You'll need an appointment, a head scan, and prescription data to buy an Apple Vision Pro
You'll need an appointment, a head scan, and prescription data to buy an Apple Vision Pro
A lot of folks are going to be sharing their device with others. How does that work?
Talk about a hassle, on top of that price point. If this is the future of AR/VR, I'm good.
Heads come in all sizes and shapes.
The HP Reverb gave me headaches within 10mins of playing due to the small sweetspot in the middle, other people had no issues with it because their IPD was smaller. Same goes for weight distribution, nose sizes, light leaks and more.
I don't think it's a hassle, more a service to get it customized/dialed in for a unique head.
They pay a nice chunk of money for it, Apple can't have anyone badmouthing it because they just sold a "one size fits all" model.
One upside is that it cuts down on the scalpers
Does this mean the prescription lenses are included? They didn’t seem to indicate that during the release but it reads that way to me in this article.
I think it's just worded that way. They've discussed it as an add-on in other places.
I'd read it more as "maybe they have you try on the headset as part of the fitting process" and it won't work for you without the correct inserts on hand. Or maybe just that because you need the inserts to use the device, they want to be sure they have them on hand if you end up having to book significantly in advance so you aren't wasting your time and an appointment slot.
You probably still have to pay for the inserts. I have a Valve Index and VR wasn’t fun without them for me as a practically blind guy.
I've used HTC Vive, Valve Index, Sony PSVR1 & 2 as a glasses wearer.... It's definitely doable but the inserts make the experience a lot nicer. The current VR lens insert market is around $50-100 depending on the vendor and your prescription strength. I'm guessing Apple will charge similarly for theirs.
They might just be using it to get your IPD. Then they'll ship the device with a non-adjustable IPD. I feel like they'll make you buy the inserts separately.
I think that this is somewhat fair, especially for helping in dialing the settings in for those of us with minor VR sickness.
How about... No
I’m not saying that Vision Pro is guaranteed to be a success. But we see the same cycle with every new apple product category: Apple release something minimal and polished, the tech community finds a thousand reasons why it will fail, and then it…doesn’t. Happened with watch, AirPods, notches in screens, etc.
By the third or fourth iteration Apple’s going to demolish the AR industry like they have with every other product category they invest in.
Siri is easily the worst voice assistant.
The only spaces I’d say Apple is truly dominant is smart watches and tablets. But even then Garmin makes a better sports watch and 2 in 1 laptops eat into the tablet market.
Even that might be an overstatement. I'm in Europe, and while smart watches are becoming more and more ubiqutous, the thin models like sports watches and round android watches are far, far more popular than Apple's models.
Do you think apple is going to solve vergence accommodation conflict? I really just don’t see AR being useful until that problem is fixed, and apple seem to be ignoring it.
“Prescription Data” reads to me like: get this filled right away: 3ccs of a Wi-Fi 6 base station, and we’re going to start you on a course of 5g mmWave with monthly refills.
Agreed. With a $3500 price tag, this is the least they can do to make the experience better.
Yeah, at least they’re making sure it works “fine” before selling you for 3500$
I think the Vision Pro is the only headset I know of that officially supports prescription lenses. I honestly wished other headsets supported them officially.
Agreed. The Bigscreen Beyond VR headset requires a face scan as well.