2024-02-03 14:38:43
Tech lovers and product enthusiasts lined up “Camel”Yesterday, Friday, there were queues in front of the giant brand’s stores in United State To test the “Vision Pro”, a helmet that combines augmented and virtual reality and is sold at a starting price of $3,499. This is the first major new product launched by Apple since the Apple Watch smart watch nine years ago.
“I am looking forward to trying the helmet, and I will use it at work and also when traveling,” Jose Carlos told Agence France-Presse with a broad smile.
This young engineer on the Uber platform adds, “The price is high, but I am willing to pay the price to be among the first and to test the application ideas that I have.”
Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed on Thursday that “Vision Pro is a revolutionary device… that is years ahead” of its competitors.
However, augmented reality glasses and helmets Virtual Reality Or mixed is nothing new.
The “Meta” group (which owns especially “Facebook” and “Instagram”), a competitor to “Apple” in Silicon Valley, has contributed significantly to the emergence of this market through “Quest” helmets and “Ray-Ban” smart glasses connected to the Internet.
The first buyer of the “Vision Pro” exits the Apple Store amidst employees celebrating (AFP)
Metaverse President Mark Zuckerberg believes that the metaverse, a world in which the physical and digital environments blend, will be the future of the Internet.
But many companies, specialists and individuals were eagerly awaiting the first Apple device in this world. The company has a good reputation for launching highly advanced products that set an example for other companies in the sector.
Tim Cook came to the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York on Friday to greet the first customers, amid applause from the employees.
“This is tomorrow’s technology, today,” he told ABC News, adding, “We believe we have set a fair price (for the helmet) at this time.” The first comments were mixed.
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“It’s an impressive product that took several years of work and billions of dollars in investments,” an article in the New York Times said, but “even after trying it, I still have no idea who would use it and for what purpose.”
Those who tested the new product say they were fascinated by the image quality and ease of use – just stare at an app and make a simple finger movement to open or close it – but they were annoyed by the large battery size and mocked the avatar method known as “personas”, which are strange avatars that are Present it realistically and represent users during video conferences.
“The helmet has the typical characteristics of a first-generation product: it is heavy, the battery runs out quickly, and it depends on the way (characters) are embodied,” Wall Street Journal journalist Joanna Stern wrote. She added, “But without these disadvantages, we can imagine that it would be more enjoyable to wear this helmet than to hold the phone, and for work and watching movies, it is really not bad.”
The iPhone maker is offering this helmet as its first foray into spatial computing.
This allows users to use virtual screens of different sizes around them to work, chat with friends, or watch videos.
Apple President Tim Cook came to the company’s headquarters in New York to greet the first customers (AFP)
After Apple was criticized for the lack of applications available on Vision Pro, as the number was recently estimated at 150 applications, the company announced that the helmet now includes more than 600 applications.
“These amazing applications will change the way we enjoy entertainment, music, and games,” Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of global developer relations, promised.
Very popular platforms, such as Netflix or YouTube, have chosen not to design applications specifically for Vision Pro at the present time, unlike Disney, which has provided 150 3D films since launch.
Vision Pro can be tested by appointment at Apple stores in the United States, to help consumers familiarize themselves with the new product.
Analysts at Wedbush Securities expect Apple to sell about 600,000 units of this product this year.
“This is just the beginning for Vision Pro,” said Dan Ives, a specialist at this research company. He expected that “the next version of (Vision Pro) will be much less expensive, at a price of approximately $2,000,” adding, “We also believe that future models will resemble sunglasses and will provide a much wider range of functions for users.”
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