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by ynoatho 862 days ago
By your own logic if the Vision Pro is on the border of acceptability, and it's here, now, is it really going to be THAT long? To get to the endgame, sure, but things are only getting better and cheaper, and what intermediate steps will cross that threshold? Yes it takes a long time for the Meta glasses category to fully merge with the Vision Pro category, but moving either one just a little bit towards the other will be incredibly useful and accelerate the process. Also, regarding the "bleeding edge" comment, obviously that's true in many respects, but iirc there ARE a few industrial headsets out there that, for way more money, beat it on some isolated core specs like panel and passthrough resolution (who knows about overall quality; I suspect the Vision Pro is better or equal with lower specs per Apple's MO). There are also other other form factors developing right now, like I suspect that it won't be long before we see some very compelling version of the minimal Bigscreen VR style goggles with the addition of cameras tethered to a Steamdeck-type device that you can hide in a bag (if not pocket).