Apple Vision Pro
Robert Guerrero 
Retailing for $3.5k these 'augmented reality' head sets are going to be the ultimate status symbol. But will we all look like assholes wearing them?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 21, 2024 6:03 PM |
I'd definitely wear it at home alone. Any other time seems weird and hostile. Maybe a plane...
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 5, 2023 9:18 PM |
Available early next year, apparently.
Looks quite polished, but I'll still wait until it's fifth gen before I decide whether to purchase it or not. And it definitely won't be from Apple because I have none of their products and I don't want to be locked into their ecosystem.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 5, 2023 9:21 PM |
Looks like amazing technology but I’ll wait. $3500 isn’t a total deal breaker for me (still though) but my main concern is that a full “ecosystem” develops (apps/games) before I plunk down that kind of money.
What if it flops and you have a $355 headset that only works with a handful of apps? At least the Quest is only $300, so if Meta pulls the plug I wouldn’t get that upset.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 5, 2023 9:27 PM |
This is the future. Everyone in their own little world behind some goggles. It is cool technology though.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 5, 2023 9:34 PM |
Just as the iPad has become the parents tool to shut their kids up, this will be the next thing. Dakota if you don't eat your din dins then I'm taking your Vision Pro off you.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 5, 2023 9:50 PM |
I don't even have the Apple watch and I don't plan to get it. No, I am not interested in getting this Vision Pro.
I do have an old iPhone, an old iPad, and an old iMac, though.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 5, 2023 10:36 PM |
I would love it if the tech progressed to what they had in the book (not movie) of Ready Player One.
I won't be buying this any time soon. But, where Apple goes, Samsung, Sony, and Google follow...at substantially lower prices.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 5, 2023 10:39 PM |
WANT.
But I'll wait a generation or two for the technology to mature and the inevitable 50% price decline.
I can slum it with my Oculus until then, and use the extra money to treat myself to food and shelter
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 5, 2023 10:46 PM |
[quote]But I'll wait a generation or two for the technology to mature and the inevitable 50% price decline.
Agreed. There were huge jumps in the technology in just three years from the original iPhone (2007) to iPhone 3G and 3GS to iPhone 4 (2010).
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 5, 2023 10:50 PM |
No, you'll look totally cool like this guy 🙄
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 5, 2023 10:57 PM |
[quote] Retailing for $3.5k these 'augmented reality' head sets are going to be the ultimate status symbol.
Oh honey, absolutely [italic]no.[/italic]
What is wrong with you? You must not be an actual gay man.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 5, 2023 11:00 PM |
I can already see some perky fucking gayling creating a DL thread a couple of decades from now, asking how we eldergays possibly survived without these. Google Glass and Facebook's Meta have both failed spectacularly, but I just get that inevitability vibe from this product after watching the video. VR and AI seemed like such distant prospects not that long ago, but they seem to finally have arrived, roughly at the same time.
r5 And the opposite as well, as in "Dakota, mommy's busy being in a better place right now" as she's lying next to a hunk on a virtual beach in Barbados for those glorious twenty minutes a day.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 5, 2023 11:00 PM |
There already was something like this, maybe 15 years ago. It was called "Glass" or something like that. I can't remember if it was an Apple product.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 5, 2023 11:01 PM |
It was Google Glass, R14. 10 years ago
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 5, 2023 11:12 PM |
Google glass was a very different product.
It was more of cell phone in the form of glasses (including the camera). Most importantly, they looked very much like normal glasses. Anyone could be recording at any time with them and you wouldn't know (which isn't really that different from a cell phone now really).
It was one of the reasons Snapchat made their glasses so ... whatever. They have a light on when they were recording and are so distinctive looking.
[quote]Google Glass and Facebook's Meta have both failed spectacularly
I would not consider the Quest a failure. It doesn't sell like hotcakes, but they are on their 3rd version so clearly Meta is making money. I have one, and there are some things (Beatsaber, 360 degree Youtube videos, a rollercoaster ride, etc.) I really enjoy.
I would imagine with the M2 processor, Apple has taken this to the next level, so VR/AR may have arrived.
