My impression of the reviews so far is that people were very hyped for it, but that hype is dying down.
I don’t see anyone consistently carrying that huge case around every time they take an airplane, or use the headset for the single blown up monitor, and most people will probably watch TV shows and movies with others. Video calls is probably not a huge use case. Most of the games are flatscreen games and while impressive, usually the path with the less friction wins and putting on a headset is something that most people don’t enjoy. Immersive games and experiences are the only unique use case and it doesn’t seem like that’s a huge focus for Apple, at least now. I don’t see them adding controllers and without them gaming will be really limited.
So my guess would be that it’s going to stay a product line and slowly get more compelling over time, but it’s going to be a long time until this will be more than a niche product for Apple, if it ever manages to break out of this. I‘d guess only if it reaches a glasses form factor will it have a bigger main stream appeal. But that’s obviously all just guesses.
I play VR daily and I’m a big fan of Apple products, but most people are not into VR as much as I am and most of the problems and limitations are shared by the Vision Pro as well. The most important being friction and comfort and I don’t see that changing drastically anytime soon.
My impression of the reviews so far is that people were very hyped for it, but that hype is dying down.
I don’t see anyone consistently carrying that huge case around every time they take an airplane, or use the headset for the single blown up monitor, and most people will probably watch TV shows and movies with others. Video calls is probably not a huge use case. Most of the games are flatscreen games and while impressive, usually the path with the less friction wins and putting on a headset is something that most people don’t enjoy. Immersive games and experiences are the only unique use case and it doesn’t seem like that’s a huge focus for Apple, at least now. I don’t see them adding controllers and without them gaming will be really limited.
So my guess would be that it’s going to stay a product line and slowly get more compelling over time, but it’s going to be a long time until this will be more than a niche product for Apple, if it ever manages to break out of this. I‘d guess only if it reaches a glasses form factor will it have a bigger main stream appeal. But that’s obviously all just guesses.
I play VR daily and I’m a big fan of Apple products, but most people are not into VR as much as I am and most of the problems and limitations are shared by the Vision Pro as well. The most important being friction and comfort and I don’t see that changing drastically anytime soon.