Elon Musk takes a dig at Apple's $3499 Vision Pro in a funny meme on Twitter

Twitter CEO and billionaire Elon Musk took a dig at American tech giant Apple over newly launched mixed reality hesets called Vision Pro. On Friday, Tesla CEO tweeted a meme and mocked price of Apple’s visionary VR set. On June 5, American technology company launched several new ggets at this year's World Wide Developer Conference. highlight of event were Apple’s new virtual reality hesets. With Vision Pro, Apple aims to blend digital content with physical world. However, its price has garnered many memes including one shared by Musk. 

In tweet, Musk shared an image of Vision Pro which is priced at $3,500 along with a packet of mushrooms. packet states that mushroom, “Chemically changes carbon vibration to make contacts with UFO and aliens”. Through picture, Musk claimed that while Apple is selling augmented reality for just $3,500, mushrooms can showcase so-called augmented reality for just $20.

SpaceX CEO’s dig at Apple’s overpriced product went viral instantly. tweet has garnered over 30 million views and has garnered around 570,000 likes. “Now we know where dream to go to Mars originated,” one Twitter user commented on post. “Elon I'm going to try out cheap one I'll let you know how it works ty for suggestion especially since my Quest 2 battery died,” anor user exclaimed.

Apple enters augmented reality market with new Vision Pro

During his keynote dress at WWDC 2023, Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed that launch of Vision Pro marks a “new era for computing”. “Today marks beginning of a new era for computing,” said Tim Cook.  “Just as Mac introduced us to personal computing, and iPhone introduced us to mobile computing, Apple Vision Pro introduces us to spatial computing.

"Built upon deces of Apple innovation, Vision Pro is years ahe and unlike anything created before — with a revolutionary new input system and thousands of groundbreaking innovations. It unlocks incredible experiences for our users and exciting new opportunities for our developers,” he ded.

Apple is not first mover in augmented reality. Facebook, earlier, seriously dabbled in augmented reality with 'metaverse'. With Vision Pro, Apple's attempt will be to expand in world of augmented reality which features world's first spatial operating system visionOS. While product's price point has become a bit of a bone of contention, tech giant has assured that innovative device will enable users to stay present and connected.