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Apple fans are starting to return their Vision Pros (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apple fans are starting to return their Vision Pros::The return window for the very first Apple Vision Pro buyers is fast approaching — and some have taken to social media to explain why they won’t be keeping their headsets.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

As someone who is unironically into a lot of VR stuff and even owns a pricey headset myself, I did not understand the appeal from the features I've seen past looking """cool""". Even the stuff that looks at least somewhat fun or useful doesnt seem worth it considering the price, especially now that reviews are reporting there are basic features that cheaper headsets perform much better at and are way more comfortable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fr, I love VR, but this headset is just Apple trying to cash in on the VR market without understanding what people actually like about VR.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I think they totally understand that there is a legitimate mixed reality / AR use case that people have wanted addressed for decades, but the hardware has never been able to pull it off well.

If I could pop on a light weight headset, and have a desktop with infinite 4K monitors, with a high refresh rate, without breaking my wallet, I would 1000% buy that product.

The hardware isn’t there yet, but I’m glad to see people are investing in platforms that could get us there in a decade or two.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

It has some neat features and ideas, but nothing I haven't seen in other products before. Definitely more polished, and it brings all of those big features together in one package. But for me, it's the price that kills it. Maybe Apple had a hunch that all of this might happen and they just wanted it out as a setup for the next version?