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I think this is somewhat overwrought, but I think the iphone comparison obscures more than it reveals. The Vision Pro isn't in a new hardware category. It's ac
by aeturnum 3y ago
I think this is somewhat overwrought, but I think the iphone comparison obscures more than it reveals.
The Vision Pro isn't in a new hardware category. It's actually entering a somewhat crowded field of companies offering headsets of various kinds. The VP is different in a few ways of course, but it's not clear exactly what prevented previous offerings to get wide adoption. If this product is going to be "successful" (whatever that ends up meaning) you would expect something about the VP to diverge from the trajectory of previous offerings. So far, at least as far as apps go, it seems like it's doing worse.
> v2, v3, etc., which will be lighter/cheaper/whatever else
I understand what you're gesturing at here, but this isn't v1 at all. This would be the equivalent of entering the smart phone market in 2015. If Apple isn't able to offer a noticeably more compelling experience with this realease, it does not speak well for their overall vision.
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- roughly 3y agoAt the time of the iPhone release, Blackbirds were widely available, as were high-spec phones from Nokia and others. We don’t recognize them as smartphones today because the iPhone redefined the category, but at the time, we did.