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  • Vision Pro prescription lenses to start at $300, guesses Gurman

    KierkegaardenKierkegaarden
    beowulfschmidt said:
    Given that there are multiple companies right now making prescription inserts for all major headsets for less than $100 (much less if all you want is the prescription, and none of the other stuff some of them offer), and that there didn't to be anything special about the Apple headset that would preclude a non-Apple product (many of the existing ones already use magnetic couplers), $300-600 seems...excessive.

    So that leads me to one of three major suppositions:
    • Gurnman is an idiot who didn't do any kind of market research before making this claim, and Apple will price them competitively.
    • Apple is too stupid to have already read the market.
    • Apple is doing the "Apple Thing" and supposing that people will pay extra just for the Apple name.
    I'll provisionally go with the first.
    First supposition.  A person can pick up a good quality prescription lenses for $300 on the low end, but these are individually cut to a unique frame.  These lenses will all be the same shape, so they should be able to be efficiently produced.
    watto_cobra

  • As you may expect, the internet already says that Apple's headset is doomed, apparently

    KierkegaardenKierkegaarden
    If someone isn’t interested in the concept of VR or AR, that is fine.  But anyone who gives their opinion on a product based on the design, features, or price of a product before those details are even known is an absolute moron.

    The internet has allowed morons to share their moronic thoughts with others.  The ones that listen turn into morons themselves.  This is the real pandemic — welcome to the internet:  home of the moron flu.
    9secondkox2JapheywilliamlondonBart Y

  • Apple is accelerating hiring efforts for generative AI engineers

    KierkegaardenKierkegaarden
    Important distinction, as they have been hiring in this area for years.  OpenAI started in 2015 — does anyone think that they were not on anyone’s radar until just recently?
    byronl

  • Apple's headset success depends on ecosystem integration

    KierkegaardenKierkegaarden
    The product has not been released yet — so why does this article state that it is “priced at $3000”?  Pathetic writing.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Nearly every Apple top exec is working on the AR headset

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    This article comes just days after one claiming that executives are distracting themselves from the project.  I think the secrecy around the project has prevented any real information from being leaked, and stories are being created to make up for this — it’s all fiction.  Only a small team inside Apple knows what it will look like, what it will cost, and what the UI/UX will be.  I think they will move a minimum 10m units in the first full year, and the only limitation will be manufacturing capacity.
    watto_cobra