Yah - battery life - who cares. Who didn't clue in to plug it into power? This is 1.0
Tell the naysayers to wait for Vision Pro 2... NO - Vision Pro 3. haha
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Apple Vision Pro Priced Starting at $3499, Will Launch in Early 2024 in the U.S.
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Yah - battery life - who cares. Who didn't clue in to plug it into power? This is 1.0
Tell the naysayers to wait for Vision Pro 2... NO - Vision Pro 3. haha
Despite those sofa-based adverts (and the ironic 'get your arse back to the office, Apple employees' WFH videos) the price tag has industry written all over it. This thing will be great for design, healthcare and engineering outfits for all sorts of reasons.
But for home entertainment I don't see how it improves upon PSVR2. VR-specific apps aside, I can still experience video on the big personal display or play the PS5 software library on it. Apple Arcade is great for gaming on your phone but it's hardly Gran Turismo 7 or Final Fantasy XVI is it?
But for home entertainment I don't see how it improves upon PSVR2. VR-specific apps aside, I can still experience video on the big personal display or play the PS5 software library on it. Apple Arcade is great for gaming on your phone but it's hardly Gran Turismo 7 or Final Fantasy XVI is it?
Even 3D TVs back in the day had the ability to be watched by more than one person at any given time, though... Am I gonna buy a family of four $15k worth of headsets so we can all relive memories, or close to $4k (w/ tax) for one so we can watch one at a time? Just seems like a strange value prop. And making one thing easy ≠ make it necessary. We'll see how this pans out, but I'm far from the Kool-Aid table today.
Nope. Prescription lenses are going to have a cost. That's not discriminatory, that's life.
For this thing, they'll need to be a custom setup, not just generic lenses. They'll be ridiculously high priced, but that's also fairly common for "brand name" lenses.
This isn't a consumer product... yet. But it gets the ball rolling—even if it's into Black Mirror territory.
I'd give anything to see an authentic BOE. I wonder if they're even breaking even.
These could be like the first HomePod or AirPod Maxes, or maybe they catch on in time.
This seems like a long-term investment rather than a home run on the first pitch.
I'd give anything to see an authentic BOE. I wonder if they're even breaking even.
These could be like the first HomePod or AirPod Maxes, or maybe they catch on in time.
This seems like a long-term investment rather than a home run on the first pitch.
AFAIK projectors still support 3D. It really depends on the pixel response time how viable something like DLP link is.
Only in America would people with $3500 of disposable income sleep on the street for a year, through the NYC winter, by choice. I kind of hope this is a joke but those sleeping bags and chairs look expensive.
What I see is a device that once it is refined into something with more battery life and and smaller in size it will take off. The fact you can see through it normally is a real game changer. Your own personal heads up display,
None. The screen appears far away, the eye is focusing far away. No one is focusing on something an inch away from their eyes while wearing this.
Apple today introduced the long-awaited AR/VR headset that it has had in development for the last several years, and as rumors suggested, it is expensive. The Vision Pro is priced starting at $3,499.
Given the high price point, there appears to be a single model, with no color options or accessories for the device, despite rumors. There could, however, be different storage options as Apple did mention a starting price.
The headset will not be launching in 2023, with Apple instead planning to debut it in early 2024. When it launches, it will be available solely in the United States, though it will expand to other countries later on in 2024.
Demonstrations will be available at Apple retail locations closer to the device's launch date.
Article Link: Apple Vision Pro Priced Starting at $3499, Will Launch in Early 2024 in the U.S.
Apple knows the price is a non-starter. MacRumors had stories that Apple is expected only 100k in sales in the first year which for any other Apple launch would be a disaster. They know the product is early and too expensive but I think the plan is to get the tech out there... to have the 1% that have this thing spend the next several years talking about how amazing it is, to get developers to make incredible apps and give Apple time to make more compelling apps... and then maybe in 3 years... BAM... $1500 and mass sales begin.
So true, I wonder what their doctor would say about that...Anyone else find it ironic that they advertise an iPad health feature which measures the device-to-eye distance, yet their groundbreaking new product has 4K displays an inch away from your eyeballs?
Single apartment dwellers who never invite friends around to watch a game or a movie.
I have not yet figured out what the point of this device is.
the people willing to spend $3500+ on this early tech (and there aren't many) don't base their buying decisions on time of year. Apple knows this will sell in such low quantities it will make ZERO impact on the bottom line of the company other than perhaps being a money loser... this is all a beach head to the category and to get the people that do buy it to talk it up for the next couple of years until Apple can make one for $1500 and the real sales begin.
It's obvious that this is for developers and curious early adopters. Investors needed to be appeased and Apple is just marking their territory for now.
Apple is bringing humanity a workable and very interesting, disruptive and transformative technology once again.
I like to think about all the Uber Drivers out there. I think that without Apple, the entire careers of so many people would not exist in the same way at all. The iPhone made mobile apps happen, and allowed Uber carreers to exist really. So when Steve Balmer told us his pooh-pooh about Zune and pooh-poohed the iPhone with no keyboard on it, I think those who have seen one and seen them all are something. I don't know what - just something.
I know many don't use them but obviously if you wear contacts you won't need the optical inserts.
I don't think this will be DOA. Apple has spent years building up the infrastructure to support it. The Newton did not have any infrastructure outside of some large metro areas. It really is a illustration of Apples state of mind when Steve Jobs was absent. Build it and they will come, we hope. When Steve returned he quickly killed it off it just was not selling.