@thelinuxEXP@alvinho I don't think we can be sure that they expect to have (short term) return on investment for this product. It might be that they do this because they want to show that they are still creating innovative products (not just iterations of old) and it might also be that they use the experience from this enthusiast tier product to release a consumer tier product a few years down the line. Or maybe they think inflation goes crazy and that $3500 isn't as expensive next year 😁
@lilacTeeth Yeah some people are already saying it might replace the smartphone… Not in this current form it won’t. Make it the size of glasses without a tethered battery, and maybe, but we’re super far from that for now…
@thelinuxEXP Its not very interesting product. No real VR gaming. I don't think this will be comfortable for office work, TV watching. That's why the price, they need the most fanatic fans to pay for these first generation and to have time to find if there is any good use case that would make it desirable for the masses...
@thelinuxEXP it's the Microsoft HoloLens but 8 years later, ironically the same MSRP. Will probably die in a few years because it's too niche and expensive.
@AngryAnt They showed someone wearing it at the office, and someone wearing it in remote work situations with their families around, plus someone wearing it in a plane, so I guess they’d expect people to wear this thing around other people!
The plane makes sense though. Everyone not working there already looks like a complete troll and overtly hates you - wearing a headset isn’t going to affect that.
@AngryAnt Hahaha true, and Inpersonally would prefer sitting next to someone wearing this than someone wearing sweat pants and taking their shoes off in the plane…
@thelinuxEXP I'd say it looks more stupid than a regular VR headset. I'd rather be seen wearing a Valve Index so at least people don't see as much of my face.
@thelinuxEXP It will have it's own audience eventually ( mostly Apple fanboys and Youtubers like MKBHD hyping it for them ), but I doubt any free software advocate or privacy conscious person would buy that thing.
like you said before, "they don't solve any problem", why would I put a VR headset to have an online meeting ( where people don't have legs 😂 ), while I can do it in jitsi
@penguintech1 Yep. The « the whole room is your office » thing is kinda cool, and watching movies on a giant screen even if you don’t have a TV, that’s cool, but at that price? Hell no.
@thelinuxEXP@penguintech1 I like the idea of a bigger screen or multiple screens in my space, but living with a snorkle on my face all day long? No way!An for $3400? Sounds ridiculous to me.
@thelinuxEXP Somewhat frustratingly (but also probably for the best experience), Vision Pro requires magnetically attached corrective lenses from Zeiss for users who wear glasses – like me and Tim Cook.
@chrisdoestech To be fair to Apple, their software looks years ahead of what Meta showed, but yeah, at that price, I doubt it will be making waves except in some niche professional markets.
@thelinuxEXP i even use an iphone 14 pro. so i'm not against expensive apple products, but i couldn't imagine spending $3499+ and taking that in public. wonder how many people will snatch them off their heads. yikes.
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