Will you be buying Apple Vision Pro once it gets released in the UK.?

[z10m]

Now that I‘m 100% sure Quest 3 just isn’t good enough for me I’m thinking of buying Apple Vision Pro once it‘s released here in UK.
I will give it a go at Apple Store and if i like it I’ll buy one for further testing.
For me to keep it it has to be free of the issues with optics I’m seeing with quest 3 and those are:
Internal reflections of pancake lenses in high contrast content
Reduced brightness and sharpness near the edges of the displays
Chromatic aberration
Bad black levels and contrast (this one is rather obvious that oled displays will eliminate completely).
I also don’t wan’t to see any kind of distortion from lenses so in other words for around £3500 starting price I expect perfection in display/optics department.
If there are software bugs and teething issues I’m willing to accept those.
Just to be clear I’m not saying the Quest 3 is a bad headset especially for the price just that it is not good enough for me and my use case.
While I like VR games there is nothing worthwhile for me apart from half life Alyx and I finished that multiple times including all the better mods so my main use case is video watching and desktop use in mixed reality.

 

[olliej82]

How about the Varjo xr4 instead? Looks like it has amazing specs and it is a pc headset which includes controllers

 

[z10m]

How about the Varjo xr4 instead? Looks like it has amazing specs and it is a pc headset which includes controllers

At that price I will not accept lcd displays.
Also I want standalone device as like I said before I will be using it for video viewing and desktop usage in mixed reality.
This was my intended use case for Quest 3 and gaming was just a bonus feature.

 

[drakulton]

I only do old sims, so it's not really worth it for me.

 

[z10m]

I only do old sims, so it's not really worth it for me.

Oh yeah it will absolutely depend on the use case.
To be honest I bought Quest 3 as a poor man’s Vision Pro but it didn’t do great in that regard lol.

 

[BigBANGtheory]

No

 

[BigBANGtheory]

To be honest I bought Quest 3 as a poor man’s Vision Pro but it didn’t do great in that regard lol.

and it won't cos Meta is more focused on monopolising the market than producing high quality headsets... their vision is to own VR/MR

 

[drakulton]

and, I just don't like apple as a brand.

 

[z10m]

and it won't cos Meta is more focused on monopolising the market than producing high quality headsets... their vision is to own VR/MR

And that’s good as the more people use VR the better, the issue is that we don’t get good PCVR games anymore.
I gave Asgards Wrath 2 a go and after 3 minutes I turned it off.
The quality of the second game on Quest 3 versus the first one on PC is night and day.
Such a shame they didn’t release it on PC this time.

 

[z10m]

and, I just don't like apple as a brand.

Fair enough but me and my partner have iPhones, Apple Watches, iPad Pro, MacBook Pro and Apple TV so Vision Pro will fit well in the ecosystem.

 

[Kurgen]

dont buy and wont buy anything apple

 

[z10m]

Lots of Apple haters around here lol.

 

[rare]

I like Apple but there’s no way I’m spending that sort of money on a first gen product.

 

[drakulton]

Fair enough but me and my partner have iPhones, Apple Watches, iPad Pro, MacBook Pro and Apple TV so Vision Pro will fit well in the ecosystem.

Looking forward to the Apple vision pro owner thread when you get one.

 

[z10m]

I like Apple but there’s no way I’m spending that sort of money on a first gen product.

I didn’t think I would even think about buying one but after returning so many Quest 3 headsets and being disappointed every time I’m ready to pay the price.
The lenses and displays have to be perfect for me to keep it though.
Not sure what my partner will say about that thought so will have to slowly put the idea in her head.

 

[radderfire]

No because a laptop will do me and for the additional functionality it's too expensive to justify.

 

[ShiWarrior]

hell yeah !



I'm a millionaire of course i will !

NOT !!

 

[z10m]

hell yeah !



I'm a millionaire of course i will !

NOT !!

It’s fine just get a credit card.

 

[Jae-So]

At that price it's nowhere near worth it for me.
Apple overpricing their kit is a big reason I don't buy Apple stuff.

 

[Tykey]

I own a couple of Apple products, i'm not an Apple hater or lover. Imo Apple get a lot of things just right with their products but tbh I can't afford the AVP even if I wanted 1. I enjoy mixed reality with the Q3 so I'd be interested in what this is like with the AVP. Glad they've released it, it will add to the VR/MR/AR/XR ecosystem.