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Ah yes, the joys of traveling through high crime mall areas to arrive at a crowded Apple Store. At least one has a permanent police presence at the door.
Ha ha, you are not at all describing my experience with the Apple Store in Omaha, Nebraska. YMMV (your mall may vary?).
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Or, it means that tech is still not ready for a mainstream adoption. You should take it out of the box and it should just work. I cannot imagine people being excited that they need to go physical store and deal with a staff there to get their fancy new toy.
Do you not remember the queues outside Apple stores for early iPhones? https://youtu.be/bWgd5crvB0U
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> and they’ll not have to consider dedicated VR time The reported battery life on the Vision Pro is still going to require that you have dedicated "goggles on" time for the foreseeable future.
the battery has a usb-c port in photos that implies you can charge it while using it.
They did the same with Apple Watch. This isn’t new.
Having messed with VR/AR tech since the DK2, the Apple Store presence could be the killer app that VR/AR needs. The manual learning process of ordering special fit lenses, adjusting the headsets, etc would be a great fit with Apple’s store model.
Or, it means that tech is still not ready for a mainstream adoption. You should take it out of the box and it should just work. I cannot imagine people being excited that they need to go physical store and deal with a staff there to get their fancy new toy.
I find it surprising that this is less common than it was in the past, and that people are more willing to put up with something that’s a subpar fit for them. One tech example that would benefit from custom fit are in-ear headphones. It would make sure that product is a perfect fit for every customer every time, rather than roughly every single customer having to put up with a suboptimal fit and poor comfort.
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Conversely the fact that you need special fit lenses and a store appointment means its going to be hard to test out and hard to buy. You're probably not going to be able to wander past the Apple store in the mall and take a quick peek in and play with the Vision Pro like you can with their other products like the iPad. Nor will testing your friend's necessarily be a good experience. Plus even in the U.S Apple Store's…
> Plus even in the U.S Apple Store's aren't that common There are 270+ Apple stores in the US, I don't have the figures to hand but an overwhelming percentage of the country's actual population live within an hour of an Apple store. They are common, frankly. I'm not defending the decision to require a store visit here, but lets not paint a picture of Apple store availability that doesn't exist. The number of people w…
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Or, it means that tech is still not ready for a mainstream adoption. You should take it out of the box and it should just work. I cannot imagine people being excited that they need to go physical store and deal with a staff there to get their fancy new toy.
Have you been to an Apple Store recently? It’s plenty easy to get their products online, but the stores are consistently packed regardless.
The Bigscreen beyond requires a face scan and generates a custom interface to fit each persons face perfectly. Everything I've read indicates that this actually improves fit and comfort. It helps that the bigscreen beyond is incredibly light and small, but the face scan doesn't seem to be a gimmick. The Vision Pro might end up a complete failure, but requiring an appointment and a face scan is not a sign for this.
It makes it a bit harder to create positive word of mouth, though. You can’t just try out the Vision Pro fitted for a friend or family member.