Before you go making pronouncements like that how about you do some research and come back with a cosy-to-build analysis. If ti costs $1200 to build would you still claim it needs to be $899?
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Apple Vision Pro Priced Starting at $3499, Will Launch in Early 2024 in the U.S.
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You get what you pay for, by the looks for it. Is there really another device in the class that Vision can be compared with?
Also, the folks in the marketing video were clearly of the upper class. Apple knows who their audience is at this point in time, when they can't get the price down.
The alternative is a head-mounted battery, which I don't imagine would be comfortable.
Remember the first Macintosh's? That price tag was insane, but it was a start for something much, much bigger.
This is the same.
This is the same.
They talk about reducing myopia earlier on, then give us this 🤣 Curious of the long-term effects, even if the screen "appears" far away.
it's not an AR/VR headset - it's a new way of interacting/using a computer.
very happy to see that and the HW does justify the price.
I'd love to try this out, but a demo at the Apple Store won't do it, need to have this for more than a day, at least 1 week
very happy to see that and the HW does justify the price.
I'd love to try this out, but a demo at the Apple Store won't do it, need to have this for more than a day, at least 1 week
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So the battery pack also needs to be charged obviously, if it’s plugged and charging I’d assume they work at the same time?
But anyways, like I’ve guessed, it’ll be a long time until stuff like this is everywhere and cheap. When it’s just a pair of glasses wake me up. Apple is on the right path though, it’s just going to take a long time for the technology to get there.
But anyways, like I’ve guessed, it’ll be a long time until stuff like this is everywhere and cheap. When it’s just a pair of glasses wake me up. Apple is on the right path though, it’s just going to take a long time for the technology to get there.
They demoed it connecting to your Mac - just look at the Mac and it shows "connecting" then allows you to use it as the display.
I need to shift over my Apple III, Lisa, Pippin, Newton, and G4 Cube to make room for this on my shelf.
Sure, let’s bring the government in on this right away. Discriminatory pricing my ass.
The saddest part of the demo was when the Vision Pro user was wearing the goggles to video-record their children playing, and the narrator implied that Vision Pro would bring you even closer to your loved ones. How? By putting yet another layer of electronics between you and others?
I love it but it's too expensive! Outrageous. $3,500 without tax is alot of money.
That’s about the same price as a Mac Plus and a 20Mb hard drive in 1986.
Screw Dinosaurs coming into your room.. Let's talk virtual strip joints !!!
A glasses-based product is a fundamentally different experience, though I'll admit one I'd probably welcome more. You can't get immersive theater experiences (without some add-on blinders, I suppose) but you could still get augmented reality, gestures, and the ability to see and be seen with natural vision, not a bunch of cameras. Personally, I would make that trade-off (i.e., I'd sooner buy glasses over goggles) because, try as they might, even Apple hasn't solved the "human element" with these things. Live footage of your eyes on a screen doesn't make anyone forget you're wearing a computer on your head.
They literally showed it connecting as a screen for other Macs during the keynote.
This is game changing. It’s literally the first of it kind. A true AR/VR experience that is near Ironman’s Jarvis. This is literally the start of the next phase of mobile wearables. This is an important of product drop akin to the first iPhone. Then again, who remembers Google’s Glass? Lmao. I’m still gonna buy it.
I think people that are saying it will not sell are naive. There are PLENTY of people that will want it who have more than enough disposable income to buy one or more. Will they sell millions? Of course not, and I feel sure that is not their goal. If you think of the screens, sensors, etc. that it's comprised of, the price is not surprising at all. Like anything else, over time as material costs come down, technology improves, and manufacturing gets dialed in, the price will come down.
I'm personally on the fence about it. While I can afford it, it's not a trivial amount of money to me and I'd like to see more of how it can be used. Essentially, do I think it will be more useful above and beyond the experience I get now with other devices vs a just novelty. I'm willing to pay for the former but not the latter.
I'm personally on the fence about it. While I can afford it, it's not a trivial amount of money to me and I'd like to see more of how it can be used. Essentially, do I think it will be more useful above and beyond the experience I get now with other devices vs a just novelty. I'm willing to pay for the former but not the latter.
Going to buy the first gen, keep it sealed in original packaging, and then sell it to some nutjob collector for 20X the price in 20 years.
seriously! her goofy blank stare makes me take this very not seriously (even though I know this has the potential to be massive leaps and bounds forward for technology)