No because how the screens and lenses work on this fixes that issue.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?
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Apple Vision Pro Priced Starting at $3499, Will Launch in Early 2024 in the U.S.
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The total pixel count cited by Apple amounts to less than 3400x3400 pixels per eye. That’s not bad, but certainly not good enough for “several giant virtual monitors”.
Vision Pro headset can capture 3D video content - this is one of the first killer applications for these things.
Who is racing right now to release a cheap knockoff for Christmas Sales? Amazon? Google? Good Luck
Who is racing right now to release a cheap knockoff for Christmas Sales? Amazon? Google? Good Luck
This is one area it seems I was spot on:
1. Too expensive.
2. Does not have a place in the everyday workplace.
3. It's obviously a 1.0 device with a lackluster, 2-hour, heavy battery.
4. Will be a hugely niche product for at least the first few iterations.
I appreciate that Apple wants to release this early and get real-world feedback, but come on; they should've priced it at $2,399 or even less. At least then, it's somewhat affordable from the people who would splurge.
I am totally interested to see how many of these they actually sell in the first year. 200K units? less?
Maybe we're all wrong. Once the press get's there hands on it, the reviews will start and we will know if this will be know as Tim's device or will it solidify Tim's legacy of not having a single major breakthrough product.
1. Too expensive.
2. Does not have a place in the everyday workplace.
3. It's obviously a 1.0 device with a lackluster, 2-hour, heavy battery.
4. Will be a hugely niche product for at least the first few iterations.
I appreciate that Apple wants to release this early and get real-world feedback, but come on; they should've priced it at $2,399 or even less. At least then, it's somewhat affordable from the people who would splurge.
I am totally interested to see how many of these they actually sell in the first year. 200K units? less?
Maybe we're all wrong. Once the press get's there hands on it, the reviews will start and we will know if this will be know as Tim's device or will it solidify Tim's legacy of not having a single major breakthrough product.
What? So it's actually NOT transparent? LOL... that $3,500 price tag is even more ridiculous.
Apple Arcade games haven’t exactly been very popular compared to Steam and friends.
It seems useless to jetsetters flying longer that 2 hours. The perfect marketing is to those flying long distances a lot. They can watch a movie or a tv show, and then do some work or browse social media - but at a battery pack of only 2 hours? Not gonna happen.
Recession? Tired of hearing about recession. You pay more for groceries. I get it. That's inflation. Unemployment is very low! Never seen a recession with such low unemployment. Something is not perfect, but please do not call it recession.
Does GDP growth matter when we prognosticate recession? Did WikiPedia change their definition of recession in July 2022? Yes, they did. Why?
They are not. I have a Quest 2. Nothing I've tried (different straps, etc.) has made it comfortable for me to use more than maybe 20 minutes. Most of the discomfort comes from the battery weight. That's too bad because I was hoping it would work as a virtual desktop for some of my work.
I'm curious what you mean by "Only Apple can get away with this is 2023"? Sounds like you think Apple is doing something fraudulent or unethical.2 hours of battery life with a battery pack. Only Apple can get away with this in 2023.
Apple had to balance many considerations including power requirement of the headset, weight of the power supply, how long will someone use it without being connecting directly to power, etc? We have no idea of what those parameters are. I'm sure Apple has no ulterior motives in the size/capacity of the power supply. Will some think that this is a ploy to get you to buy and carry around a dozen extra batteries? I'm sure Apple would have wanted as long a portable experience as possible. That's a big selling point. This is most likely the best compromise for now.
I could not have been a bigger skeptic beforehand. Marketing it as a new computer changed my mind. I could never buy one—my wife would never stop making fun of me, but I do think this could become a new type of computing in several years. Especially from an accessibility standpoint.
It's a V1 for sure, but it's a start.
It's a V1 for sure, but it's a start.
Sorry, should have indicated I was being sarcastic.
Apple already allows Steam Link on iOS, so at the very least, you should be able to stream flat PC games.
Good response to @YayArea's outrage over the price. I was not expecting this product to be so good. Price is relative. But to disparage it because it's too expensive for some is simply absurd.
As a 3D designer, if they could demo a way to easily control and work with a complex 3d scene without a mouse or a keyboard, that would be exciting. But...since the market will remain small for this new device for the next several years, I'm not holding my breath for 3d software developers to develop for it.
As an AR developer, I've been crossing my fingers for a full blown visual AR development application. Reality Composer is simply a proof of concept application, with minimal functionality. To code in Xcode specific 3d ideas with control of lighting, object placement in relation to other objects all with a decent interface is a major headache. The 2 seconds that they showed the updated Reality Composer Pro in the demo, didn't look promising.
As for price...I had a daydream yesterday that they would keep the price under $2000 and make a huge deal about selling it at cost to get the world of developers behind it for version 1 at least. Oh dwell.
As an AR developer, I've been crossing my fingers for a full blown visual AR development application. Reality Composer is simply a proof of concept application, with minimal functionality. To code in Xcode specific 3d ideas with control of lighting, object placement in relation to other objects all with a decent interface is a major headache. The 2 seconds that they showed the updated Reality Composer Pro in the demo, didn't look promising.
As for price...I had a daydream yesterday that they would keep the price under $2000 and make a huge deal about selling it at cost to get the world of developers behind it for version 1 at least. Oh dwell.
I WANT THIS!!!
I'm just not willing to part with $3,500 to get it. But, DAMN I want it!
Personally, I would remove my desktop monitors. Both at work and at home.
It doesn't last long enough for many movies these days (2+ hours). I hope it can take extra juice from either another battery pack or an extension USB-C cable to outlet.
No joysticks required, but supports them for games.
I also do hope Metal 3 with its not easier to port games will make the difference it needs to. I would rather Apple had bought a AAA studio and just went to town porting games over or making new ones. But, this is at least a step that was very much needed. Hopefully it's as easy as it sounds. Should make getting AAA games at least more of a realistic possibility.
I'm just not willing to part with $3,500 to get it. But, DAMN I want it!
Personally, I would remove my desktop monitors. Both at work and at home.
It doesn't last long enough for many movies these days (2+ hours). I hope it can take extra juice from either another battery pack or an extension USB-C cable to outlet.
No joysticks required, but supports them for games.
I also do hope Metal 3 with its not easier to port games will make the difference it needs to. I would rather Apple had bought a AAA studio and just went to town porting games over or making new ones. But, this is at least a step that was very much needed. Hopefully it's as easy as it sounds. Should make getting AAA games at least more of a realistic possibility.
Well, how come you do not have a nice 3D VR video of your relatives and loved ones from 5 years ago?
Just as an example.
Vision Pro goggles will make it as easy as you make a short birthday party video with your camcorder. Right? Oh wait - you don't use a camcorder anymore. You use your iPhone to make a video of the birthday party. Is it 3D VR? No.
Yah, 3D TV was a fad. I got one. Called the cable TV company and said how come you are not broadcasting Wimbledon in 3D so I can watch it on my new $3300 Samsung LCD 3D TV set??? They didn't and still do not broadcast sports in 3D. What happened there? So you seen it all and know all about 3D enough to pooh pooh Apple ?
You will be shown, but the reason I post reponses on this forum is to get people reading this stuff to think about it a bit more rather than feeling settled that they know something. I can see that already people are getting the usual things about the new product wrong.
