• Blissingg@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    How is the price not a shocker? Like we all expect an Apple Tax but this literally 2x the cost of the highest priced headsets released so far.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not a shocker for me because I’ve been hearing rumors for months that it’ll be $3000+; but other than that, yeah, it’s… a very bold statement on their part.

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      1 year ago

      For Mixed Reality devices, it is the same magnitude as Hololens 2 or Magic Leap 2, the biggest difference being Passthrough AR vs. Optical AR. A more comparable device is the Quest Pro, but the AR experience is probably much higher resolution and with binocular color cameras and depth sensors it hopefully doesn’t have distortion.

      Yes, it is a lot for a VR device, but for a standalone MR device it is comparable with higher fidelity, so it isn’t significantly more expensive than other devices in the same category… arguably it is the best value for the category if the cameras and screens have a wide FOV with high resolution and can accurately reproduce the HDR of an environment.