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Silicon Mage Only Apple can sell over 2 Billion dollars worth of product and have it be considered a failure. Reply
JeffreyP55 Silicon Mage said: Only Apple can sell over 2 Billion dollars worth of product and have it be considered a failure. Selling 600k units is not up to iPoop's standards of unloading 100's of million iPhones. Sorry 600k folks, gotta go! Reply
thesyndrome This is exactly what I thought would happen as soon as it was announced. VR for gaming makes sense as a niche product, but VR for productivity makes very little sense at all. Just as Meta thought VR would overtake online meetings but didn't take into consideration that wearing a bulky and expensive headset doesn't offer any tangible advantage for the purpose of a meeting that can't be done over a Teams/Zoom/Meet call with a significantly cheaper webcam, Apple seemed to think that people were desperate to get rid of keyboards, mice, or touchscreens for something that costs about 100X more. To be honest I'm surprised to hear they sold 600K units, but I guess those are the same people who buy every single new iphone, imac, and macbook release, regardless of if there's any actual noticeable improvement over the previous model. Reply
-Fran- While its price is definitely high, it did come with the specs to match. The amount of processing prowess and the overall experience, from all I've read and watched in reviews I should say, has been really positive about it for the people that is into these types of devices and experiences. For those who bought into the idea and adapted to it, I understand they're proper "enjoyers" of it. My main reference point is SadlyItsBradley with his very detailed experiences on usage and whatnot. I have no friends who bought into it, since all of them, including me, have already bought into Valve's ecosystem with the Index, so had no "need" for this device for our intended uses (games and casual XR). It's sad to see this device being sunset, but I can confidently say it definitely left a mark. Good or bad, time will tell, but definitely one for the tech history books. Regards. Reply
abufrejoval thesyndrome said: This is exactly what I thought would happen as soon as it was announced. VR for gaming makes sense as a niche product, but VR for productivity makes very little sense at all. Just as Meta thought VR would overtake online meetings but didn't take into consideration that wearing a bulky and expensive headset doesn't offer any tangible advantage for the purpose of a meeting that can't be done over a Teams/Zoom/Meet call with a significantly cheaper webcam, Apple seemed to think that people were desperate to get rid of keyboards, mice, or touchscreens for something that costs about 100X more. To be honest I'm surprised to hear they sold 600K units, but I guess those are the same people who buy every single new iphone, imac, and macbook release, regardless of if there's any actual noticeable improvement over the previous model. Same here, which had me wonder how much I could have asked for that good advice… Unfortunately they might have just sold more iPhones seemingly going along with the newest fad without a clear vision of how to turn that into value… And that has me think, that they might have done the same with the Apple Car and Apple AI: playing along, even if they never believed they could develop a competitive offer! The Fruity Cult after all sells illusions or even delusions ("the next big thing"), so in that vein any lack of enthusiasm for the newest fad (or downright opposition) wouldn't do: they just have to look interested and part of the party, no matter what! Reply
ekio Nothing prevents them from making an improved V2!! But they prefer to keep selling the crappy v1 with its dated specs/crazy price forever and moan people don’t buy it enough…. Reply
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