tech Apple slashes Vision Pro production and cancels updated headset as sales tank in USA

[punisher]

it's too expensive and it would be so embarrassing to wear outside

[dawnettakins]

VR has always and was always going to be a fad. Apple was dumb for jumping into that game, but then again they clearly have no idea what they're doing and are becoming evermore irrelevant. 

 

The only thing that's keeping them at all relevant are dumbass Americans and young people who think they're somehow superior walking around with an iPhone. 

[watermelonshake]

It's cool but it's too expensive. The only people who will be jumping on right now are enthusiasts and they don't make up a huge part of the market. 

[PopMusicJunkie]

It's a cool piece of tech, but spatial computing isn't replacing lap tops/iPads anytime soon.  

 

It's nice to watch movies with — especially in 3D — but the lack of content is shockingly bad.  

[CécredSpaces]

Apple restricted porn from this product. That alone would have saved it.

[Maroonx]

drop it to like $999 and people will think about it x

[Margaux]

atrlers jinx this. 

[shookspeare]

literally who wants to strap that to their face to go on the internet

[swiftawaywithme]

Good. I'm so sick of the AR/VR fad. Never cared and knew from the start all these companies would be wasting an absurd amount of money. They all really overestimated how much people would care.

[yonsé]

i told yall didnt nobody want this mess

[SoldierofLove]

13 minutes ago, shookspeare said:

literally who wants to strap that to their face to go on the internet

Right?

 

I don't even like wearing my glasses and those help me see things. 

[glitch]

On 4/25/2024 at 5:57 AM, D/X said:

Sorry but I'm skeptical headsets will ever be a thing. 10 years ago people were saying that Google Glass "was ahead of its time" or "10 years earlier"... a decade later and it's the same story again. 

And even before that, some companies tried launching VR headsets in the 90s and they completely flopped

 

20 minutes ago, SoldierofLove said:

Right?

 

I don't even like wearing my glasses and those help me see things. 

Honestly  I take my glasses off as soon as I stop looking at a screen or reading something. 

[Nintendoes]

HoloLens is overall the better device 

[modeblock]

embarrassing trash, glad it flopped! 

 

Version 2 is going to need to be about 10x better and way lighter - no battery pack or whatever - for it to be a success. price needs to be at most $1999

[Archetype]

I'm never buying anything to put on my face if it's going to rub off my skincare and sunscreen, as well as lead to easily avoidable wrinkles.  
 

All of the demo units in store look nasty around the part that touches your face due to all of the lotions and swear from constantly being worn.  And to think this is the nicest VR headset out there… we have a long way to go.

[MonsterJohn]

trash product from trash company

[Bubble Tea]

I think techbros/gals think we have more insatiable appetite to be permanently online than we do. In fact, most of my friends are all determindly weaning themselves off their phones and pursuing more and more adventures in nature, time with their family and friends and pets, not literally strapping screens to their eyes to augment reality. Maybe it'd be cute for gaming and entertainment but the last thing I want to see is my reality WITH additional ads. No way not ever!