The Apple Vision Pro and Meta's Quest headsets are too locked down to be the future of computing.
  • Eggyhead@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    As someone who’s been using apple devices for a long time, this pretty much summarizes one of my biggest concerns with the APV. The other being expensive, proprietary, and software-locked lens inserts. (Basically creating a proprietary tax for people with poor vision who want to be involved with spacial computing, antithetical to Apple’s accessibility efforts.)

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I haven’t seen anything about the lenses being software locked. Who has reported that?

      That said - they are $100 to $150, which isn’t terrible as far as glasses go. There are a lot of weird things with the Vision Pro, but as a glasses wearer, that price range actually feels reasonable to me. That’s Warby Parker pricing.

      • cubism_pitta@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I was hoping for free :( BUT $150 for Zeiss lenses is pretty ok price wise. (especially when we are complaining about $150 on top of a $3500 device)

        • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          I could wear contacts if I wanted to, but glasses look good on me and hide a scar that I have on my nose and eye. I keep thinking that I should probably just do a Drew Carey. Get contacts and put non prescription lenses in my frames.

          Glasses can be an inconvenience with vr glasses, ski goggle, helmets, face masks, night driving, etc.