Playing out the same way as the HomePod. Over engineered and expensive, doesn’t sell as well as they thought it would, R&D halts and reboots the product line with something much cheaper and easier to make.
Instead of Apple Vision Pro 2, expect an ‘Air’ model.
I have to say though, that I have the Homepod mini, and I absolutely can’t fucking stand it.
What is wrong with it?
Without the ability to watch porn on it, it will not be mainstream. They are the Betamax of the DVD wars.
Allow me to interject kind sir/madam/other, but I do believe you mean to say the VHS wars
My bad!
And Beta was the superior format, but they didn’t market it well IIRC
It was slightly before my time. It was pretty much over by the time I was using it.
It works better the way you said it, if you really want to drive the point that this will be a dead duck for sure.
you can’t watch porn on the apple vision headsets?
Not 3D porn. Just regular like you’re looking at a monitor.
I don’t watch porn, but you’d better believe I downloaded some 35GB 3D pron when I got my Index. If I DID watch porn, it would be the only kind I would ever watch. Incredible.
Apple is playing a losing game not allowing porn.
Hella agree, I understand it’s complicated… but if I was into pron and it worked, what better a device?! I trust it’s more secure than Facebook shit, and it doesn’t need to be tethered to a computer strong enough to render a more-than-4k video that’s like 20-40GB?! While it’s still too expensive, the customer base would be WAY HIGHER.
I say this as a windows/linux user that uses an iPhone and iPad because their mobile devices are stellar. I’d never get a Vision Pro but they’re really missing out on a huge market of horny peeps
I agree with you on almost everything. I don’t trust Apple or any big corp that sole(or soul) purpose is profits.
I trust the USPS more than Apple.
It’s ok to watch porn.
okay, yea porn apps are not going to be allowed on the appstore. Does Oculus even have any in their store?
For either headsets you can still go through Steam link though, or sideload 'em
It’s based on Android. So you basically sideload it by going to the 3D porn’s website. So ya. 3d porn is great.
Apple? Yeah right lmao.
Cheaper for them to make.
It goes from wildly expensive to slightly less wildly expensive.
Yup. They’ve already anchored it. They could drop if $1K and people would think it’s a steal but it’s still wildly absurd.
It only says “cheaper” not “cheap”
Even if Apple cuts the price in half, it’ll still be a hard pill to swallow.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A report by tech news site The Information suggests that Apple is shifting its augmented reality priorities.
Apple had originally intended to present this headset alongside the Vision Pro, similar to the models available in each iPhone release.
The more affordable model would likely have fewer cameras, smaller speakers, and weigh less, though Apple has struggled to bring down the cost of the unit’s displays.
The Information cites current and former Meta employees in describing how the company had killed plans for its own higher-end headset in January 2023, but it then began work on a new premium model five months after Apple’s Vision Pro debut.
The Vision Pro will launch in China, Japan, Australia, and many European countries later this month.
The Information’s sources suggest that Apple has produced roughly 500,000 Vision Pro headsets and will not make significantly more, despite the entry of these new markets.
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“Okay… You win. We heard you loud and clear on pricing, so the new AFFORDABLE (I mean as far as we know - what’s a gallon of milk cost these days anyways? Like $27?) Apple iPod VR is only $2000!! Wow. What a real savings. You’re welcome. Brave. Also, minor thing, it doesn’t come with internal or external screens. But of course, you can purchase an additional subscription to unlock the ability to consume the audio of select limited content at 50% audio volume compared to original model!”
Made your daddy proud… Proud.
Well, at least they got the price of milk right!
Their mini OLED screen is an absolute gamechanger but damn that thing must be expensive.
Also if the battery is already external I don’t see why they didn’t put the processing off the headset too. The thing is way too heavy.
I honestly think k if they released an “Apple Vision S” with half the screen resolution, no battery (cable only, bring your own power), and no useless external screen, they could sell it like hot cakes for 2k$
It needs to be a standard connection and work with multiple host OSes before I would consider one, I’m not sure Apple is into that. Having the S version you describe would still be miles better than $3,500 for a non-upgradable smart monitor.