I financed a little over $3,900 for the 256GB version of the headset.
Financed. LOL. Imagine taking out a small loan for this.
Being a tech reporter is one of the small areas I understand someone buying one of these, but why on earth isn’t the verge paying that for him?
Because the verge wasn’t stupid enough to buy into that insanity. The Verge.
Tech reporting is difficult in the gadget sphere - but in reporting chances are you know someone who has it. Network a bit. Borrow it and do a full review after you publish a piece that maybe discusses the product beforehand so you don’t miss the initial clicks. Or better still - maybe publish a piece on why you didn’t think it prudent to finance 4k for a product that the manufacturer doesn’t know what to do with.
Wasn’t there a return window? I’d imagine that’d be enough to do a review
Honestly I don’t know. Based on reviews I know that at least part of the product is ‘sized’ for your face. I know they say scanned but realistically it’s a base measurement of your eyes and maybe a few values to pick one of the premade face gaskets. I wouldn’t put it past apple to hit you 20% restock less the ‘custom’ parts. So 6-700 bucks to write a review?
Because he’s an idiot?
The author obviously thought the value was worth it when he made the purchase. Now he’s sad that others think it’s worth less than he paid? So for him the perceived value of his purchase is based on what other people think, which is pretty sad. Then he does this self-depreciating write up about the experience, calling himself a fool.
Spend your money how you want, but don’t let other people’s opinions determine how you feel about it. You’ll get no sympathy from me, bud.
Some background on me, I’m a IT geek, I love technology, I love VR, not a huge fan of apple. I couldn’t understand the use case for the Vision Pro, especially given battery life and other odd little limitations. The hardware sounded absolutely amazing, some incredible features, but Apple really wanted to distance the headset from VR, and instead was pushing this weird idea that you’d just sit and use the head in an Augmented Reality style interface for their eco system. Imagine wearing this thing during your child’s first birthday in order to capture a 3d video.
It’s a shame, but it’s a solution looking for a problem. If they would have leaned hard into the incredible hardware to be a killer VR headset too, that may have helped a little bit. But as everyone else is saying… I’m not surprised by this outcome.
it’s a solution looking for a problem.
That’s basically the story of Apple in the last decade or so. They create a “solution”, realize it doesn’t actually solve anything, and then they break some other things to make their solution actually work.
So I’m anticipating that the next iPhone won’t have a screen unless viewed through a Vision Pro.
If there was shit to do, even first gen trash would have kept the hard core “gamer” but it was a tech demo. There are a few experiences that are pretty decent and i don’t think they would work in apple’s so you are stuck doing apple shit with a fucking goggles.
One day…
Oh no who could have seen this coming?!
Lots of people have overspent on the promise of various VR devices over the years.
I think of all the omnidirectional treadmills that must be collecting dust, for instance.
Or various Pimax HMDs… Or everyone who had their preorder fee taken by the Decagear people.
It’s still early for all of this, but it won’t be going away. This modern era of VR started ~10 years ago.
i feel attacked
It’s used. You always take a loss on used hardware unless it’s scalping because it’s impossible to get new.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
I paid a lot of money for the privilege of getting an Apple Vision Pro brand-new in February.
A day or so ago, I made a mistake that I’m sure many early adopters are familiar with: I looked up how much it’s been selling for on eBay.
On Wednesday, a 1TB Vision Pro, complete with all the included gear, Apple’s fluffy $200 travel case, $500 AppleCare Plus, and claimed to have been “worn maybe about an hour” sold for $3,200 after 21 bids.
Another eBay listing, this one with my headset’s configuration (but sans optical inserts) went for just $2,600 — again with most, if not all, of the included accessories.
Apple’s pricing doesn’t help matters, especially when the next closest competing headset — the Meta Quest 3 — is just $500.
I like the Vision Pro plenty — maybe more than any other writer at The Verge — but if I hadn’t missed the return window, I would send mine right back to Apple in a heartbeat just so I could get one of these deals.
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