If you want to buy a Vision Pro, you might need an appointment and a face scan.
Appointments are not new for Apple. The company required in-person buyers of the Apple Watch to make appointments when the wearable first launched in 2015. The face scan, however, would be a new requirement, meant to ensure proper headset sizing.adds that Apple is working on both an iPhone app and a physical machine for scans that will help block out surrounding light, which can dampen the headset experience, by creating a tight seal between the device and user’s face.
Currently-available headsets, like the Meta Quest 2 or even the Quest Pro model, allow users to customize their fits to try and create the best possible seals. There is also a light blocker accessory for the Quest Pro. Of course, those products are much cheaper than Apple’s upcoming Vision Pro. The Meta Quest 2 retails for $300, and the Pro for $1,000. The Quest 3, set to launch this fall, will run $500.
Meanwhile, the Vision Pro comes in at a whopping $3,500. If the virtual reality headset market is already niche, the Vision Pro’s price leaves a community akin to an endangered species. Asnotes, Apple cut its initial build prospects from “high-single-digit millions of units in its first year” to just one million before dialing it back again to 900,000.
As for those appointments, people in larger metropolitan cities like New York City and Los Angeles will likely get first dibs, according toThough, the publication adds that all of Apple’s U.S. locations will sell the device. From there,reports, the U.K. and Canada are expected to kick off international sales at the end of 2024 before the headset expects to move through Asia and Europe.
While the rollout of the Vision Pro will mimic the Apple Watch’s appointment-only buying experience, the tech giant is likely hoping the headset mirrors even a fraction of the smartwatch’s sales, which have become a mainstay in Apple’s lineup.
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