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yeah... i watched the coverage live and as soon as they said the price i immediately lost interest
I'm sure there's peeps that have interest in these things, I have totally none.
People with large sums of disposable cash will likely buy this.
Only for the poor shmugs who can't afford a private plane.
When's the Apple Plane Ultra coming out, by the way?
Meh this is about as dead as 3D tv in your home. It's seems nice, but not really.
That's why they dragged it out for what felt like hours before slipping it in at the end.
Well, it's about taste I guess. They just don't excite me a bit.
No matter how much cash I had to play with, I wouldn't buy them anyway.
With AVP I'll have a 65"+ TV screen inside my cramped SUV camper when traveling and camping. I don't want a physical 65" TV in my SUV camper.
AVP also makes me consider having a TV-less home in the future. I love the homey set designs they showed off, none of which had the obtuse black hole of a TV. It's a "back to the future look" where technology is finally blending in with home décor, or disappearing out of the way. Many people have been waiting for this ever since computers stopped being university mainframes. Apple actually pioneered "the computer as décor" to overcome the mainframe-style ugliness, and now they're making the tech as invisible but functional as their innovation can. I always knew it would be Apple to bring us Her-style minimalistic computing.
Maybe a few iterations will be needed to make AVP mainstream and comfortable, but Apple knows what they're doing. At some point I'm sure we'll get the non-Pro Apple Vision for the masses.
MacBook Pros and iPhones aren't going anywhere. AVP is unlikely to cannibalize them, especially since AVP can simply be an external Mac screen (though let us remember iPhone did cannibalize iPod, RIP). As long as the real-life experience lives up to quality without eye strain (!), AVP could easily cannibalize a percentage of obnoxious TV/projector setups, and even 30" desktop screens, which for some will prove small, cramped, and too-tethered-down compared to how AVP liberates them.
When the presenter (Tim?) made the comment about how "a TV and audio system etc etc" cannot compare to AVP, I assumed he was going to mention a price comparison. "AVP replaces all of that, but for this price." AVP is on trajectory to displace some percentage of space-hogging, money-sinking home theaters for many average people who'd rather watch TV under the stars, wherever they feel like sitting or lying back.
I film Feet content 😅 if that’s what you are trying to say. I have an A7iv Camera so yeah. I know what you are trying to say for that topic of content.
Except the part where iPhone was a phone, some thing literally everyone understood, and this is a giant freaking headset, something absolutely no one understands?
iPhone 1 units sold: 6 million
iPhone 13 units sold: 60+ million
Does that mean in 2007 when the first iPhone launched that 54 million people did not understand the iPhone?
People were pretty happy with their Nokias and BlackBerrys.
As future iterations of Vision Pro are launched, cheaper models will come and older (traded-in) devices will become cheaper.
Would a $1,000 Vision Pro appeal to a broader audience? Absolutely. That day will come in the future as demand grows and production costs reduce.
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I mean, the first computers filled up entire rooms. Was the average person gonna buy that? No. But these things later evolve into something that’s palatable to the masses.
It also cost $500 with no subsidy or carrier discount or payment plan. And was not integral to peoples lives like it is today. People were getting their phones for free every 2 years. But none of them said I DONT WANT A PHONE. How many people right now would say “I don’t want a giant ski googles strapped to my head tethered to a battery in my pocket” ? Spoiler: most.
That’s fine, except for the fact that these things have to actually succeed to some extent in order for them to evolve to the point of which you’re thinking.
It’s an impressive piece of work. And in a few generations it will probably be compelling with better battery life, lower price, and slimmer design. Just like iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Apple Vision Pro is a luxury product for those who want it and can afford it. Just like a Lamborghini or a Porsche.
Just because not everyone wants it or can afford it, doesn’t mean there’s no market for it. If you don’t want it, don’t get it. Go get yourself the Meta Quest 3 for $500 instead.
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Apple Vision Pro is the new 18k gold Apple Watch Edition.
Jobs would have never let that thing launch with a power cord dangling down to a battery pack. And apparently the product group felt the same way.
There’s something kind of soul-sucking about a device that displays images your eyes.
I have many more feelings about it, but that’s enough to get my point across.
Jobs would have never let that thing launch with a power cord dangling down to a battery pack. And apparently the product group felt the same way.
There’s something kind of soul-sucking about a device that displays images your eyes.
I have many more feelings about it, but that’s enough to get my point across.
I don’t think it’s only about cash. It’s about the fact that the hardware itself is objectionable. The software and experience can be fantastic, but the hardware is actually getting in the way and enabling it at the same time. You can clearly see why a lot of people inside Apple did not want them to release this hardware at all but there’s no way that Tim Cook is going to wait until after his tenure for this software experience to get on the market.
That’s some really nice NPC copy and paste commentary, but what the hell does it have to do with the fact that the hardware itself is some thing that people aren’t interested in? It has nothing to do with the cost. It has nothing to do with how great the software experience is. It has to do with the fact that people don’t want to wear huge ski goggles.
Speak for yourself.
I am absolutely buying the Apple Vision Pro in the first few minutes it goes on sale. Just like I did the first iPhone in 2007.
I am a software engineer, a technology enthusiast, an early adopter, and spend a lot of money on Apple products and services every year.
I see the potential, I see the future in Apple Vision Pro.
Yeah I agree with the OP. I’m sure I’ll be proven wrong in the end, I usually am about predictions about tech, but this tech really turns me off. I get the arguments, but I feel like this just further separates us from the world around us, and there’s so much work to do. Yes I know it could be purposed for something useful, but I don’t think that’s the main aim.
How many hours do you spend on a plane each year?I'd rather wait till I get home and use that 55" screen.