Soldato
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I'd imagine ending production of gen1 because gen2 is coming....not cancelling the whole product.
Poll: *** The official Apple Vision Pro thread (it has an M2, an R1, loads of cameras, a whopping price tag and everything!) ***
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now there's a shock...£3500 with an external battery pack as it's so heavy anyway...battery wont last for a long film, and idea of sitting down with the family (lets say family of 4), you'd need to drop £14k...or just spend £2300 and get a 77" qd oled where you can sit together and watch and still see the person next to you.
apple are very good at selling you a dream, but reality is after the initial use, it ends up being put away and not used again in most cases
I haven’t watched the video.
But it’s just been launched in two more countries.
But it’s just been launched in two more countries.
VR/AR is a gimmick that is going nowhere. The poor sales prove that, but even if you say they are poor due to price - data shows the average buyer of the Vision pro quickly stops using the device and either returns it or lets it gather dust.
Owners of vision pro headsets are not even using their headsets... and that's all you need to know, the price doesn't matter if people don't want to use it
Soldato
I suppose they have to shift the 100's of thousands they still have in stock, unsold.
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Soldato
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No way they have that many surely? They must have realised the demand wouldn’t be there.
It’s the same as the 3D glasses, you spent half the time watching everyone else seeing if they still had their glasses on. Watched 1 film and never watched anything again.
I honestly can say if I got offered one, i’d probably use it that day for an hour or so to see what it’s all about then never again.
Caporegime
Where are you seeing those figures? Apple is usually very good with supply and forecasting.
Soldato
In the video I posted.
i feel like they could have saved like a ton of money by phoning up Microsoft and asking how the Hololens project was going, and then recorded the several hours of laughing they'd get as a response. And Hololens is great! For architects. Who the hell was the vision pro for? Jobs would have hated that product and never let it go into R&D, never mind market.
I don't agree, AR has a ton of application, it's just not a mature product yet, and it should be focused into things like your car windshield, professional development projects like engineering or designing buildings. Beyond that right now for gaming or watching entertainment, it's really limited. Certainly not justifiable for the cost or the hololens. Microsoft sure as hell haven't figured it out, and they#re way ahead of the curve:
