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[UltimaKilo]

Soz for bumping an oldie, but seems like the most appropriate place to share this cool little tidbit:



Quite impressive.

The Vision Pro is a really cool piece of hardware, but it's way too ahead of its time. The recent rumors of the Vision Pro 2 releasing in the next year is unfortunate and would be a mistake. Apple needs to take this back into the lab until the tech is mature enough to warrant a Vision Pro 2. Based on roadmaps for panels, SoC, AI and price point, late 2027 might be the right time to release a new headset, and quite possibly not until as late as 2029 given the hurdles we are seeing with pass-through AR, which optimistic roadmaps had scheduled for sometime in 2027, although is in serious doubt.

 

[ValiantInstance]

The Vision Pro is a really cool piece of hardware, but it's way too ahead of its time. The recent rumors of the Vision Pro 2 releasing in the next year is unfortunate and would be a mistake. Apple needs to take this back into the lab until the tech is mature enough to warrant a Vision Pro 2. Based on roadmaps for panels, SoC, AI and price point, late 2027 might be the right time to release a new headset, and quite possibly not until as late as 2029 given the hurdles we are seeing with pass-through AR, which optimistic roadmaps had scheduled for sometime in 2027, although is in serious doubt.

It won't be viable to the masses until it is cheaper and has a battery in the actual unit to make it wireless.

 

[UltimaKilo]

It won't be viable to the masses until it is cheaper and has a battery in the actual unit to make it wireless.

The Puck battery doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I wish more would us that model. Like I mentioned, even if you lower the price significantly, the gimmick camera based AR, the limited processing power to unlock AR won't allow it to become a mass market product.

 

[Bry0]

The Vision Pro is a really cool piece of hardware, but it's way too ahead of its time. The recent rumors of the Vision Pro 2 releasing in the next year is unfortunate and would be a mistake. Apple needs to take this back into the lab until the tech is mature enough to warrant a Vision Pro 2. Based on roadmaps for panels, SoC, AI and price point, late 2027 might be the right time to release a new headset, and quite possibly not until as late as 2029 given the hurdles we are seeing with pass-through AR, which optimistic roadmaps had scheduled for sometime in 2027, although is in serious doubt.

It sounds like it's just a spec bump, probably to roll off m2 production and keep something on the market until the next actual iteration with more significant hardware changes.

 

[UltimaKilo]

It sounds like it's just a spec bump, probably to roll off m2 production and keep something on the market until the next actual iteration with more significant hardware changes.

Yep, which is why I think they should just skip it. Aren't they just poisoning the market at this point? Price cut the original AVP and call it a day.