Submitted 4 weeks ago by Dot@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.uploadvr.com/apple-vision-pro-production-stopping-the-information/
This could have been an absolutely insane product, if they sold it without all the useless bullshit like the facial passthrough, at a decent price. As it is, especially given how fragile it is, it’s just a toy at best.
It’s basically taken the exact opposite route of something like the Xbox Kinect, which turned from a toy into something people use in science
I really don’t think head sets will ever be absolutely insane products.
Lots of people just don’t want to strap a display to their face.
I can see a good use case if they make a decently functional lightweight headset that can replace multiple monitors, particularly for traveling
They might be cool for gaming ag least. Or porn.
Is facial passthrough like face identification or just passthrough?
Your eyes on the front display is what i mean. Passthrough for your own vision is awesome
Well that failed quickly.
Well, they forgot that hardware needs an actual purpose once you’re done with the market of people who purchase any new overpriced gadget to use as status symbol.
Setting timers for eggs and pasta isn’t one.
If they had just sold a unit that was a virtual desktop display, it could have been a useful product that people wanted to use.
Instead, this bloated useless thing…bleh.
Aw. A cute little comment that fits nicely with the article headline.
Thanks for saving me time by giving your summarized dissection of the article and the implications it has for apples product.
Oh and btw all tech products stop production at some point, because you know, apple isnt a dumbass that pumps out products without regard for demand as they are creating a successive model of the product.
Stop scrolling. Start thinking.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I feel like nobody here read the actual article.
But I agree, it’s a ridiculous product with no use case.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s worse than reddit was I swear
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Absolutely. The ‘hive mind’ here is so narrow minded and shallow that it’s super easy to predict 3/4 of the comments on any given article. Probably because the all the comments are from the same 5 people.
I think about people on reddit complaining about reposts as I scroll past 50 posts of the same article posted to different instances by the same person.
th3dogcow@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I agree. Most people are acting like they are killing off the whole product line (of which there is only one product currently). However, the article clearly states that a second generation product is in the works.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It does however mean they are not concerned about selling out of current stock any time soon.