iqatedo

JP234 said:

iqatedo said:

I'm 67 and use 6 categories of Apple products every day. VisionPro would be brilliant for older generations and I'd buy it at launch (likely 18 months or more in my location). However, this device must find relevance with older customers as population demographics move to a much less heavily weighted base (age group) to more of an inverted pyramid. What is most important for my generation and above though is activity. We must remain active - this is one of the prime drivers of better health. If VisionPro can be incorporated into some form of versatile movement regime then it would provide very good value at any price. I am a road cyclist and can ride with friends all over the world on immersive, stationary bikes that provide sensory feedback. I can only imagine what it would be like to wear a VisionPro in such circumstances and for the sceptical, an Australian cyclist won at least one stage in each of two of the world's premier cycling races, the Vuelta a Espãna in Spain and this year's Giro de'italia in Italy after having been picked up by a team based entirely on his performance in what is known as the Zwift Academy (https://www.alpecin-deceuninck.com/news/zwift-academy), purely stationary racing (and some of the most demanding I have attempted). 

There is so much more to this story. Apple is onto a winner with VisionPro.

I'm 72, and I'm thinking about your health benefit comment. But I wouldn't want that thing bouncing on my head while I exercise. Sure would like to see some of the newest movie releases on it, though! Theaters these days are WAY too loud for my wife and I, and the millennials and Z'ers don't know who to behave in public. Neither do their children.

As a fellow roadie, I've seen what those pros go through in training and testing, with and without headsets. Not for me anymore. At our age, we should be out for the fun of it, and not worrying about performance metrics. I even took my Catseye computer off the bike because I kept looking at it. And who knew there were indigo buntings, bobolinks,  Baltimore Orioles and yellow-shafted flickers flying right in front of me all the time!

Agree with you entirely. Just happens that I like competition but more important is enjoyment, which will keep us going and healthy. I guess the thrust of my post was that oldies could be a valuable market for this technology.

I'm 67 and use 6 categories of Apple products every day. VisionPro would be brilliant for older generations and I'd buy it at launch (likely 18 months or more in my location). However, this device must find relevance with older customers as population demographics move to a much less heavily weighted base (age group) to more of an inverted pyramid. What is most important for my generation and above though is activity. We must remain active - this is one of the prime drivers of better health. If VisionPro can be incorporated into some form of versatile movement regime then it would provide very good value at any price. I am a road cyclist and can ride with friends all over the world on immersive, stationary bikes that provide sensory feedback. I can only imagine what it would be like to wear a VisionPro in such circumstances and for the sceptical, an Australian cyclist won at least one stage in each of two of the world's premier cycling races, the Vuelta a Espãna in Spain and this year's Giro de'italia in Italy after having been picked up by a team based entirely on his performance in what is known as the Zwift Academy (https://www.alpecin-deceuninck.com/news/zwift-academy), purely stationary racing (and some of the most demanding I have attempted). 

There is so much more to this story. Apple is onto a winner with VisionPro.

I heard Craig use the word 'transformer' twice (might have been thrice) 

Xed said:

I'm watching the Platforms State of the Union video...

Do you have a link to that? Apologies if it is plainly evident somewhere.

My view:

This is an outstanding device - well done Apple.

The VisionPro pushes up against physical boundaries in areas such as optics, semiconductor architectures including those relevant to displays, processing and power management and laughs at them in ways only Apple (and to a similar extent, Tesla) can. This in a first generation device. Amazing.

Here though is my main concern:

I hope that Apple can become completely vertically integrated. Any conflict involving China, even if the US and allies don't become directly involved, is likely to destroy Apple's manufacturing model for some time at least. I'm interested in thoughts on whether Apple could manufacture on home soil right down to optics milling, chip fabbing and board and display fabrication.

Thoughts?