Most likely, the schedule will not be that crowded, taking into account the price tag. However, maybe I am wrong, as I am looking at it from my country’s perspective, where the price is four times the average salary. (Yes, I know it will only be sold in the US at first.)
While it’s expensive, each store in any metropolitan area will be really busy because of this. Lots of expendable income in the 1%.
Plenty of middle class people will be buying these.
that may be true, especially that based on the rumours, there won’t be many pieces at launch, so the demand will be higher than supply
Uhh, yeah, pretty sure most people I know who want one of these are in the median wage class. But yeah! 1%! Buzzwords
i bet its also to stop scalpers. demand is expected to be 20x supply. these things will be hotcakes on ebay at stooopid prices. i hope nobody is murdered for them on the street. just wait a year people.
I think it’s more likely there will be comfort or motion sickness issues if you don’t get a perfect fit. Some journalists had both issues at the demo, and were told there will be significantly more fitment options next year.
It says you can still buy online. It might genuinely be the logistics of custom fitting taking enough time to flood the store if they don’t space them out specifically. I’ve seen Apple stores make you sign up for an appointment for regular shopping, too. It was at some point in Covid with increased occupancy restrictions, but they did have them. I could still walk up to the store and get an appointment, but it would be a while later.
As hyped as I personally am for the Vision Pro, it seems like a lot of reactions have been mixed. Most people don’t really understand just how much tech is in this thing to justify the pricing. (I’ll personally argue that it’s one of the most aggressively priced things they’ve made). I’m really interested in whether it’s actually a home run out of the gate or whether it takes time for people to get it. I do absolutely think the eventual cheaper version will make silly money once Apple does their thing to really sell it hard, but I’m less sure about the first pro version.
Makes sense, if you spend that much money you want to have it perfectly fit, kinda like having it tailor made.
I really want to go and just try this thing. There’s no way I can afford it, but I hope they still let people try it.
I imagine this is exactly why appointments are needed. Otherwise thousands of people will go there to try them with no intention of buying.
After a while i’m sure you will be able to just walk in and try them, but maybe not for the first few months/year
Haha! I didn’t think it was possible for me to want them less, but here we are.
It makes sense. Apple is very aware of how well a headset like this needs to fit to be comfortable for extended use. I’ve never had a correct fit from my Index or Quest, so it’s refreshing that they are making a point to get a custom face fit for each customer. I think this is great, and they did say they will offer an online fit kit as well, so small towners like myself can still order it and get the custom fit. Anyone in the thread bitching about how they don’t want the device don’t really understand what it’s for.
I’m really wondering how the prescription lens part will work. At WWDC, they custom made lenses based on your glasses prescription, but the cost of them doing that for anyone who makes an appointment seems excessive.
You’d need to bring in your prescription numbers and they will likely have stock of most types of lenses. There’s no way they are going to do eye inspections there at the store.
I mean; users pay for prescription lenses, and there already exists a logistical structure for creating prescription lenses for individuals; they just had to adapt it for the VR lenses (so the overall process is probably 90% the same)
Right, but when you try on glasses you don’t need lenses pre-made, you can get away with just blanks.
For the Vision Pro, the lenses are required to even try the headset, so there’s a chicken and egg problem: people aren’t going to want to pay for lenses just for a try-on.
I’d be amazed if they didn’t ship the store units with a kit of common lenses for people to try it with. Even if it’s a 1/2 point away from your actual prescription it would be close enough, and they’d just talk about the unit you buy getting perfect lenses.
Guess I’ll have to budget more time to get mine. I wonder if we can return later. I’m picking up two, one for me and one for my partner. Probably won’t be able to fit my partner’s on at the same time as I get fitted, so if we can return later, that would be great.
Pass.
They’re doing a very good job of steering me away from this thing
Maybe for you, but this’ll just boost this device’s image of ‘exclusivity’. Plus, it helps that only 400k or so of these devices will ship in 2024.
