Apple has sold upwards of 200,000 Vision Pro headsets, MacRumors has learned from a source with knowledge of Apple's sales numbers. Apple began...

Apple Has Sold Approximately 200,000 Vision Pro Headsets::Apple has sold upwards of 200,000 Vision Pro headsets, MacRumors has learned from a source with knowledge of Apple’s sales numbers. Apple began…

    • @bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      How’s it any different than regular VR sets besides price? I don’t own any apple stuff besides an iPad for my kid, but outside of the absurd cost I don’t see the difference between this and the Index or something.

      • @RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0•1 year ago

        People like to find any reason to hate on Apple.

        And there are plenty of reasons to hate them, but just for releasing a product is very low on the list.

        Had HTC or Valve released this, there’d be constant praise on here.

  • @maniacal_gaff@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0•1 year ago

    I am insanely interested but the apple ecosystem sucks. I use a MacBook for work because it’s that or Windows, but good lord do i hate the closed source walled garden. Linux at home ftw.

      • @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
        0•1 year ago

        As someone who has to support MacOS desktop… It functionally is?

        Ok sure, it’s not as bad as Android or iOS, but it’s far from “anyone can simply download and run”

            • M137English
              0•1 year ago

              Yes, Counter-Strike is available for MacOS.

              • @stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
                0•1 year ago

                ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ not according to steam, but regardless there are literally thousands of games that do not run on Macs so still an ignorant statement

                • @porkchop@lemm.eeEnglish
                  0•1 year ago

                  I’m just curious of an example of a game or two you play that’s not available on Mac. There’s some newish tech that allows Macs to virtualize/emulate windows tech including DirectX 12. Not coming for you I’m just curious to test those waters.

                  (I don’t play computer games, sorry for not knowing)

        • @abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0•1 year ago

          Keep in mind they probably spent more than that amount of money on R&D / aqua-hiring.

          It’s a lot of money, but still not enough to be a commercially successful product for at least a few more years.

          • @Tangent5280@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0•1 year ago

            Over 700 million? I find that dubious. 700 million is a lot of money isnt it? Thats what I’d expect a tank or a jet to cost in R&D.

            • @stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
              0•1 year ago

              R&D for a jet or tank is significantly more. To not throw out nonsense some quick googling told me the R&D just for an upgrade of the Abrams tank (which is old) is $650m and the total R&D of the F22 jet over two decades was $32B…

    • @Bogasse@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      I’m not surprised so many would buy it, but it surprised we reached this number before the first reviews. That a brand new line of product and I’m not even sure what people will use it for 😶

      • maegul (he/they)English
        0•1 year ago

        Yea … I personally don’t get it … but people are down for it.

        The biggest example I’ve seen people excited about is office work … instead of screens it’s all just a VR. On which I’m expecting to see posts/blogs about why that doesn’t work too well in the long term. I just don’t see a big heavy thing on your face working out as a product. And while Apple may have done a lot of things well here, they haven’t gotten around that essential problem it seems (??) and may have jumped the gun here out of desparation to find new product markets. For me this is a 50/50 as their first major flop in a while (does homepod count?)

        • @SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0•1 year ago

          The first testers already said it was too heavy to use for more than an hour, and certainly could not use this for the entire work day. It’s certainly not a replacement for the current screens and desk.

          • @abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0•1 year ago

            Meh. Ride a bicycle for an hour, if you never do it, and your ass will hurt for days.

            Ride a bicycle once a week for a little while… and it’ll be perfectly comfortable no matter how long you sit on the seat. Your muscles will strengthen as necessary to compensate for the new load.

            • @thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.caEnglish
              0•1 year ago

              Or like take office chairs: Sit in one for a few hours, you might start to feel sore. But sit in one for 8 hours a day for like 3 years, and you’ll end up with excellent posture and limber hamstrings from all the practice you’ve gotten.

              Pretty sure that’s how it works, anyway.

              • @abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
                0•1 year ago

                Our necks are really strong. Far stronger than, for example, our arms or even our shoulders. In cultures that hadn’t invented the wheel, it was commonplace to carry heavy things with your neck. Your neck can carry loads similar to a wheel barrow, comfortably, all day long.

                I’d be a lot more worried about eye health than your neck.