AAPL

    Posted by steve on 15th of Feb 2024 at 11:57 am

    $AAPL- The Verge reports that there has been 'an uptick on social media of Vision Pro owners saying they’re returning their $3,500 headsets' with people saying Apple's headset 'gives them headaches and triggers motion sickness - Matt did you get a headache?   My friend got quesy after he looked at his bank statement following the purchase 

    APPL - PEG ratio of

    Posted by DigiNomad on 15th of Feb 2024 at 12:03 pm

    APPL - PEG ratio of 2.6

    SMCI - PEG ratio of 1.6

    *Lower is better with PEG. Under 2 is typically considered an attractive buy.

    The market has pumped and dumped hundreds of names in the last few weeks - Gamestop era on steroids...casino mode - but the ones that don't Christmas tree after a day or two pump usually have decent numbers under the hood (e.g. SMCI)

    I know someone who bought

    Posted by mla127 on 15th of Feb 2024 at 12:02 pm

    I know someone who bought it and returned it yesterday because of the weight ... when he was wearing it for an extended period, he had red marks and indentation where the google sits ...  ... I  went to his home a few days ago, he opened the door and he had a big mark on his forehead    I was like ... dude... if you want goggle marks all over your face, head to the ski hill when it`s sunny  ... not in your living room with this thing on ... 

    LOL - all in good

    Posted by steve on 15th of Feb 2024 at 12:05 pm

    LOL - all in good humor 

    regarding the AAPL Vision Pro

    Posted by matt on 15th of Feb 2024 at 12:36 pm

    regarding the AAPL Vision Pro - and you know I'm a big techy (heck we wouldn't have all these systems and technology here at Breakpoint if  I wasn't), I have used VR headsets for years, I have the Meta Quest 3. Clearly the AAPL with regards to the crazy sharp resolution, eye tracking, and processing power is amazing. That said - again big problems are the weight - it's crazy to me that AAPL's headset is 120 grams heavier than the Metal 3, even with it's battery taken out of the headset itself and worn on the hip. The Meta 3 has the battery in the headset, imagine how light the Meta 3 would be if they also removed the battery from the headset - maybe 250 grams lighter or 1/2 pound. AAPL loves to insist on premium materials aluminum, metal, glass, but really until the tech gets smaller, you gotta keep it as light as possible and if you use plastic instead to keep it light, that's fine

    The other thing about VR that I've noticed over the years, I'm not sure what the term you would use for this but when you first try it, it's just amazing. The Meta 3 was a huge jump from the Quest 2 with the AR and ability to place giant screens around the room - the other day I had 3 youtube videos up  like 80 inch TV's surrounding me LOL.  And some of the games from AR where it maps your room and you have aliens coming out of the walls and around the corner is really cool

    but...here's the thing, on every VR and AR headset I've used - like I said above, when you first use it it's crazy amazing, but for some reason it wears off VERY quickly, within a week or two. That's been the case for every headset for me basically. It's like at first this is the most amazing thing I've every seen, I have to show my friends - then 2 weeks later you are are like meh....  It's crazy how quickly the honeymoon phase drops.  You have this thing with other tech too such as new phones and tablets, but it's more of a slow degrade, it doesn't fall off a cliff in a 2 weeks.  Maybe part of this is that it's affecting your brain and eyes in weird ways you are not aware of - even if you don't get motion sickness it maybe causing some sort of uneasiness in your brain that you are not aware of and that translates to your subconscious causing you to lose interest or not want to put it back on.

    In that Verge article we see the same effect I just described, people are blown away by it first, then after a couple weeks they are ready to return it

    anyway figured I'd share my thoughts/experience - and no I have not tried an AAPL Vision Pro - unless one of you wealthy generous guys want to buy me one as a gift   

    and as far as VR

    Posted by matt on 15th of Feb 2024 at 12:41 pm

    and as far as VR headsets that are not fatiguing to wear - this one has the right idea, weights only 204 grams vs 650 grams for AAPL vision pro, and Meta Quest 3 weights 515 grams

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdBnkxxImwI&t=78s 

    i don`t own a vision

    Posted by Glad on 15th of Feb 2024 at 12:01 pm

    i don`t own a vision pro but have a small aapl position and suddenly i have the same headache ;)

    way ahead of you, I

    Posted by matt on 15th of Feb 2024 at 11:59 am

    way ahead of you, I read that last night, sent to James

    looks like Steve will be returning his on Saturday

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