I also had never considered the monitor replacement angle. Apple's headset is a 4K display of ANY size that can work with your Mini/Studio. A premium 32 inch 4K display can be almost $3K by itself. And you can have multiple monitors.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 6, 2023 12:30 AM |
I could only see myself watching movies or streaming services with them.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 6, 2023 12:41 AM |
I actually can’t wait to try them out.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 6, 2023 12:42 AM |
I have watched VR Sex videos with my Oculus and it is amazing. I feel just like I am laying down while the gorgeous man is mounting me. Takes my breath away.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 6, 2023 12:53 AM |
I'm genuinely concerned R20 is NOT trolling.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 6, 2023 1:02 AM |
No one's wearing this on the street. That's not what it's for.
And yes, VR porn is fucking goated.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 6, 2023 1:03 AM |
For $3500 you should get a year of free lube
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 6, 2023 1:07 AM |
R20 is right, R21. Genuinely lost my mind the first time I tried it, though you do get desensitized fast.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 6, 2023 1:09 AM |
[quote]But will we all look like assholes wearing them?
Oh yes. 100%.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 6, 2023 1:17 AM |
R25 Get over yourself. VR/AR headsets aren't even a new thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 6, 2023 1:26 AM |
Here is a sample of Gay VR Porn. You won't be able to see the 3D experience, but you can see what happens.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 6, 2023 1:28 AM |
What about the ppl who wear glasses already ?
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | June 6, 2023 1:29 AM |
^^^ You can get prescription inserts.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 6, 2023 1:31 AM |
R27 Nah, you definitely want POV, and you absolutely want the guy fucking you to keep talking directly into your ears. The aural experience is arguably even crazier than the visual.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 6, 2023 1:33 AM |
Yes, vr porn on the meta is truly insane. Pair it with poppers, and even more so. I can only guess itll be even better on this Apple thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | June 6, 2023 1:45 AM |
As Scott Galloway likes to say, no one puts anything on their face that makes them less attractive to mates.
As we saw with Google Glass, these things just identify people as nerds.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 6, 2023 1:51 AM |
Its about damn time. I've been waiting all my life for this stuff, and I'm not getting any younger...
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | June 6, 2023 1:51 AM |
I have an Oculus and porn is shocking on it. You are seeing through the eyes of the victim. In virtual reality, I was the passive bottom and you can see this man mount you. If you have ever had this experience you will know what I mean. Sensory overload kicks in and it can go either way, good or bad. It really is intense and I had to rip the thing off my head and take some breaths. It was scary.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | June 6, 2023 2:29 AM |
R36 What scenes did you watch? Sounds a lot more intense than anything I've seen.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | June 6, 2023 2:34 AM |
No. I want off this planet or this version of reality. This is dystopia.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | June 6, 2023 4:15 AM |
r17 You're grossly misinformed. Meta is not making money. In fact, the situation is so bad, Zuckerberg has started pouring his own money into it.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | June 6, 2023 4:17 AM |
[quote]What scenes did you watch?
I'm guessing "Dawson's 50-Load Weekend."
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | June 6, 2023 4:58 AM |
[quote]But will we all look like assholes wearing them?
That's never bothered an Apple user before.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | June 6, 2023 5:35 AM |
As someone who actually uses VR things without a headset (VRChat), I have to say that Apple is going to struggle to market this overly-engineered headset. In a world of $300 Oculus Quests and various other headsets that are much cheaper, the Apple headset offers no real social or major game features that would entice serious VR enthusiasts. It's much more a lifestyle device and in my opinion, this clunky first-gen design should only be for software developers. $3.5k is my budget for an ENTIRE new high-end PC. Not something that I can watch YouTube videos and read DL with, not much else it can do. At least with the gaming PC, I can do a whole lot more with VR and AI "machine learning" capabilities. I'll be around when you can get one for $500.
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | June 6, 2023 10:40 AM |
R36 is the definition of MARY!
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | June 6, 2023 12:19 PM |
Apple assholes will just have to have one.
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | June 6, 2023 12:47 PM |
R42, I’m sure that Apple will struggle a bit, but so far, they’ve always been able to overcome them and deliver a superior product and from what I’ve seen, this product is quite an advance in development beyond other similar products. But i do want to confirm that by trying one out when it’s issued. I am going to wait a few years however, I haven’t seen evidence that the gaming world and other developers have been able to develop many apps for it.
