Negative reviews of the Vision Pro are boring
Can I vent for a second? The Apple Vision Pro reviews are out, and this is the part of the review cycle I forgot I hated so much…
Is this the first augmented reality goggle or platform? No, far from it. Is it a fundamentally different approach to AR compared to other headsets? Only partially (due to the eye tracking + finger controls).
But almost every single review is reviewing this headset by pointing out all of the shortcomings:
- “there are almost no native apps for it”
- “it’s heavy”
- “the battery is clunky”
- “the screens aren’t as good as looking at the world through your own eyes”
- “Personas aren’t good”
- “the EyeSight screen on the front is awful, and a waste of tech/money/weight/battery power”
Those takes are all incredibly uninteresting to me and super easy to make. Just like when Apple laminated the glass on the iPhone and it seemed like you were directly touching the screen, or when we went to “Retina” density displays, or ProMotion brought smoother scrolling, or OLED for better battery life and color accuracy… this device is a first generation product offering, and it will get better.
I totally understand that most reviewers are trying to answer the same question from consumers: “is this thing worth $Y of my hard earned money?”, and I’m totally ok with the answer to that question being a flat “no”, but it’s just depressing to me that the AR platform space gets a huge push forward by Apple and almost every single person who gets their hands on it is falling over themselves to be a negative ned.