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Apple Vision Pro followup expected to be a more affordable, cut-down model
InspiredCode said:Afarstar said:I *can* sorta imagine Apple offering a new and distinguishable "virtual computing device" of some sort; but not just a less capable, less expensive, AVP.In proper English it’s ’sort of’ not sorta.Won’t you Yankees ever learn?Powerful VR experiences closer to PC VR rigs may be limited to the pro.
The one certainty is that Apple will not make any compromises on the quality of the experience. Any "low cost model" will be at least as capable as the first version of the AVP, and Apple will focus on how the "Apple Vision" is a wonderful experience and the Apple Vision Pro is even better. -
Apple TV+ examines John Lennon's murder in new December series
AppleZulu said:Appleish said:The killer was able to transport the legally purchased gun from Hawaii to New York (where it was illegal), with the help of a law change that the NRA championed in the 60s. Today, mass shootings in schools and other public spaces are direct results of their lobbying in the decades since. The Senate found that the NRA acted as a 'foreign asset' to Russia before the 2016 election. The NRA is an anti-American terrorist group.Heck, we could also save billions from the Pentagon budget by getting rid of expensive guns and bullets and issuing a tactical spork to each service member.If you find that to be ridiculous, you’ll have to find some other reasoning that takes into account the fact that guns are among the most effective and efficient tools for killing people, and should thus be regulated with that fact always in mind. -
North Korean hackers combine malware to attack macOS
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Apple's smart ring technology may not be limited to fingers
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Sketchy report says 400,000 Apple Vision Pro units to ship initially, 10 million by 2026
For comparison, Microsoft's HoloLens apparently sold 50k units in the first two years (https://hololens.reality.news/news/we-may-finally-know-many-hololens-devices-microsoft-sold-its-revealing-peek-future-ar-0184481/) and ~300k units from initial release (in 2016) to the end of Q4 2022 (https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/275228/microsoft-hololens-300000-units-sold). The release version was US$3000 and version 2 (released in 2019) was US$3500 - these are base model prices only; more expensive versions are available.
The US military ordered a bunch of v2 devices; it's unclear whether those are included in the sales numbers above. Reportedly several users suffer from nausea when using the devices, which has probably affected demand.
We won't know for sure until the AVP is widely available, but nausea does not appear to be a problem. I think Apple will sell as many of these things as it can make, regardless of the initial price being widely viewed as "too high" for widespread adoption.