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https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/15/23917710/apple-vision-pro-cheaper-no-eyesight-external-display
Apple’s cheaper Vision Pro follow-up still won’t be cheap::A new report says Apple’s next mixed-reality headset will likely ditch the external EyeSight screen to reach a cheaper price point, along with other hardware compromises.
“Apple Cheaper Vision” You almost had me on the first words.
That’s fine, they could give it away for free and I still wouldn’t want it.
Why?
Because I’m not in the Apple ecosystem and I’m not about to start now.
In other news, the surface of the sun is hot.
Apple doesn’t do ‘cheap’. They charge A THOUSAND FUCKING DOLLARS for a damned monitor stand after selling you a $4-5000 dollar monitor that doesn’t come with a stand!
If you are expecting to do anything in the Apple ecosystem ‘cheap’ you’re going to be in for a bad time.
The m2 MacBook airs are spectacular machines for the price.
what is going tobe the objective of that vr-headset?, designing?
It’s meant to be a full workstation replacement. No longer need larger office spaces with multiple monitors because it can be simulated inside the headset, so imagine getting crammed under a stairwell and still having a big open space inside the headset to work. Dystopian universe here we come
Can you imagine your on your corporate network and now they not only know everything you do on your computer but also literally everything you look at? “Bill uses passthrough to look at his phone on average 18 times a day. Let’s set up a meeting and restrict his passthrough privileges. He will live in our virtual corporate prison until further notice.” The future is fun!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Mark Gurman writes in his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg today that the more affordable follow-up to the Apple Vision Pro will “likely” ditch the external display to help it reach an internally-discussed price point between $1,500 and $2.500.
Gurman also reiterates what he wrote in June — that the more affordable version will probably run on an iPhone-grade chip, have fewer cameras, and get lower-resolution screens inside.
Ditching the external display means Apple would lock one of the Vision Pro’s marquee features — EyeSight — behind the paywall of the more expensive versions.
EyeSight is the thing that lets you see an on-the-fly render of the wearer’s eyes so they can “look” at you when you’re talking to them, and so you can tell, at a glance, if they’re occupied or if they’re actually seeing what’s in front of them.
Gurman writes that in deciding to prioritize getting a friendlier-priced version out into the world, Apple shifted people to that and away from its technically-challenging AR glasses project.
Especially if the company has any hopes about drawing in people who haven’t yet decided if they want this sort of thing in their life — a challenge that’s far from unique to Apple.
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Lower resolution screens would kill half of their advertised use cases.
doctortofu@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Even Apple’s damn screen polishing cloth is not cheap - why would anyone hope for Apple branded ANYTHING to ever be cheap?
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It may still be much more expensive than the competition, but will probably be half what the vision pro costs now.
MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
When Apple launches a new product line there are typically no real competitors. When the competition catches up, their prices suddenly line up with what Apple charges.