Apple Vision Pro

Discussions revolve around Apple's Vision Pro headset, debating its potential as a revolutionary 'iPhone moment' in spatial computing versus criticisms of it being overpriced, half-baked, or inferior to competitors like Meta Quest.

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Flankk Jan 5, 2022 View on HN

VR headset. Apple hasn't changed the world since the iPhone. It's time.

xnx Oct 29, 2024 View on HN

Apple Vision Pro would probably accomplish this

fnord77 Jun 22, 2023 View on HN

apple vision pro isn't an iphone momentwe're still at the apple newton stagemaybe in 10 years we'll be there

SirHound Jan 24, 2024 View on HN

This VR headset isn’t but I think spatial computing will be. IMO this Vision Pro wasn’t meant to be a big seller but a way of taking a research project into an iterative production process. The first iPhone was shit too, same with Apple Watch, and this is far more complex than either. Now it’s time to crank the price/performance/manufacturing.

Almondsetat Aug 19, 2025 View on HN

From Apple's point of view, Apple Vision (Pro) is the ultimate platform. That's why I think they were so convinced in developing it. If VR/AR headsets follow the same transition we had between the first gigantic mobile phones of thw 80s and the pocketable ones of the 2000s, I could seriously see Apple throwing out all their consumer lineup (phone, watch, ipad, macbook) and only have a Vision device. This would solve all the problems regarding different experiences.

nntwozz Jul 14, 2023 View on HN

Maybe Apple Vision Pro (sometime in the future)?

sleepybrett Nov 28, 2023 View on HN

Apple vision pro to the rescue ;)

yalogin Aug 24, 2024 View on HN

Unknowingly you made the perfect argument against the Vision Pro. What you described is a VR experience which is precisely what apple set out not to do. They wanted an MR device and MR experiences. So if an immersive experience is what you want a cheap device will deliver it over time as the hardware catches up

talldayo Sep 17, 2024 View on HN

> The Vision Pro is literally mind blowing.Mind-blowingly stupid? I used an Oculus Rift DK2 in 2014; the fact that Apple could brute-force a similar product with no market fit and slightly more "magic" in it hasn't impressed me the slightest. Add in the fact that it's slower than an iPad and costs as much as a used car and the thing is dead-on-arrival. Meta ate Apple's lunch with $500 headsets and Valve dominated the high-end with better controllers and software fo

smoldesu Mar 15, 2024 View on HN

They definitely underplay it - Meta is big on services, selling people a quest for sideloading or Blu-Ray streaming probably threatens their bottom line. Hard to blame them when the hardware costs the same as a Switch though. At the price Apple is asking (and the hardware margins they enjoy), I'd expect more capabilities than just spatialized iOS. I'm not sure the Apple customers in my life would buy a Vision Pro even if it was the same price as an iPhone.> the global mind