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Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

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Re: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

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That's a good sign, it means they are committed to moving towards the more affordable market. Something many commentors here (including myself) thought would not be possible

Not necessarily a good sign. Non-pro models have fewer features than pro models so this could be a sign that they're being less cutting edge and innovative.

Re: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

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post #3

That's a good sign, it means they are committed to moving towards the more affordable market. Something many commentors here (including myself) thought would not be possible

They were already working on the cheaper model, as the article notes.

I know, and going all in on that is a good sign that they are confident in it

Re: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

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post #6

I felt like I was committing heresy when I told my friends that the vision pro was unlikely to succeed or at least succeed culturally. I'm sure it will pick up some niches just like the meta headset. The reality is, this is a covid product and covid is over. Regardless of price (outside being extremely cheap) I don't see people even dropping $1500 on this thing. I don't have a single person in my life that has used a…

The Vision Pro was essentially a devkit to send the message that Apple wants devs to think about VR apps.

Re: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

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post #3

That's a good sign, it means they are committed to moving towards the more affordable market. Something many commentors here (including myself) thought would not be possible

Not necessarily a good sign. Non-pro models have fewer features than pro models so this could be a sign that they're being less cutting edge and innovative.

What would be cutting edge would be reducing the price point with the same feature set, though. If they can do it significantly cheaper, while retaining the necessary "Apple profit margin", that would be innovative in itself

Re: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

They were already working on the cheaper model, as the article notes.

I know, and going all in on that is a good sign that they are confident in it

But it says nothing about increasing effort or shifting resources toward it.

Re: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know, and going all in on that is a good sign that they are confident in it

But it says nothing about increasing effort or shifting resources toward it.

Sure, I didn't claim it did. It says something significant about their confidence in it.

Re: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

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The headline leaves out the most important part: "... to Focus on a Cheaper Model".

Surely, the right move.

I can mostly believe VR headsets will catch on, but not at the price of the current Vision Pro.

There's a chicken and egg dynamic here, for developing compelling content/software to take advantage of the capabilities and the number of people with headsets that can consume that content. That's just not going to unravel with the Vision Pro.

Re: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

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post #18

The headline leaves out the most important part: "... to Focus on a Cheaper Model". Surely, the right move. I can mostly believe VR headsets will catch on, but not at the price of the current Vision Pro. There's a chicken and egg dynamic here, for developing compelling content/software to take advantage of the capabilities and the number of people with headsets that can consume that content. That's just not going to…

It’s not financially worthwhile for most third party developers to develop apps for a platform with too few users. Not sure how the iPhone originally did it, that seems pretty amazing to me.

But yeah, need a product to drive up adoption so a healthy ecosystem can form around it… so they can capture 30% of it

Re: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

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post #6

I felt like I was committing heresy when I told my friends that the vision pro was unlikely to succeed or at least succeed culturally. I'm sure it will pick up some niches just like the meta headset. The reality is, this is a covid product and covid is over. Regardless of price (outside being extremely cheap) I don't see people even dropping $1500 on this thing. I don't have a single person in my life that has used a…

> I felt like I was committing heresy when I told my friends that the vision pro was unlikely to succeed or at least succeed culturally.

I'm an Apple-hater but I'd like VR to become a thing. I work remotely and could imagine being sent a keyboard, mouse, and company VR headset that transports me to the office.

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