I agree with you on the upside potential: so many interesting Use Cases. Most of the viable ones, however, are NOT “do the same thing you already do, but in VR. “ for example: already-boring meetings are NOT better in VR. But hosting a conference for astrophysics on the rings of Saturn? Now you’re talking!
I’d intended to get one, but am concerned Gen 1 Apple Vision Pro is going to be just migraine-inducingly heavy in an unbalanced way.
Background: I’ve had every Oculus/Quest headset since 2016 starting with the Oculus PC Rift, including the Quest Pro, and currently have a Quest 3 with a Bobo VR halo-style strap and 3x batteries for rotation. I find the Quest 3 with battery on the back of the headset to be the most comfortable, neutral-weighted, and most capable headset I’ve ever owned. Whole setup for 256GB Quest + plus Bobo headstrap and spare batteries is just under $1k US, so less than 1/3 of the Apple VP price for effectively all-day usage.
I’ll be very interested in your take @Ian and others, once you get your hands on the Apple Vision Pro: I think the Gen 1 has a lot of early learning to incorporate before Apple gets to a good product. I’m expecting the Gen 1 VP to be similar to the iPhone 1: lots of potential, but lots of gaps. The iPhone and its ecosystem didn’t really become good until the iPhone 3, in my opinion. Early iPhones were a necessary step to mature the product, but were closer to for-pay market experiments that you could buy into to participate in the learning.
I agree with you on the upside potential: so many interesting Use Cases. Most of the viable ones, however, are NOT “do the same thing you already do, but in VR. “ for example: already-boring meetings are NOT better in VR. But hosting a conference for astrophysics on the rings of Saturn? Now you’re talking!
I’d intended to get one, but am concerned Gen 1 Apple Vision Pro is going to be just migraine-inducingly heavy in an unbalanced way.
Background: I’ve had every Oculus/Quest headset since 2016 starting with the Oculus PC Rift, including the Quest Pro, and currently have a Quest 3 with a Bobo VR halo-style strap and 3x batteries for rotation. I find the Quest 3 with battery on the back of the headset to be the most comfortable, neutral-weighted, and most capable headset I’ve ever owned. Whole setup for 256GB Quest + plus Bobo headstrap and spare batteries is just under $1k US, so less than 1/3 of the Apple VP price for effectively all-day usage.
I’ll be very interested in your take @Ian and others, once you get your hands on the Apple Vision Pro: I think the Gen 1 has a lot of early learning to incorporate before Apple gets to a good product. I’m expecting the Gen 1 VP to be similar to the iPhone 1: lots of potential, but lots of gaps. The iPhone and its ecosystem didn’t really become good until the iPhone 3, in my opinion. Early iPhones were a necessary step to mature the product, but were closer to for-pay market experiments that you could buy into to participate in the learning.