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From the reddit conversation it seems like people are attributing it to heat. If that's the case I'm not surprised! The glass may look nice and help everyone s

From the reddit conversation it seems like people are attributing it to heat. If that's the case I'm not surprised! The glass may look nice and help everyone see your creepy eyes but plastic is much more practical. The ifixit article said the glass weighed 38 grams. The lighter it is, the more fragile it is...

sealeck 3y ago
You'd kind of expect the OS to shut the Vision Pro down before it got that hot though?
wannacboatmovie 3y ago
Apple has a storied history of making boneheaded mechanical engineering decisions in favor of making something pretty over functional. G4 Cube, Titanium Powerbook, and the iPhone that bent if you placed it in a pocket immediately come to mind.
- userbinator 3y ago
  Plastic Macbooks were known for developing cracks too.
- stcredzero 3y ago
  Weak hinges on the early Macbook Airs. Also, saving money and time by epoxying the hinges into other Macbooks, instead of using fasteners.
- NoPicklez 3y ago
  I think Apple are perhaps just as guilty of this like many other major tech companies. It's not in any way just an Apple thing. However, the devices that have followed have not succumb to as much boneheaded engineering. It doesn't surprise me that they would use Glass as most mobile phones and watches are using a form of Glass that undergoes a greater amount of wear and tear than Vision Pro does. There was a variety of Acer laptops where the plastic hinge guard would catch and snap off when closing the lid of the screen A variety of HP laptops where the plastic around the screen would break apart due to the hinges being too strong for the glue that would eventually soften due to heat A variety of HP laptops where you could undo the bottom plate and random screws would simply fall out Samsung mobile phones used plastic screens before adopting Glass many years after the iPhone, displays would scratch like crazy
int_19h 3y ago
It is plastic, with glass buried underneath. That's why Apple calls it "laminated glass".

sealeck 3y ago

You'd kind of expect the OS to shut the Vision Pro down before it got that hot though?

wannacboatmovie 3y ago

Apple has a storied history of making boneheaded mechanical engineering decisions in favor of making something pretty over functional. G4 Cube, Titanium Powerbook, and the iPhone that bent if you placed it in a pocket immediately come to mind.

userbinator 3y ago
Plastic Macbooks were known for developing cracks too.
stcredzero 3y ago
Weak hinges on the early Macbook Airs. Also, saving money and time by epoxying the hinges into other Macbooks, instead of using fasteners.
NoPicklez 3y ago
I think Apple are perhaps just as guilty of this like many other major tech companies. It's not in any way just an Apple thing. However, the devices that have followed have not succumb to as much boneheaded engineering. It doesn't surprise me that they would use Glass as most mobile phones and watches are using a form of Glass that undergoes a greater amount of wear and tear than Vision Pro does. There was a variety of Acer laptops where the plastic hinge guard would catch and snap off when closing the lid of the screen A variety of HP laptops where the plastic around the screen would break apart due to the hinges being too strong for the glue that would eventually soften due to heat A variety of HP laptops where you could undo the bottom plate and random screws would simply fall out Samsung mobile phones used plastic screens before adopting Glass many years after the iPhone, displays would scratch like crazy

int_19h 3y ago

It is plastic, with glass buried underneath. That's why Apple calls it "laminated glass".