The Apple Vision Pro buyers and owners thread (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

Must see:

https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1762617395779121330?s=46

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Great News!

 

[Robert Saccone]

Great News!

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Source?

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Source?

I'm sorry. I should have included that

Vision Pro demand higher than expected; returns down to 1%

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Vision Pro demand is higher than Apple originally expected, with US shipments expected to hit...

9to5mac.com

 

[Edwin-S]

It is nothing but speculation, based on zero hard facts. Even the site that published the article acknowledges it.

 

[Robert Saccone]

Are many available in the refurb store?

 

[Clemdog]

Looks like this thread has died out…
Doesn’t anyone have anything new to say?

 

[Paul Hillenbrand]

4/10/24
AVP Software Update
visionOS 1.1.2

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Apple reportedly slashes Vision Pro headset production and cancels updated headset as sales tank in the US

Very expensive, fairly clunky, so not exactly surprising.

www.pcgamer.com

Apple Cuts Vision Pro Shipments as Demand Falls 'Sharply Beyond Expectations'

Apple has dropped the number of Vision Pro units that it plans to ship in 2024, going from an expected 700 to 800k units to just 400k to 450k units,...

www.macrumors.com

Looks like the love affair with Vision Pro is waning

As someone who is a huge fan of Apple, I am kind of sorry to see this wasn't as huge a success story for the company as they anticipated. This was a product they felt was a game-changer that would revolutionize Virtual Reality...err...Spatial Computing.

And I kind of understand its decline from the perspective of someone who owns a Virtual Reality device myself.

I wrote about this in another thread, but I find my interest in the Meta Quest 3 to have greatly waned. This is even though Meta has introduced some substantial improvements to the device via recent software upgrades that improve passthrough and overall resolution.

Truth be, these glasses are not light, with Apple's device being the heaviest of the two. They aren't comfortable to wear long-term.

As stated in the referenced articles, Apple has built a beautiful, quality device, yet failed to introduce enticing software. It certainly isn't a gaming device at this point which if it were, may have helped promote its adoption.

I think one of the biggest negatives of owning these devices is how isolating the experience of using them is. You can't share your VR experience with anyone.

 

[DaveF]

i just don’t know who the buyer is for a $3500 dev kit / advanced prototype / tech demo with no use case that’s better than any existing device?

Unless you want to watch 3D movies alone? If watching streaming movies alone is your jam, this is maybe best system for that. I mean, if you don’t care about great Atmos audio.

There is a potentially great mass market product that will emerge from this in a few years. But today, who’s buying this besides first-buyer tech enthusiasts with money to burn? Or speculative developers hoping for the next “iPhone gold rush”?

What surprises me is the implication that Apple grossly over estimated sales.

Do they not understand what they released and what people spend money on?

 

[Robert Saccone]

Apple reportedly slashes Vision Pro headset production and cancels updated headset as sales tank in the US

Very expensive, fairly clunky, so not exactly surprising.

www.pcgamer.com

Apple Cuts Vision Pro Shipments as Demand Falls 'Sharply Beyond Expectations'

Apple has dropped the number of Vision Pro units that it plans to ship in 2024, going from an expected 700 to 800k units to just 400k to 450k units,...

www.macrumors.com

Looks like the love affair with Vision Pro is waning

As someone who is a huge fan of Apple, I am kind of sorry to see this wasn't as huge a success story for the company as they anticipated. This was a product they felt was a game-changer that would revolutionize Virtual Reality...err...Spatial Computing.

And I kind of understand its decline from the perspective of someone who owns a Virtual Reality device myself.

I wrote about this in another thread, but I find my interest in the Meta Quest 3 to have greatly waned. This is even though Meta has introduced some substantial improvements to the device via recent software upgrades that improve passthrough and overall resolution.

Truth be, these glasses are not light, with Apple's device being the heaviest of the two. They aren't comfortable to wear long-term.

As stated in the referenced articles, Apple has built a beautiful, quality device, yet failed to introduce enticing software. It certainly isn't a gaming device at this point which if it were, may have helped promote its adoption.

I think one of the biggest negatives of owning these devices is how isolating the experience of using them is. You can't share your VR experience with anyone.

The headline say it has canceled an update to the headset but in the article it says "may cancel" so I am still in the wait and see camp. I always thought that they would sell about 500K which seems to be where things are ending up. On a recent MacBreak Weekly there's was a good discussion about sports apps for the Vision Pro. The one for the Masters was particularly well done according to Jason Snell. If Apple sticks with it I think the apps will come.

 

[Sam Posten]

I think it’s hilarious that anyone is predicting product success based on what is essentially a first gen dev kit.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I think it’s hilarious that anyone is predicting product success based on what is essentially a first gen dev kit.

It's strange to read that from you given the fact that looking over this thread, you have been a cheerleader for its success even stating you would be interested in a next-gen release.

We were all hoping Apple would have success with this product and I don't think it's a stretch to say that we had anticipated we would all eventually own one of these.

With reports that Apple *MAY* not continue developing this product for future release, I am wondering if it will essentially become a bricked device that the company ceases to support.

 

[DaveF]

I think it’s hilarious that anyone is predicting product success based on what is essentially a first gen dev kit.

I assume that by “anyone” you mean “Apple” or “Tim Cook”?

 

[DaveF]

The billion dollar question is whether Apple considers the AVP an Apple Watch or an Apple Touchbar?

 

[Sam Posten]

With reports that Apple *MAY* not continue developing this product for future release, I am wondering if it will essentially become a bricked device that the company ceases to support.

It’s exactly this speculation that’s weird to me. Thinking Vision as a future product line is in any way affected by the sales figures on v1 doesn’t make any sense to me. Apple is in no way unaware of the device’s limitations. Apple is in no way unaware of the price barrier. Apple is in no way scared of limited sales. Apple has never put out perfect v1s, Apple grinds.

 

[Robert Saccone]

I also recall hearing somewhere or reading that there wasn’t supposed to be a hardware update that would be at a lower price for potentially 2 years.

 

[DaveF]

Rumors of cheaper model and speculation on timeline were part of original rumors. New rumors I think are that cheaper hardware is looking threatened.