Tech Bros Are Returning Their Vision Pros and Keeping Receipts
Tech Bros Are Returning Their Vision Pros and Keeping Receipts
“I returned my Apple Vision Pro. Here’s why,” stories have flooded the internet with tragic tales of regret and sore faces.
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if it wasn't $4k that would probably convince many to keep it to wait/see. Even for the average
apple fan that's a chunk of change. That's used car money, for anyone that's not making like $70k+.But also I FUCKING KNEW they wouldn't magically fix the comfort issues. I've used VR, it is not enjoyable for most people to be in for hours on end. the tech will get better but I just don't know who's asking for this lol
I just don't know who's asking for this lol
My theory is that this was thought up by a bunch of bougie executives during the metaverse craze as a productivity tool, but the engineers werent able to turn around a product fast enough to hit the market before everyone realized that VR actually sucks ass for productivity.
Does it? It seems like it would be very very good for productivity
No not at all. I tried Minecraft in VR once, thinking that it would be a game changer. It was, just not in the way that I had hoped.
Imagine having the absolute precision of a mouse and keyboard that you've been using your entire life just taken away from you, and then having to rely on tapping on things in a virtual space that aren't even physically there. Then add in so much nausea that you're constantly on the verge of projectile vomiting. In fact, there was a high-speed motorcyle VR racing game that I played for exactly 18 minutes before I ripped off my headset, ran to the bathroom and instantly puked because of the nausea.
That is VR.
It's the same thing as sea-sickness basically. When your eyes are seeing something that does not line up with what your body is physically experiencing, you're gonna have a bad time.
I'm more imagining replacing my monitors with a VR headset and coding with a real physical keyboard and mouse. Infinite monitor space, less desk space potentially intuitive UI to move around dev tools. That's the use case I see for corporate America and if they start replacing my $500 monitors, my desk space and my 2k laptop with a $3500 headset, I can see that happening. Also I have a cheap M1 laptop.
that sounds like it would probably go poorly.
They deliberately gave it a less comfortable strap than most existing headsets for aesthetics
They might have really made a certain level of bank if they were somehow able to have even gotten the current version out a little bit before COVID forced people home. Could have been a good grift for schools (mainly private ones with money) and companies not having to send so much office stuff to peoples homes. Now the comfort thing is and will always be an issue to various levels. But the hype puff pieces would have moved units. Just like so many other weird things got sold and used by people to feel more "normal."
anyone that's not making like $70k+.
I mean if you make 70k pre-tax then buying this is like 8% of your annual income
I meant that specifically in regards to how much someone making 70k+ might spend on a car. Not that dropping $4k on an apple vision is a drop in the bucket at that income, just that people making that kind of money are more likely to have a $7-10k+ used car, or a newer or leased car with payments.