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I laughed when I pointed out the ridiculous price of this. Then my wife pointed to my desk filled with the Rift, HTC Vive, and Rift DK2 (and a couple variations
by strictnein 11y ago
I laughed when I pointed out the ridiculous price of this. Then my wife pointed to my desk filled with the Rift, HTC Vive, and Rift DK2 (and a couple variations of Google Cardboard). "You have $2000 in VR headsets". Oh... erhh.
The market research Dyson did for something like this is probably absolutely insane. The Hacker News crowd isn't exactly the target market.
- chaostheory 11y agoYeah my wife would probably love this and it's cheaper than jewelry
- headShrinker 11y agoYeah, I agree with you and your wives point as well. We aren't the target here. One thing to note, as you point out. The R&D on these new products while they seem relatively simple, they are very hard to get right. That costs a lot of money and certain companies like Dyson are willing to put in the resources. Take for example, their vacuums. So many are appalled at the price of a Dyson and act as if Dyson is robbing people. At the same time every major competitor has come out with designs similar to the Dyson 'cinetic' tech. No one seems to have a problem buying obvious knockoffs. It's safe to say Dyson singlehandedly made bag vacuums almost a thing of the past. Did bagless tech exist before Dyson? Yes, it just wasn't very good. Does Dyson deserve to recoup some of that R&D money? Sure. These products are expensive. So another company will knock it off and it won't be quite as nice, at 1/3 the price. Meanwhile people with unlimited budgets love this stuff!
- spennant 11y agoThere are a quite a few women that read Hacker News. I'm sure Dyson is going to get an awareness/sales boost from here