Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought

It’s a native feature of the device that allows its user to get enormous amounts of attention, in real life and subsequently online, by simply wearing it in public.

Sounds horrible. I guess I’m not someone who seeks attention at any cost like some people, it public is the last situation I’d use this thing in. I would feel like a complete dumbass wearing it at a coffee shop and waving my hands around.

They bought themselves into a beta test/focus group. Apple still doesn’t know what this will be. It might be a Newton MessagePad. Or it might be the iPhone.

Do we really want to live in a world where people are walking around with these things on their face, gesturing around like they are insane?

It's bad enough to witness how awful public spaces have become since smartphones came out, but this is next level zombie.

It’s an AR iPad. It’s not that deep.

They are people who paid $4000 to be a voluntary QA team.

People who paid relatively a lot to feel that they are on with progress and have good taste. These are not things you can directly buy.

Of course, you can buy knowledge and powerful tooling, but I don't see such hype over digital libraries and good e-ink readers, or over learning programming among Apple fans.

On good taste specifically - Apple has always marketed itself as brand connected to that and has always been the opposite of good taste. I gave up trying to understand that long ago.

Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought

Im struggling to figure out why Apple Vision Pro Owners threw out $3500 on a device without knowing what they can use it for

They bought Tim Cook a new private jet. I thought they'd have figured by now.

People walking around with them on is basically just their wait of saying "look at my butthole!"

Huh. And here I am, like some poor person, with no AR headset and $3500 extra in my bank account. I feel like such an idiot.

The people who buy something like this (hopefully) have enough money where $3,500 doesn't matter or are developers who want to get in early on something that might be big in a few versions.

Everyone else should avoid.

A 4K USD electronic device that's what they bought....if they needed its features not sure but... that's what they bought.

Yeah, but they have it, and in the end, isn't that what matters?? /s

Seems like most people are saying “this is dope for media,” and outside of that, it’s a glorified dev kit.

They got a hololens, but like 8 years later, for the same price, and still just as useless.

An overpriced VR headset.

Isn't it for people who have ridiculously too much money to dump some of it? :-P

I'd hope you'd know what you were spending this much money on if it wasn't just for online attention.

Never seen anyone wearing them or promoting/showing it off

I’ve seen a few people making fun of it, and that’s the only reason I know it exists

to live and die on the first generation of a device

I know they look slick but, outside of clout chasers and brand fanatics, who spends $3500 on something without knowing why they're buying it?

This is America: you're either a duper or a dupee.

I'm a duper.

You guys are the dupees.

We should start calling these the "new oculus" or something. The marketing has been insane and neither Meta or Apple would benefit. It would be like when people called every console a Nintendo.

“But I was still embarrassed this weekend when I had to stick a straw in my wine glass.” Soda cans are doable; coffee mugs are not. The first must-have Vision Pro accessory is a very long metal straw

Or this works too

Peak conspicuous consumerism. They just need to make an app for it that does nothing but costs $5k like the infamous “I am rich” app when the App Store just opened.

So they bought Expensive Apple Thing because Expensive Apple Thing? I’ve had a decent quality HMD for a couple years. It’s a lot of fun and pretty amazing initially, especially if you have a game or two that really takes advantage of it. However, as a utility, it leaves a lot to be desired. I was really hoping to do CAD with it, there were some modestly priced design programs that looked ok along with some free ones, because that’s a big hobby of mine. It really doesn’t work very well. The toolset for decent CAD is fairly large. A tiny wrist menu isn’t going to cut it, and the ability to precisely manipulate nodes or vertices isn’t there. Same goes for even basic functions like desktops and normal computer functions. Sure, they work, but now you have to constantly be manipulating windows instead of having an extra monitor and kicking back in an office chair.

The AR aspect could be fun, but again you’re either the one creating this content via design software with the aforementioned difficulties, or you’re the one popping the HMD on to view what your home designer says would be a nice new kitchen cabinet set in your home. A useful tool, but not a substitute for a computing and design environment.

It's an uncomfortable way to watch porn.

The current model has it's problems, but I really think this is the start of a new major product line for Apple. This isn't going to be relegated to only the rich forever. There are a few problems to over come. It needs to be lighter, it needs to be cheaper, and it needs better battery life. All of those should be somewhat resolved in the next 10 years. When it does, I think the market will explode.

The big selling point? TV. I know over the last few years I have kind of fought with my mom because she is hurting her viewing experience for the sake of aesthetics. The TV is mounted, but has a cabinet in front of it. It is loaded with tons of seasonal decorations. The reason? She can't stand the site of a cord. So instead, she has figures tall enough to cover part of the screen blocking the view of the TV, all so the cords can be hidden behind the figures. So yes, she loses part of the viewing area, and the remote doesn't work unless you get up and go to the side of the TV so the IR sensor isn't blocked, but it LOOKS better!!

The thing is, she isn't alone. I bought a TV last year. During the time researching it, I would see similar opinions to my mom's. Peopel would post pictures of their TV setup, asking if the size was OK, or if it should be higher, and the responses would be similar, telling the person to run cables through the wall, or get smaller stands or other complaints. It made me realize that many people care about those kind of things, and it will drive their purchase decisions.

All the Apple Vision Pro has to do is show them that you can have a TV, with no bezel, make it any size and position you want, you get rid of glare from the sun, and it has no visible cables. That alone is enough for people to want to buy it. It isn't there today, but it will get there in the somewhat near future.

What a shock 🙄

This article is idiotic. People know they are buying a first gen spatial computer. It’s not like you accidentally spend $3500