A year later, Apple Vision Pro owners say they regret buying the $3,500 headset
A year later, Apple Vision Pro owners say they regret buying the $3,500 headset
Another buyer, Tovia Goldstein, had a similar opinion of the headset. "After 60 minutes, you can't, you just have to throw it down. I wouldn't recommend anyone buying it, unless you're really rich and you don't know what to do with your money."
You need to get your head checked if you didn't think this was true from day 0.
No shit. It was very clearly a device to test the waters (and for consumers to show off for Apple in the media). And even if you're all-in on Apple's ecosystem:
You can argue it's "ahead of its time", but we already have had VR and AR glasses that more or less accomplish the same core things. I'm not saying Apple's isn't better, but not for that price.
The main function is, "it's a giant virtual screen" ["for your other devices"], right? I recognize it has its own OS and all that, but Apple always shows it acting as like a monitor for your MacBook Pro or whatever. Boom: $400, and from a known brand in the space:
For $3,500, you can buy a Mac Mini, a MacBook Air/Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro, and still have money left over.
I would add on that XREAL and Rokid also have similarly priced and specced AR glasses.
Also, if you want to get spendy, bigscreen beyond 2 is $1,200. It’s definitely an enthusiast device, but it’s still half the price of the Vision Pro
No one is going to seriously use these in public
Tbf I thout so about wireless earbuds when the first Airpods were announced and now they are everywhere. Also iirc people tought so about headphones back when the first Walkman came out and that was a huge succes aswell (Don't quote me on that, I wasn't alive yet.)
You're valid. I too remember when Airpods "encouraged" (heh) other brands to go TWS. My comment is more specifically pointed at their VR/AR googles.
