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Apple Vision Nope: Why I returned mine

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Re: Apple Vision Nope: Why I returned mine

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> "It’s a V1 Apple product. It’s a new category, for them, and by far the most ambitious headset on the consumer market." And it is priced out of the consumer market by a factor of 10. Also, the developer program is not interesting.

> Also, the developer program is not interesting. What does this mean? Most developers I know are interested because of a technology or a product. What does the program need to be doing?

Terms and conditions... suck.

Re: Apple Vision Nope: Why I returned mine

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I'd argue not to sell more AirPods, I mean sure it's a great extra bonus, but what is the other option you would prefer? that they cover the ears completely like big studio headphones? That they give you a pair of AirPods? Or that they make tethered AirPods? Or Bone Conduction, which means audio quality typically plummets and complicates how the device rests on the cheekbones. All of those are various compromises tha…

Valid points until you consider that they went with wearing speakers on your head. Anything detachable or able to be disabled would've been better. It's ridiculous to put speakers on a headset.

You can disable the speaker output in the AVP, I don't know why you think you can't.

Re: Apple Vision Nope: Why I returned mine

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Valid points until you consider that they went with wearing speakers on your head. Anything detachable or able to be disabled would've been better. It's ridiculous to put speakers on a headset.

You can disable the speaker output in the AVP, I don't know why you think you can't.

Yes, but the point is that they didn't ship it with anything for the wearer to hear audio without disturbing those around. That aspect of the product makes no sense.
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