I agree, it seems a very Americanized item at the moment - tailored for a very specific níche of consumers. (a similar crowd that buys a Tesla truck .. of sorts - another very Americanized item) Aside from that, i still do not know what it should be used for. 3500$ (of the equivalent in my currency) buys me 2 VERY good screens for work - that is .. professional panels with a high definition. Such panels will also last much longer than any VR goggles and are a lot less limited. VR is a great medium .. but it seems Apple focussed a little on the wrong things. The most important thing for VR is - comfort and usefulness. Apple has brilliant screens and amazing tracking .. but not enough software and the whole thing weighs too much. VR is for immersion, not so much for productivity (aside from actual professional VR goggles for real professionals that model in 3d and so .. but those people wont get a crummy vision pro, but some much, much more expensive and much better integrated hardware) For now - the vision pro allows you additional screens of adequate but not professional quality. It allows you the functionality of early 2010 "smart glasses" of sorts - and it fatiques your eyes ... because no matter what, there is a slight lag/delay in motion and camera/screen feedback - that will exhaust you faster than just looking at a real screen. Its a good product, but i feel like it is a prototype - for 3500+ $ ... and Apple will relase a more refined version at some point - for another 3500+ $ (so early adopters will have spend at least 7k on something with limited usefulness ... oh, just like the Tesla Truck)
I think that similarly to the first Apple Watch, Apple released this and now needs to figure out what it's for. The first Apple Watch was marketed as an extension of your iPhone, with many different types of apps, the side button would access the contacts quickly etc. Over the years, both Apple and customers realized that the best use case for it was Activity tracking, so they started fine tuning both the software and hardware in future models for that. I think the same happens with Vision Pro: they put it out and now need to wait and see what people actually like to use it for. And I agree with you on the immersion. Both with Apple Watch and AirPods, after using it a few times I forgot I was wearing them. This has not yet happened to me with Vision Pro as the whole thing is heavy and the battery's cable is cumbersome. And yes, it is absolutely a first generation model and, for sure, future generations will get better and improve upon those things that are actually found to be more relevant!
Thanks a lot from India.
I usually buy all my apple devices from US. But i think i should wait for the Vision Pro to launch in India.
Glad you found this video helpful! If you think you can't overcome some of the issues that I describe in the video, then yes definitely wait!
I agree, it seems a very Americanized item at the moment - tailored for a very specific níche of consumers. (a similar crowd that buys a Tesla truck .. of sorts - another very Americanized item)
Aside from that, i still do not know what it should be used for. 3500$ (of the equivalent in my currency) buys me 2 VERY good screens for work - that is .. professional panels with a high definition. Such panels will also last much longer than any VR goggles and are a lot less limited.
VR is a great medium .. but it seems Apple focussed a little on the wrong things. The most important thing for VR is - comfort and usefulness. Apple has brilliant screens and amazing tracking .. but not enough software and the whole thing weighs too much. VR is for immersion, not so much for productivity (aside from actual professional VR goggles for real professionals that model in 3d and so .. but those people wont get a crummy vision pro, but some much, much more expensive and much better integrated hardware)
For now - the vision pro allows you additional screens of adequate but not professional quality. It allows you the functionality of early 2010 "smart glasses" of sorts - and it fatiques your eyes ... because no matter what, there is a slight lag/delay in motion and camera/screen feedback - that will exhaust you faster than just looking at a real screen.
Its a good product, but i feel like it is a prototype - for 3500+ $ ... and Apple will relase a more refined version at some point - for another 3500+ $ (so early adopters will have spend at least 7k on something with limited usefulness ... oh, just like the Tesla Truck)
I think that similarly to the first Apple Watch, Apple released this and now needs to figure out what it's for. The first Apple Watch was marketed as an extension of your iPhone, with many different types of apps, the side button would access the contacts quickly etc. Over the years, both Apple and customers realized that the best use case for it was Activity tracking, so they started fine tuning both the software and hardware in future models for that. I think the same happens with Vision Pro: they put it out and now need to wait and see what people actually like to use it for.
And I agree with you on the immersion. Both with Apple Watch and AirPods, after using it a few times I forgot I was wearing them. This has not yet happened to me with Vision Pro as the whole thing is heavy and the battery's cable is cumbersome.
And yes, it is absolutely a first generation model and, for sure, future generations will get better and improve upon those things that are actually found to be more relevant!