's, as my thoughts are going for now at least.
No different than anyone on the toilet with a smartphone, tablet, laptop, book, newspaper, magazine or even a desktop.
Don’t you just love working on your Mac Pro while sitting comfortably on the loo? 😂
With how attached some are... I would not be that surprised. Good thing the women of the house would not permit such a stationary workstation on the throne.
Who doesn’t want to relieve themselves on the moon?