What Is the Apple Vision Pro? A Lifesaver for Disabled Users

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You sort of need an incredibly specific use case like this to justify dropping $3500 on it...

Biggest problem with the product is just the price.

Thanks to insurance and other financial assistance, these devices may well be available to people with such specific use cases.

Agreed, but when it waa introduced, their dramatic presentation leading up to pricing and availability, I had it pegged at $7000 as an order of magnitude.

I think the front-facing display is adding expense for something difficult to understand. Maybe it really makes a difference in the usage of this thing; the approximation of transparent ski goggles is a big statement of how they want this to add to experiencing an environment, rather than just more isolation.

The whole device is an uncanny, expensive hack. In 2024. At some point they have to get it out there. Battery pack and all.

Here's to the crazy ones...

That was a really great article overall, even showing the downsides of Apple, including the poor state of VoiceOver for Mac. And at the end, it shows possibly emulation being used for accessibility!

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