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It's an expensive toy for rich people. The good news for Apple: there are quite a few rich people in the World and Apple is a respected brand. I also thought t
by PedroBatista 3y ago
It's an expensive toy for rich people. The good news for Apple: there are quite a few rich people in the World and Apple is a respected brand.
I also thought the Apple Watch was a gimmick, but apparently they have been selling tons of those.
This Vision Pro thing is different from the watch but also might not be that different, just "up scale".
- NKosmatos 3y agoSo true. The same is valid for many other (almost ridiculous) expensive items: watches, bags, shoes, cars, wines, perfumes… There are many rich people out there that need to differentiate themselves from us plebeians :-)
- Clubber 3y agoI recently watched a video that speculated that middle class people mostly bought those designer brands to appear rich. Rich people generally don't need/want Gucci and whatnot plastered all over their person. I'd buy that argument.
- dougmwne 3y agoIt seems like it’s also a dev device. Reports are that Apple is working on cheaper versions so the Vision pro provides an early adopter market and high spec device for developers. In a few years when they go for a mainstream launch there will already be an app and game ecosystem. Different from a watch, some kind of mixed reality wearable will eventually replace phones and laptops, I am sure. It might still be several decades till the technology fits in a pairs of eyeglasses. Consider this your 2050 preview, like the Apple Newton to your iPhone.
- ozten 3y agoThis is the cheapest and most polished dev kit ever. Compare it to the Playstation 1 dev kit. In 1994 dollars it cost $15,000 for a full devkit. [1] https://www.retroreversing.com/official-playStation-devkit https://www.retroreversing.com/official-playStation-devkit
- alpaca128 3y agoExcept for every device that doesn't need a separate dev kit for development.
- hu3 3y agoA better comparison would be 2024 Quest dev kit which costs less than half of Vision.
- dpkonofa 3y agoExcept that wouldn't be a first-gen product and doesn't have the same capabilities so no... that wouldn't be a better comparison. Does a Quest Dev Kit even exist in 2024? I thought you just buy the headset now?