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  • Apple cropped photos of the Vision Pro headset to remove the battery pack, making it look less cumbersome.
  • Journalists were not allowed to take photos or videos of the Vision Pro's hardware during a press briefing.
  • Apple sees the cord from the battery pack as getting in the way of making the headset more mobile.

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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If VR had some kind of application beyond games the form factor would be less of a problem. But if cars were cumbersome and expensive and only drove to casinos they wouldn't be useful either.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Game consoles have no applications beyond games and they are expensive. People still buy them.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

If VR had some kind of application beyond games...

See, you failed right there. I'll let you ponder the following fact. Most companies that hire VR devs right now are not in the gaming business.