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Apple hopes to convince people to buy its $3,500 Vision Pro headset using free 25-minute in-store demos::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Technology used to be more about solving a problem or making something difficult easier. This thing has no real use beyond "neat". But that Apple logo holds some very powerful magic for certain people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technology used to be more about solving a problem or making something difficult easier. This thing has no real use beyond "neat".

I guess you haven't been following the video game industry for the last half a century?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

No I have. Creating a product then finding a use is the very definition of cart before horse-ing. Marketing does most of the heavy lifting for getting people excited about crap they don't need, and Apple is the king of marketing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It replaces all your monitors for your workstation in a single portable device. That alone is worth it for a lot of people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you say so.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It replaced 1 single 4k Monitor. It can't do more than that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It replaces as many 4k monitors as you can fit in virtual space around you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You get one Mac Window. That's all it can support .

Everything else is "apps".

Check their own documentation.