That didn't take long. Must have needed some cost cutting for the next quarterly financial releases.
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Report: Apple May Stop Producing Vision Pro by the End of 2024
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I never said that I think the AVP shouldn't exist, I said I would not be a buyer until it is in a similar form factor to Google Glass. There is a reason we aren't using mainframes and heavy laptops anymore. No one wants either. People used them because that was the form factor that was available at the time.
That was and still is my sole issue with it. The arrogant price. Absolutely insulting amount of money to ask for a product space that is already on its way out.
Now that’s an expensive hobby. This was just a “hobby” for Apple, like the very first AppleTV box, right?
Right?
Right?
Biggest flop in years. Too bad the tech is great but the implementation is bad it's too bulky and heavy and gives headaches.
Besides the original iPhone when has Apple 2.0 or 3.0 done this? Did they ever drop the price of the trashcan Mac Pro or the original Home Pod?
The article suggests Apple expects the cheaper form factor to sell even less? Did I read that right? If so, why? Is it the form factor or did “VR is the next big leap” not pan out?
I did 2 demos. Both were absolutely amazing. It really is awesome tech. I’d never buy it for >1k though.
But I think you should check it out. It really is fantastic.
A version 2 of this product? Or are we talking HomePod mini equivalent? Would a cheaper version of this product still be considered a Pro product? Or does the name Vision Pro not really mean anything?
Four million for the new low-cost model is half of what Apple wanted from the Vision Pro, so 8 million? How many of those 8 million were actually produced if this company at its peak only assembled 2000 per day?
I got psvr2 just so I can play GT7. It’s absolutely amazing. I now have 200hrs logged in using it 🤪
It's pretty easy when you're very in tune with your values and have an affinity for thinking critically about the state of technology, the world, and how you want to interact with that world. It isn't about whether I could have fun with the thing, perhaps I could (for a limited about of time). Technology, especially the new wave we are heading into, isn't innocent or harmless and my desires are heading in the opposite direction of screens as I age and against that is what I measure whether or not such things are worthwhile.
Yes I’m not attacking your comment, that’s completely valid. More of a commentary on the general feeling on the AVP.
Your comment on what form factor was available is also interesting because there is no other competing product to the AVP. In terms of what it does at a very high level.
Yet still there is indifference.
It’s a bit like saying I’m not going to use a mobile phone in the 80s because they don’t fit in my pocket. That’s fine, but people didn’t attack the 80s mobile phone saying it shouldn’t exist!
Just baffling to me right now.
"Pro" is just a marketing moniker Apple uses. It doesn't mean Apple devices with "Pro" in the name are targeted only to professionals.
I'm guessing a Version 2 will have interesting/significant upgrades.
That is an assumption you choose to make.
Calling a “turd” a “turd” does not mean I don”t support the process that created it.
The in-store is absolutely worth doing. It’s fun. That being said, you’ll quickly realize why this device is a total non-starter at nearly $4k USD.
Yeah, Apple. Toss all the current blueprints for this product. Go back to the drawing board. Redesign the product from the ground up. Make it more affordable. Make the battery last longer. Make it less clunky. Get it right. You have the resources to make it happen, thanks to loyal customers like me and a bunch of others here on Macrumors.
This is how 9to5Mac is framing it. That’s some spin. It seems pretty clear we’re not getting another product like this one. The question is how Apple pivots and how they spin that pivot in public.
The device is basically a Mac/iPhone on your face. While I'm sure the experience is cool, it's just not $3500 +tax cool. Perhaps if it did more...less gimmicky and more practical. Apple has a habit of pushing new features on devices that you can only use with the latest hardware, and it's not uncommon to provide hardware upgrades annually. It makes the Vision a bad investment.
I don't need to taste a pile of poo to know not to try it.
Spot-on assessment. It's the way the internet is. Some people live to complain.
That's one single super niche usage
Apple doesn't need to be in the "Gran Turismo VR" space
I don’t see that coming next year (assuming it comes at all). If anything they’ll pivot to something cheaper but then the question is do they still call it Vision Pro? When they pivoted to a smaller, cheaper HomePod they gave it it’s own name.