Exaggeration. The problem is ergonomics, not charging. Charging the mouse takes a while and lasts a really long time. The profit is a beautiful and pure form. Even if you forget to charge it, you turn it over, charge it, make coffee, and by the time you come back you have it charged for the whole day's work. At the end of the day, you turn it over and charge it fully, and then forget it for weeks.
You think Apple couldn't already provide better battery life? Don't you think they plan the exact amount of obsolescence to maximise profit?
If they actually price it at $3000 (combined with the limitations in the article) I'm sure Apple won't be expecting to sell much of it, but instead using the price point and limited stock to position it as a premium device like they did with AW edition.
Apple's device will not be used outside, for the most part. It's the same kind of MR as Quest Pro, just a lot better quality no doubt.
Considering neither of those describe what the most active users are doing in VR, this is wrong.
At least you (unlike some others in these Apple VR threads) are tempering your expectations of the product with current state of the technology. If Apple is finding a way to work around the current pixel-based tech, believe me, I’ll get excited, too.
You focus at 2 meters, not 2 inches.
That's something I hope is correct. One of the problems with VR headset is having the battery in the set themselves. This adds weight on people's heads and necks, which results in faster fatigue and headaches. Hips are made (evolved) for carrying weight. Even if it's only 300 grams or so, that makes a difference. The Oculus Quest 2, for example, is 503 grams. That's "light" but that much weight/mass on someone's head is not comfortable for many people for very long.
Nothing is stopping them (or 3rd part developers) from making a battery strap for the headset.
So which trillion dollar company do you run since you clearly know better than Apple?
Running a trillion dollar company is not a prerequisite to understand a product will flop. In fact apple has made mistakes in the past, and released products that flopped. So yeah, this could well be the case with this new headset thing.
Exactly. People complaining about the hip mounted battery have obviously never used a current VR headset that is either heavy and hot on your head, AND/or requires tethering to a computer at all times. I expect that the Apple headset is multiple times more powerful than a Quest 2 considering Apple's SoC performance, and the GPU required to run that kind of resolution. I'd rather have a battery on my hip and be able to turn my head as quickly as I want without feeling the inertia of the headset slinging around. And this seems like an indoor device to start- i dont expect to walk the streets wearing one until they're basically "sunglasses".
Having a damn wire running down your body and going to a battery on your belt is inherently going to be less comfortable and more clunky than the headset being a few grams heavier.
I'm not sure why people are acting like only millionaires will buy this. Remember, non-millionaires buy phones and tablets that cost over a grand. And again, there is no confirmed price for this product.
When did Apple do this? Dell was known for targeting the economic-conscious consumer. Apple is known for the "Apple Tax"
