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Apple Vision Pro Headset Supports Prescription Inserts for Glasses Wearers

GLS said:
When I was a child, I lost the use of one eye due to an accident. The eye is still there, looks normal, but I’m legally blind in that eye.

I just don’t see how something like this (meaning not just Apple’s headset, but that of any company) would work for someone like myself. Half of the VR headset is essentially worthless to me.
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I ostensibly have double vision because my brain doesn’t fuse my eyesight together. I have one dominant eye and one “lazy” eye.

Like you this is kinda pointless for me, as it would be if someone couldn’t flick their wrists or squeeze their fingers.
 
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Expos of 1969 said:
You are correct. The eye glass industry is run and controlled by about two companies. Why it has not been exposed more is a mystery. Two months ago a startup company had a booth in a major shopping mall here in Finland marketing their low priced frames and lenses. Your prescription is sent to their lens manufacturer in China and then they are inserted in the frame. My wife gave it a go and she received her glasses in three weeks. She has progressive lenses. The total price was 110 Euros. Her last pair from a local shop cost 900 Euros.

If you have any problems they will redo your lenses at no cost to you. We visited the booth at the mall a few times during the two weeks it was in the mall to chat with the fellow. He is Finnish and used to work for a clothing manufacturer in based in China for 10 years and in Hong Kong. Not surprisingly. during his time at the mall here the mall management received complaints from two of the local optical stores based in the mall. It seems competition does not suit these bandits.
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60 minutes did a whole expose decades ago. consumers are too dumb tho

in the US the same company that controls to glasses shps also own eye insurances and it is fixed so you pay more. i remember going to get glasses that were on "sale" and when i presented my insurance my copay was more than the sale price. i walked out, ordered online and opted out of vision insurance ever since.
 
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williamkey123 said:
Okay this is a dumb question but why do you need special lenses if you are nearsighted? Like, I can see things close without my glasses. And the screens are right in front of my eyes. Shouldn't I be able to see them without my glasses? Again, obviously I'm wrong here, but can someone explain why?
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You'd think that for that much money, the headset could do a vision test to adjust to your eyes.
 
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topdrawer said:
60 minutes did a whole expose decades ago. consumers are too dumb tho

in the US the same company that controls to glasses shps also own eye insurances and it is fixed so you pay more. i remember going to get glasses that were on "sale" and when i presented my insurance my copay was more than the sale price. i walked out, ordered online and opted out of vision insurance ever since.
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Yep. EyeMed, owned by Luxottica. They’re in bed with LensCrafters and Pearle Vision among others. It’s a racket.

I just pay out of pocket at Costco or go online like you.
 
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IMO that’s bad design. Needs to be improved for next gen. strength of your eyes change. It’s also very uncomfortable to put your glasses somewhere before using the headset.
 
Greg_82 said:
I think Apple has missed big time on price justifications. He said just think how much you spend on a good TV, entertainment system, and speakers. Well, it’s true, but I can share that system with every member of the family. Unless you are shelling out 12-20K to buy one for each family member, I don’t see this having the same value as a Dolby Atmos home theater.
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That equipment also lasts for years. In a few years 5nm M2 will be quite old and eventually software support will be ditched.
 
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No thanks! So you need to buy new ones if your eyes change and they WILL if you have this thing strapped onto your head all the time. Great money making scheme Apple!!

You're going to be cheaper to buy contact lenses or get eye surgery than pay Apple for prescription lenses.

I'm short sighted and need to wear glasses all the time. Would I need to buy the lenses for wearing a headset if the screen is right I front of my eyes? Everything is clear up until a few feet away.
 
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antiprotest said:
The battery life is only 2 hours, which is not that good. In actual usage we will most likely get less than that.

The battery is connected separately, which makes it lighter on the head but it is also cumbersome and awkward.

All of this will need to be improved. So if I get this at all I will wait for 2nd or 3rd gen.
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You can also use it connected to mains power for all day usage, fine if you are at your desk, on the couch etc
 
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Marshall73 said:
You can also use it connected to mains power for all day usage, fine if you are at your desk, on the couch etc
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Me after I buy a headset and have no money left

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im waiting cameras for 3d shots! 2 modules with distance like between eyes, and thats it!
 
I have myopia presbyopia and astigmatism. I also live outside of the US. And I still need my kidneys.
I suppose I will never see this product.

I can't believe Apple's selling a a product that can't accomodate what my old HTC Vive did back then.

Adding that it doesn't look any different from that old VR headset in terms of usage, I really struggle to see the point: watching movies on a virtual screen, playing boring mobile quality games, interact with other people in the most uncanny way possible, I've already done that.

This headset doesn't solve the true issues of VR : movement, and the sense of emptiness. When you're correctly immersed and the 2magic" starts to happen, it immediately breaks as soon as your real hands collide with an object or if you start moving and realize the ground doesn't feels like it should.

It's like you became a ghost that had food poisoning.
Once the hype is gone, this thing will just become an expensive dust collector.

At least a PSVR2 is focusing on the single thing that can make you ignore these show-stoppers since you're in a (good) game anyway and it's part of the fun.

Let's see how it will evolve, but I understand why there was so much concern about that thing.
 
Maybe there will be cheap 3rd party lenses at some point. Be warned, there's a possibility they will explode and set your eyes on fire 👁️🥽🔥
 
So headset alone - 3.5 grand. Plus those inserts - probably 500 or something. It's Zeiss, after all. Very strange Apple teams up with Zeiss at all since having Zeiss-anything has been the running gimmick with many other mfgs. So final price 4000 USD plus, then? And what will this headset allow people to do, exactly? I am still waiting for the grand sales punchline here.
 
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Around 500$ should be enough for two lenses, but just guessing here.

If you go to a famous German retail store for glasses (where roughly 200 models of frames are available) you can get glasses from 100-300€ per eye (everything below is not Zeiss or similar) for normal DPT values and no other crazy distortions.
Price is influenced by: Material, How thin & light / weight, coating, anti scratch, anti reflection, blue filter …
I guess for the headset not all add-ons would be needed? And as shape roughly stays the same as there is only one frame to fit it should be easier to manufacture? But I’m no optician just a 🤓 guy
 
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