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Video: Would You Pay $2000+ for Apple's AR/VR Headset?
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If it’s seriously cutting edge AR/VR that looks amazing and works flawlessly (no VR fatigue) and has an extensive catalog of apps and games and possibilities and is something I need to than maybe possibly yes? But $300-$500 is more likely a hard yes.
If it has MacBook Pro level computation power (which already starts at $2k) and good enough viewing experience replacing one or even 2 quality 5k monitors (that’s another $1k at least), then even $3k price seems justified.
Considering it’s a portable device it means I can work from anywhere as well as from proper office.
That’s provided it can actually run Mac apps and can fully replace a Mac.
Not sure I would actually buy one, but the $2.5k price point is more than justified for a device with such potential.
Not sure what are people thinking asking for a sub $1k price point when an iPhone with a big screen and sufficient memory is already $1.2k. This headset will have 2 screens instead of one, 12 cameras instead of 3, and 4x computational power. $2k seems very optimistic for such device.
Considering it’s a portable device it means I can work from anywhere as well as from proper office.
That’s provided it can actually run Mac apps and can fully replace a Mac.
Not sure I would actually buy one, but the $2.5k price point is more than justified for a device with such potential.
Not sure what are people thinking asking for a sub $1k price point when an iPhone with a big screen and sufficient memory is already $1.2k. This headset will have 2 screens instead of one, 12 cameras instead of 3, and 4x computational power. $2k seems very optimistic for such device.
No. Looking at the history of Apple and AR I can't expect it to be anything but subpar.
Besides why spend $2000 when the PSVR2 is just around the corner?
Besides why spend $2000 when the PSVR2 is just around the corner?
Maybe, but it would have to be a huge improvement over what's out there right now. I can't imagine it will be "better enough" that a $2K price tag is justified but maybe I'll be surprised. I'm not paying that price for a VR FaceTime with everyone around as cheesy cartoon. Virtual worlds aren't that compelling right now.
No!
I don’t even spend that much for my main computing device (currently a MacBook Pro). I can’t justify spending that much for a v1.0 accessory.
I don’t even spend that much for my main computing device (currently a MacBook Pro). I can’t justify spending that much for a v1.0 accessory.
Fair enough, I'm just the type of person who would have a hard time resisting all three. ?
I didn't mention iPadOS because iPadOS was the second OS they designed for the multi-touch input paradigm. My post was specifically focused on the first OS they designed for new input mechanisms. That being said, I do still believe that iPadOS is by far the best tablet OS on the market - though it's optimizations for the edge case screen sizes (8.3" and 12.9") could use some improvement.
Voice commands are out, if Siri on the homepod is anything to go by. It's just complete garbage compared to even Cortana from a decade ago.
Gestures? No one wants gorilla arms. So what's left, eye movements and "blink once for OK, twice to cancel"?
Depends what it can do, doesn't it? Without knowing what the SW is capable of, the question is idiotic.
But consider. Suppose that the SW is good enough (imagine eg Continuity and Universal Control extended appropriately) that these could extend your viewing field while working on an iMac to full 360 degrees around you, so that you could very easily work on very large spreadsheets, or see multiple windows, or view widely separated pieces of code.
Functionality like that, making you 5% more productive, makes purchase a no-brainer.
Or what if the glasses gave you superpowers, able to toggle between telescope and microscope vision, able to see UV and infrared?
Or you could have a shared/swapped mode, where I see what someone else's glasses are seeing?
Now will the device have functionality like that? Well, who knows? And that's my point.
All you are saying is "I cannot imagine glasses-based functionality worth $2000". And I am saying "that's a statement about your imagination, not about the glasses".
Nope.
Not until revision 3.
Looking back at Apple Watch OG launch we’ll see the goofiest or most geekiest celebrities jumó on these.
Will Smith,
1 anchor on Bloomberg (no not Gurman, he’s not an a hot btw),
Virtually everyone posting NO, complaining it will be outdated in three years spends more than that on their phones which are outdated every three years, and virtually everyone posting will preorder.
I'm eagerly waiting the inevitable Apple commercial showing a classic "Apple family" busy using their headsets whilst chopping organic veg in their never used before pristine kitchens...
You know - a typical family - one with a massive house and an after tax income of over £250,000 per year... The only sort of people who could afford this nonsense.
You know - a typical family - one with a massive house and an after tax income of over £250,000 per year... The only sort of people who could afford this nonsense.
How is a 2019 or 2018 iPhone outdated in 2022? Also its a really silly comparison given how often people use their phones.