3mo ago

A year later, Apple Vision Pro owners say they regret buying the $3,500 headset

www.techspot.com

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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:
No one is going to seriously use these in public (apart from for all the social media videos; it already happened)
It has an external battery pack that just hangs
It's $3,500, and cannot function entirely on its own (realistically, regardless of what Apple claims)
At least in earlier iterations, the lens glass has been prone to crack
It's bulky for what it is
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.