• @echo64
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    319 months ago

    It’s like Apple are speedrunning the VR industry experience.

  • @rickdg
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    289 months ago

    Buying to return it after getting a good feel of the latest tech is a nice move if you have the money.

    • @tahoe
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      119 months ago

      Probably awful for the planet in most situations though. It’s unsure what they’ll do with the products, especially when they’re not available refurbished

      • @qwertyqwertyqwerty
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        49 months ago

        Apple fans are starting to return their Vision Pros

        Why can’t they sell them refurbished?

            • BrikoXOPM
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              29 months ago

              It’s a sham more than a real program. They only refurbish current and last generation devices while recycling older ones. It’s anti-Apple brand to sell older gen stuff.

    • @humorlessrepost
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      99 months ago

      Hell, it can be a nice move if you have the credit limit.

  • no banana
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    59 months ago

    All Apple did was make me interested in the Quest 3

  • @qwertyqwertyqwerty
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    49 months ago

    If they halve the price and weight and I’d be very interested in one. The processing power should have been in the battery pack, and the outward facing screen seems absolutely worthless.

    • @Death_Equity
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      79 months ago

      They had the tech to make it a great product but fell on their face with gimmicks and poor software support to actually make it succeed.

      I don’t think the processing needed to be in the battery pack, the weight savings would have been minimal compared to removing the second screen and it would have added more thermal management concerns.

      They really needed halo apps to make it worth keeping, at least native Netflix.

      • @glimse
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        59 months ago

        But without that extra screen, you wouldn’t get those creepy digital eyes that apparently don’t work very well if you have dark skin!

        • @Death_Equity
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          59 months ago

          Are you saying the luxury product company with the white aesthetic isn’t designing or testing their products knowing that some of their customers might have dark skin? No way.

    • @[email protected]
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      59 months ago

      Next year when they release the not pro model for $1000 that’s essentially an iPhone in one of those cardboard VR headsets, people are going to be all over it…

    • @sleep_deprived
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      59 months ago

      I don’t think the weight itself is really the issue - the Vision Pro is significantly lighter than the Valve Index, but significantly less comfortable from the accounts I’ve heard. I bet it’s more the weight distribution and horrible strap design that’s making it so uncomfortable. I’d also add that the walled garden kills just about every use case I’d have for it.

  • @[email protected]
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    39 months ago

    Why is all the hardware in the front though? Can’t they make something that you hang over your shoulders with a cable running to the now much lighter headset?