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Could this be a cautionary tale for another recently turned VR-maker tech giant?

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[–] Ganondorf@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

they're the only ones still currently pushing mainstream VR tech forwards

The cost of the Apple headset is insane. I'm really curious to see how well it sells, but Apple product sales are always hard to predict.

[–] atocci@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like the cost alone pushes it out of the mainstream tech category. It's not even in the same product class as the Quest Pro, let alone the Quest 2 or 3. Even if it sells well, I don't think it will bring more development to affordable headsets.

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Apple's apparently also targeting cheaper headsets but not at first. I'm real curious what those would price out at and what kind of compromises that will come with compared to the higher end stuff they're making.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It's cheap for what it is. High resolution (lower than Vision Pro) VR headsets are already expensive. Just the display from someone else is probably $2K. No one else can pass through the real world in full resolution/color with hyper low latency, either, and all that's before being a full fledged computer of capability.

It's not the mass market version, but the pricing is aggressive for the hardware.