Palmer Luckey on Vision Pro Pricing, Vision Pro microOLED Costs, Improving Vision Pro Accessibility
Today's Above Avalon Daily email contains the following stories:
Palmer Luckey on Vision Pro Pricing
Vision Pro microOLED Costs
Improving Vision Pro Accessibility
Hello everyone. Happy Friday. We wrap up this week with Vision Pro. Palmer Luckey, a well-known figure in headset circles, raised a few eyebrows with his latest comments regarding Apple Vision Pro. Let’s discuss.
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The Vision Pro Bet, Zuckerberg’s Miscalculation, A New Normal for Headsets
Hello everyone. Happy Monday.
One follow-up to a story from last week.
As pointed out to me by a member, the visionOS VR restriction regarding a 1.5-meter "system boundary," as measured from the initial position of the Vision Pro wearer's head, isn’t that strict considering it’s a radius (i.e. a 10ft x 10ft space). That’s larger than what most would deem acceptable for VR in today's marketplace.
Let's jump unto today's update.
The Vision Pro Bet
There were three broad tracks available to Apple with AR/VR headsets in mind:
Begin at the low end with a pair of light/thin/inexpensive glasses and then work their way up the performance/feature/price curve.
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