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Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not
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How the fuck this headset weighs over 600 grams? The Quest 2, which is pretty much a standalone Android phone weighs 500g WITH a battery in the headset. It is already a very heavy headset to be used without a strap that balances the load
Because plastic isn't a premium material. Apple users expect fancy alloys with glass everywhere, Apple can't very well show up with a plastic headset and ask $3500 for it, they need all that extra weight to convince people that they're getting a premium ~~VR~~ ~~AR~~ SPACIAL COMPUTING device that is unlike anything ever done before. It's all part of the grift.
I'm a reformed VR enthusiast and I have got to say that it's all a hell of a gimmick, but it's just a really neat gimmick. Without any hard-light tech or something to make stuff that you can actually interact with it's all just Wii-mote waggle style nonsense that abstracts things that should be button presses into complex motions constrained by physical reality that our computers/keyboards/mice/controllers allow us to escape.
Because the Vision is a first generation (unoptimized) product that has way more hardware features, such as cameras to see through it from both directions. Even the Quest Pro weighs 720g. Plus, it’s Apple, so they use some aluminum.