You'll need an appointment, a head scan, and prescription data to buy an Apple Vision Pro

3 years ago by MedicareForSome to c/technology

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman outlines early details of Apple's plans to release the Vision Pro AR headset. Availability for the $3,500 device will be limited upon its launch...

notfromhere 45 points 3 years ago

For everyone commenting outrage, a very reddit thing to do btw, why not try reading the very short article and try some critical thinking. Lots of bad habits from reddit have made their way over to lemmy, can we at least try to RTFA?

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lorez 15 points 3 years ago

Outrage seems common everywhere today. The good thing about it is that it lasts five minutes. And then they get outraged by something else. Oh, btw I had prescription inserts done for my quest 2 and the company required a prescription too.

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madcaesar 4 points 3 years ago

It's not good at all. All these outrages allow assholes to get away with shitty things. Unfortunately the media treats every story as the end of the world... And then move on after 48h

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sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 3 years ago

And that's why I rarely read/watch news. Usually the signal to noise ratio is a bit better on Reddit because I can avoid the worse subreddits, and I'm hoping lemmy will get there (e.g. I loved the /r/neural* series of subreddits).

This just smacks of stupid entitlement. Nobody is forcing you to buy the product and they're upfront about what you need to do to get one. I wish there were more hackable/open headsets at a reasonable price (I'm a Linux user, so open firmware is important to me), but they don't, so I'll wait until there is. If Apple wants a controlled experience, that's totally fine, I just won't buy it.

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el_pablo 1 point 3 years ago

I don’t think it’s a Reddit thing, but a generalized tendency in social media. Since lemmy is getting more and more popular, the same behaviour will be present here.

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Radio_717 19 points 3 years ago

I guess it makes sense to need prescription data but its weird. Also if you get prescription version will anyone else be able to use it? Will there be swapable lenses for multiple users?

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Lumidaub 26 points 3 years ago

What do you mean multiple users? Everybody OBVIOUSLY needs their own device! And if your eyes get worse with age, you OBVIOUSLY need a brand new device! Swappable lenses, pfft, what is this, Marxism?

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Radio_717 5 points 3 years ago

How stupid of me LOL- of course its a one user device JUST like a phone. I’m sure that’s how they’ll hit 4Trillion market cap next years. /s

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rarkgrames 15 points 3 years ago

Magnetic swappable lenses I believe.

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Radio_717 5 points 3 years ago

For $3500 they should have this.

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rarkgrames 5 points 3 years ago

Pretty sure the lenses cost extra. I heard somewhere in the region of $800 I think but I could be misremembering

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RustedSwitch 2 points 3 years ago

I would guess that the Zeiss prescription lenses for the Vision Pro will be at least $300-600 a pair, unless Apple is eating part of the cost given the already high price of the headset itself. — Mark Gurman (@markgurman) June 6, 2023

This is all I’m aware of, and it’s a guess. Personally I think every pair will need lenses, and if you have a prescription you get a specific set. If you don’t have a prescription, you get a generic set.

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Matte 9 points 3 years ago

didn’t they say during the keynote that the lenses will attach magnetically to the visor?

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lorez 8 points 3 years ago

The inserts are magnetically attached so you can swap ‘em. They said so during wwdc.

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RustedSwitch 3 points 3 years ago

Every VR headset needs lenses, and if you have a prescription you get a set for your prescription. If you don’t have a prescription, you get a generic set.

They are magnetic, so sure they can be swapped out. Extra sets for other eyes will cost something.

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RustedSwitch 11 points 3 years ago

Sure, what’s the issue here? The article doesn’t say Apple is charging anyone for the appointment. This sounds like a premium experience for prospective customers with $3500 to blow that might not want to figure all of the initial setup stuff out themselves.

They’ll take these opportunities to figure out how to make the self-service as smooth as possible, and start selling without an appointment once that’s been smoothed out.

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randombit 6 points 3 years ago

Plus an appointment is not required for those that have an iPhone with LiDAR which is probably nearly everyone who is considering purchasing this.

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NutWrench 2 points 3 years ago

If you don't know how a 3500 dollar investment works, then the head scan is just a formality, proving that you have more money than brains.

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nodsocket 1 point 3 years ago

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Haha 1 point 3 years ago

All cool things; what are they going to do with the size of my crane? Build a headset for it? I’m ok with this

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