Ever since Apple’s Vision Pro was announced there have been complaints about it that make absolutely no sense. In fact, many of the complaints sound like the same kind of thing you could say about headphones.
The main complaint I’ve heard is that you are cutting out group experiences. Of course you are cutting out group experiences! In fact, if you’re on a crowded airplane, that is the whole point. You want to enjoy your content without disturbing anyone around you. That could apply while you travel or at home late at night so as not to bother your housemates.
The fact that you CAN’T have group experiences doesn’t mean the product will be a failure. If that was true, the whole headphone category wouldn’t exist. Can you share music with your family while listening through your AirPods Max? No. It’s because you only use headphones in certain situations. It will be the same with the Vision Pro. It’s a parallel paradigm only for your eyes.
The people complaining about how the Vision Pro excludes other people would’ve probably complained decades ago when headphones were invented. They would’ve said that headphones will never succeed because you can’t enjoy music at a party with your friends. But they would’ve been dreadfully wrong. The problem would’ve been that they were misunderstanding the times and places in which headphones would be useful. And now they are making that mistake with the Vision Pro.
The fact that you CAN’T have group experiences doesn’t mean the product will be a failure. If that was true, the whole headphone category wouldn’t exist. Can you share music with your family while listening through your AirPods Max? No. It’s because you only use headphones in certain situations. It will be the same with the Vision Pro. It’s a parallel paradigm only for your eyes.
The people complaining about how the Vision Pro excludes other people would’ve probably complained decades ago when headphones were invented. They would’ve said that headphones will never succeed because you can’t enjoy music at a party with your friends. But they would’ve been dreadfully wrong. The problem would’ve been that they were misunderstanding the times and places in which headphones would be useful. And now they are making that mistake with the Vision Pro.
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