R44 it isn’t just Apple assholes. For those who can easily afford it, it’s going to be a status symbol to have one. The rich will buy them, of that I’m sure.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | June 6, 2023 1:31 PM |
You just recruited a1,000 Dataloungers to Oculus, [R36].
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | June 6, 2023 1:55 PM |
Not impressed. Looks like a failure in the making.
Apple fanboys will rush out to buy one. But normal people will look at the price tag and pass.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | June 6, 2023 3:47 PM |
R47, it will not be a failure. And it won’t be just Apple fan boys who will buy this. It’s what Apple does best—take an idea already being worked on, engineer it for maximum bells and whistles, and sell it for a lot of bucks.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | June 6, 2023 3:50 PM |
Everyone yammering on about VR porn reminds me of Demolition Man, which is something I’d have never anticipated. Wasn’t there a scene where Sandy’s character said people only got off using VR?
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | June 6, 2023 3:56 PM |
Oculus is a failure at a fraction of the price.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | June 6, 2023 6:20 PM |
R50, these things are the future… there will be a lot of failures along the way, but this is 100 percent where the industry is going, and someone will hit the market at the right time with the right device and make a ton of money. Maybe it’s Apple, maybe it’s someone else. It’s inevitable.
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | June 6, 2023 6:23 PM |
I saw the rollout video yesterday and I thought the users looked clunky, stupid and navel gazing , even though Apple is trying hard to make them look cool and the users approachable, which, let's face it, they don't. You've got this humungous headset on that looks like a nightmare and special needs, and you are all wrapped up in yourself. Why would your family try to talk to you or you make dinner and chat using it? Plus, I've gotta say I think this is gonna fuck with people's minds. Replay memories like that? What if you get stuck in wanting the VR and not reality, like after a breakup or death of a loved one?
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | June 6, 2023 6:27 PM |
Cue the cross fit bros all sporting 3500 dollar apple vr head sets. "Dude. Do you even Apple bro?"
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | June 6, 2023 7:30 PM |
[quote] Here is a sample of Gay VR Porn. You won't be able to see the 3D experience, but you can see what happens.
I don't have a VR headset. Can you tell me what happens in this film and how it ends?
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | June 6, 2023 7:35 PM |
R52, I was talking to a friend of mine and I said I could totally see people having a conversation through those things, while sitting next to each other.
What will happen is what has happened with everyone and their iPhones—except 10 times over. People will be sucked into them, like r52 pointed out. It will become an addiction just like phones—probably more so.
I think I’m buying more Apple stock.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | June 6, 2023 7:42 PM |
I’m interested in it because I actually like my oculus but hate a few things about it, which Apple seems to have worked out. Namely, I had how you have to create a play area to use the oculus. As best as I can tell, you can move freely with this one. I also hate how you go completely blind to your surroundings with oculus, whereas this one you can see through it if you choose. Still not planning on buying Gen 1, but can see myself buying Gen 2.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | June 6, 2023 7:50 PM |
R36 You might have to wait a while because I don't think these are meant to be updated every year.
I'm waiting for a sanely priced mass market model, which is probably many years away.
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | June 6, 2023 8:00 PM |
R47/R49 None of these companies expect to make a profit off of these early models, but you need a product out there to build a customer base & continuously improve the technology.
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | June 6, 2023 8:04 PM |
I'm glad you have $3k just burning in your pocket for a first-generation gadget, R60!
| by Anonymous | reply 61 | January 20, 2024 9:08 PM |
To think some DLers may have paid double for an actual Apple computer….
| by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 20, 2024 9:26 PM |
I'm so getting one of these babies.
| by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 20, 2024 9:28 PM |
R61 & R63 Me too! :high-five:
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 21, 2024 5:43 PM |
I'm going for the total asshole look myself!
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 21, 2024 6:03 PM |
[QUOTE] Cue the cross fit bros all sporting 3500 dollar apple vr head sets. "Dude. Do you even Apple bro?"
No, that will happen in a few years when they’re $1500 and half the size and weight, R53.
| by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 21, 2024 6:03 PM |
