Is Apple's Vision Pro Too Heavy?

Sure, Apple's challenge for the next Vision Pro, making it easier to wear is the headline

Apple has already worked on their next generation models. The design for the current model is locked in

They're just trying to scalp the manufacturing and all that. A key focus for Apple is making its device more comfortable to wear with a smaller and lighter design

The first model, the Vision Pro, has caused next strain in testing due to its size and weight

Another challenge is making the headset simpler for people who wear glasses during the

development of the first Vision Pro, Apple decided to slim down the device by emitting room for

prescription eyeglasses. I've tried like an Oculus Rift here and there. And, you know

that, that device is significantly bulky because they intend for you to put it on over top of your

glasses. And if you have, like, giant glasses like I do, you know, that that means the device

sticks out further for everybody. And it makes it front heavy, right? Because it's sticking out far

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, the Vision Pro, it's, it's also. made of like glass and aluminum. Right. It sort it's sort of closely matches the the contour

of your face because they didn't leave their room for the glasses. But the downside there is that

of course you need to because you're not wearing your glasses if you have god awful eyesight like I do

I just went in for another eye test last week My eyes say has gotten even worse If you understand what the numbers are are I think my left eye is like minus five and a quarter And the other one is four and three quarters

Okay. Terrible eyesight. But anyways, Apple's selling like these little inserts made by Zice optical

that you're supposed to like attach in instead, but that makes it cumbersome to just hand to somebody

because very few people have eyesight as bad as I do. I can't just hand somebody my vision pro

if I were to get one, it's more expensive because we don't know what the cost of those

lens inserts is going to be. I'm not even sure if they're user replaceable either

because they come with the pre-installed prescription right from the factory, I think

I thought they were... I don't think that's right. I thought I remember hearing that they're pretty easy to do

because what we've heard from the people who showed up for the live demos is that people like Mike Hurley

who wear glasses. They took his glasses for a moment. They like scan the

curve of the glass and then they estimate what your prescription was like they had a machine for

that ready to go and then they quickly found matching lenses and just attach them in and had it ready for

oh interesting well they they attach magnetically right something like that i i think they do anyway

we don't need to go on and on and on about this but yeah the other problem is that like it's going to

be really heavy other people are saying that and you can see this in like one of the shots on their announcement video they have an optional top strap that goes over the top of your head as well

They just don't show it in most of the promotional artwork because apparently like the design for it isn't completely finished yet

But it's another way they're trying to disguise the problem of how heavy this thing is going to be

Yeah, I mean, the fact that some people got neck strain. I mean, that was the part that jumped off the page to me

I'm like, it's so heavy that people are straining their necks wearing these

Now, look, if you wear AirPods max, those things are heavy. And I would say they could give you neck fatigue

Maybe that's the same thing as neck strain. I don't really know what neck strain necessarily means

That's like, but next strain means that like, does that just mean fatigue or does that mean like you're actually injuring your neck

I don't think it means injure. I don't think it's been injured. I don't mean like you're going to wear like one of those, like, those things that you wear when you get a car accident

Ride your neck. Go to court after a car. Yeah, exactly. You'll wear one of those, like, neck pillows

They were on an airplane. Yeah, it comes to the free inflatable neck pillow or something

I just thought that was surprising. I was like, holy cow, like, it's that heavy that people, like, their, like, their necks

And maybe these are just, like, puny neck-having individuals like Alex E Heath

I mean normal regular men like us like our necks you know can hold lots of weight But like his you know small I mean it not quite as small as a pencil but it in that same realm you know Pity the pencil neck geeks

So maybe that's the problem. But, but I was surprised to read that

And I was like, you're supposed to be able to wear this thing all day. And some people are, are having neck strain and are having to be a lot last or two hours, right

Well, you could have it plugged in all day. Apple says it has all day battery life when it's plugged in. Perfect

Isn't that funny? That's really funny. I like more than being tethered by, you know, I hate plugging

I'm so into the wireless headphones and stuff. Every time I now have to put on these wired ones for the cult cast

I'm just like, God, it just seems so antiquated. I know. I hate having the cord hang off as well

Isaac from the chat saying, I experienced next strain when I first got a quest too

It's just that you're not used to having it in your head. You get used to it after. Well, yeah, maybe that's it

you'll get used to it after a while. But I don't know, man. The Vision Pro looks pretty hefty

And when you put glass on it, that is a heavy material. So I'll be curious to try this out

But I didn't think that was interesting because I was like, oh, I've not heard anyone comment about this yet

And clearly it must be an issue of Apple is already working on it for the next Vision Pro

version because people are complaining that it's giving them next train. So it must be more than a small issue

But we'll have to wait and see