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It’ll be niche until the price drops considerably, which likely won’t be for another generation or two. I have to say, though, I’m very, very intrigued by it. It frankly looks awesome.

Since the mobile web and app ecosystem has already been enshittified, I have some hopes that VR takes longer to enshittify.

horrifying

No

So I was going to come in and give you a big "hell no", but since you mention subsequent products, I have to respond with more nuance. In my opinion, apple hasn't shown anything compelling enough to make any significant inroads, especially at the current price point.

BUT.

They did create a device that will allow people to start creating applications and experiences that will translate well when AR glasses are finally possible to produce. There is a potential first mover advantage given that apple will have a set of best practices and user feedback on everything that gets developed for the vision pro, and an ecosystem that may translate well to the first real AR devices. Having an actual all-day wearable AR device would be a real game changer that will ABSOLUTELY get widespread adoption.

The risk for apple is that the first (or more likely first several) generation(s) of AR glasses are not anywhere as capable from a technology perspective as the vision pro. For instance, the resolution maybe be substantially lower, or the FOV smaller, or the compute way less powerful because of the form factor. So the learnings may only be generally applicable from the vision pro, and all of the apps may need significant revisions to function well on their AR device.

I doubt it. That price is about 2k to high, and i just dont see vr being as big a thing as people make it seem. Sure gaming and maybe AR glasses for environment overlays like maps, nametags, and more info buttons.

Not any time soon, I expect this to be more of a prosumer grade product for the next 5-7 years but we will eventually see a standard and even a SE version for the general audience.

Probably not at first, but Apple has the momentum and the capital to basically force it through until it eventually does.

Absolutely not. Aside from the fact that it's a whopping $3500, it's a first gen product with a 2 hour battery (advertised, probably less in reality) and most of what was shown were gimmicks. Nobody's going to put on a bulky headset to record videos and browse the internet. If the Meta Quest couldn't break into the mainstream at less than fifth of the price, this won't.

The only reason for the insane hype is "it's Apple" but I think everyone knows AR headsets aren't ready for the public yet.

It reminds me of when people went insane over the Hololens. Granted, this is way more polished, but I see it going in a similar path.