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I really think that anyone that thought that Apple was going to abandon this just due to "weak" sales is just trying to position the Vision Pro in the same segm
by nerdjon 2y ago
I really think that anyone that thought that Apple was going to abandon this just due to "weak" sales is just trying to position the Vision Pro in the same segment as the Quest. When it simply isn't. It is focusing too much on the price.
Apple may charge a premium for their devices but they are not stupid otherwise the iPhone would cost far more than it does now. I can almost guarantee that they knew that this would not be a mainstream device and it was them getting their feet wet while the technology catches up to the software.
Maybe they even look at their success with the Apple Watch. When it first came out it was basically positioned as completely different device than it is now where most of the focus is on health with notifications being secondary. So get something out there and learn what people actually want.
Some of the work on the Vision Pro will have an impact on other devices and other way around.
Apple is clearly playing the long game here and maybe it will work, maybe it won't. But there is zero chance that they are abandoning it a year in. And unlike the original Apple Watch, the Vision Pro has a decent amount of compute in it to handle future updates even if a new version does come out.
- pjmlp 2y agoExcept one of the reasons it keeps being a niche is that was proven by those that trailed before Apple, games and AR in workplaces like factories, is what really sells these kind of headsets, none of which are markets Apple is at ease supporting. Secondly, Apple support among the Apple developer community surveys is at lowest since the iPhone came to be, they won't get too much community support targeting Vision Pro as development platform, unless they change their hubris towards the development community. They are where they are, and not yet another footnote in the company giants that went down burning, because the development community support in first place, when it was uncertainy how many pennies were left in Curpertino's account.