Apple hopes to convince people to buy its $3,500 Vision Pro headset using free 25-minute in-store demos::undefined

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    11 months ago

    Technology used to be more about solving a problem or making something difficult easier. This thing has no real use beyond “neat”. But that Apple logo holds some very powerful magic for certain people.

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      11 months ago

      Technology used to be more about solving a problem or making something difficult easier. This thing has no real use beyond “neat”.

      I guess you haven’t been following the video game industry for the last half a century?

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        11 months ago

        No I have. Creating a product then finding a use is the very definition of cart before horse-ing. Marketing does most of the heavy lifting for getting people excited about crap they don’t need, and Apple is the king of marketing.