that was some real future shit

if you don't follow vr/ar tech, you really have no idea how insane that hardware is i was kind of shocked it was $3500 because that actually feels kind of cheap

Looks amazing, but I’m interested in the use-case that justifies normal consumers to consider buying this at that price point. But maybe that’s not what they’re going for at all.

This isn't a product for normal consumers. This is Apple selling a vision (pun intended) of the future, not a product. Whales and Apple fanboys will buy Gen 1 but Gen 1 isn't meant to move units.

I’m just here for the communal whiplash after everyone download Unity3D, open it, and go “…wat”

Unity and Unreal are cool as hell. I wish we had tools that powerful for software design

I agree! And once you grog Unity's mental model it's kinda ridiculous how advanced a game engine is vs. a vector drawing program-ish with Figma. But I also remember coming from Sketch + 2D and opening Unity, and having no clue what was going on in it

You'll see (slightly) more cost effective Vision hardware ~2 yrs after this one releases and then a budget version ~2 yrs after that. The lead up time and early announce is all to help convince the public that they want to put this on their face.

I agree with your points but I think this category still needs to go through a big evolution. Something you put on your face is not comparable to other wearables. As it is, the value proposition needs to be gigantic to offset the awkwardness.

I think awkwardness is a much larger detractor here than price. I look at Meta with Meta Quest, a much cheaper device (less than 10% of the Vision price), that has sold over 20 mil units, has a bunch of very cool apps, and still has not managed mass adoption.