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Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by johnnyanmac on Thursday October 24, 2024 @05:01AM (#41933586)
putting aside my bitter cynicism of "Apple hype culture": I do think VR just needs to wait for the tech to evolve into the level of ease of "put on snow goggles" before we get wide adoption. But I also am in the camp where I don't see this being a market with desperate demand. The iPad is a great example because in many ways it's the same: some people read religiously on it, other people are artists and they catered to that market. Then others just use it as a "cheap" computer to put in front of a kid.

These are diverse markets, but far from the general market. I think VR/AR will end up the same.

Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by lapcat on Thursday October 24, 2024 @08:56AM (#41935046)
> These are diverse markets, but far from the general market.

What do you mean by the general market?

iPad has more unit sales than Mac. It's a massive market. The last time Apple reported unit sales, back in 2018, iPad was selling over 43 million units per year.