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Re: Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

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Post by bear141 »

underlogic wrote: post #40
virgildotcodes wrote: post #23

I feel like I would have been the ideal customer for it. I travel a lot and I'm a developer deep in the Apple ecosystem who is constantly wishing he had more screen real estate while bouncing between hotels and Airbnbs every few weeks. I bought it and tried it for two weeks and ended up returning it. It's really cool, but even aside from the issues with 1.0 like not being able to just pull up individual app windows f…

What's up with Raybans? They make the cheapest looking vanilla generic glasses I've ever seen, put a tacky logo on the lens and sell for a fortune. Why does anyone buy them?

Ray-ban along with almost every other glasses and sunglasses brand, and also almost all retailers of glasses are all owned by a megacorp called Luxxotica. The prices are all completely arbitrary and fixed.

Beyond this basically all prices for every consumer item are completely arbitrary. They almost never reflect real value and almost always are priced based on what people are willing to pay. Act accordingly.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

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Post by swyx »

jemmyw wrote: post #38
karlgkk wrote: post #11

Yes, I do. It’s an amazing monitor and combination iPad. It’s very different than what is easy to describe - partially because it defies convention in so many ways - but I use it with my Mac and then will have mail and chat and music floating on the sides. Btw I said iPad. Apple says it’s a computer. Falls short in some key ways, but not unfixable It is heavy but I don’t mind it. I can see how that might be a deal br…

> Btw protip, tea tastes fine through a metal straw Sounds burny

was this a microplastics thing or a dogwhistle coded for some dark net activity? i hav eno idea

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

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Post by al_borland »

virgildotcodes wrote: post #23

I feel like I would have been the ideal customer for it. I travel a lot and I'm a developer deep in the Apple ecosystem who is constantly wishing he had more screen real estate while bouncing between hotels and Airbnbs every few weeks. I bought it and tried it for two weeks and ended up returning it. It's really cool, but even aside from the issues with 1.0 like not being able to just pull up individual app windows f…

>Plus it's fucking huge and takes up the majority of my backpack and I like to travel with a single carry on backpack.

I'm the same way. When I saw the reviews and the travel case, it seemed completely impractical for anyone who doesn't check luggage, on top of bringing a carry on and personal item.

I also prefer to look like a waste of time for any would-be thief of pickpocket. It seemed like a Vision Pro would put a target on my back that I didn't want.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

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Post by hatsix »

Operyl wrote: post #50
fy20 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's worth mentioning none of these concerns affected Android / Google Play, even though it's fairly easy to sideload and even install custom app stores there. The only phones that come with alternative stores are from Chinese manufacturers, which isn't going to be an issue for Apple as the operating system isn't open source.

Didn’t Samsung introduce their own App Store? https://galaxystore.samsung.com/

it ships both app stores on every android phone. In my experience, people only use the Samsung store by accident

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

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Post by givemeethekeys »

jemmyw wrote: post #38
karlgkk wrote: post #11

Yes, I do. It’s an amazing monitor and combination iPad. It’s very different than what is easy to describe - partially because it defies convention in so many ways - but I use it with my Mac and then will have mail and chat and music floating on the sides. Btw I said iPad. Apple says it’s a computer. Falls short in some key ways, but not unfixable It is heavy but I don’t mind it. I can see how that might be a deal br…

> Btw protip, tea tastes fine through a metal straw Sounds burny

Bamboo straws work well too. But you'd still want the tea to be not too hot. Some quick searching resulted in Sipify straws.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

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Post by soulofmischief »

the_gorilla wrote: post #46
soulofmischief wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

*whole, I'm very curious what part of the world are you from?

Why bother correcting one letter being left off? You also forgot a comma after "curious".

Using a comma after curious is considered a comma splice and is a stylistic choice. Language stylistically evolves over time based on how individuals collectively use it over generations. See [0].

A lot of modern grammar is purely stylistic and each writer can ultimately choose how to incorporate various grammars without impacting the overall meaning of what they're saying. To this point, a colon or dash is actually typically considered more "appropriate" according to modern standards. Your own choice of a comma is indicative of how style varies across practitioners of a language. And I'm not going to argue about your usage of a comma— it's your choice! Your message still gets across.

On the other hand, "whole" and "hole" are two completely different words, with two completely different meanings. The spelling is not just stylistic. It's a semantic issue, not grammatical. I assume from OP's username that English may not be their first language, and so I offered some helpful, non-judgemental feedback on which word is more appropriate.

I then asked a follow-up question with the intention of engaging them in a positive conversation about their experiences as a developer in a third-world country.

You, on the other hand, have responded to me from a judgemental position, attempting to frame me as a hypocrite or someone offering unnecessary judgement. I was being helpful to someone who might not have the same experience with English as you or I. Your comment does not come across as seeking to begin a positive engagement.

[0] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/233348/is-it-ok-...

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

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Post by matco11 »

virgildotcodes wrote: post #23

I feel like I would have been the ideal customer for it. I travel a lot and I'm a developer deep in the Apple ecosystem who is constantly wishing he had more screen real estate while bouncing between hotels and Airbnbs every few weeks. I bought it and tried it for two weeks and ended up returning it. It's really cool, but even aside from the issues with 1.0 like not being able to just pull up individual app windows f…

This is the best review I have ever read on the Apple Vision Pro. Also, we should probably stop lying to ourselves, and finally admit what we have known in hour hearts for a little while now: Apple is not anymore what it used to be. Reading this makes it clear…

Apple Vision Pro is the modern equivalent of John Sculley’s Apple Newton

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

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Post by al_borland »

LandR wrote: post #7
soulofmischief wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

*whole, I'm very curious what part of the world are you from?

I'm in the UK and know loads of people with Iphones or apple laptops, but zero people with the headset, and don't really know anyone with any interest in it. I've never even heard of a single person talking about it.

I'm in the US and don't know anyone with one personally, but I did try one out at the store. Though I was looking at houses on Zillow yesterday and saw one sitting on the desk in one of the shots. I suspect the home owner works for Apple, due to a lot of the other stuff that was also in the room.

I think the price is the main reason few people know anyone with one. VR and new tech aside, how many people do you know who would spend $3,500 on a computer? Of that list, how many people do you know who would spend $3,500 on a secondary computer? I'm the only person I know who would even consider it.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

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Post by Gigachad »

virgildotcodes wrote: post #23

I feel like I would have been the ideal customer for it. I travel a lot and I'm a developer deep in the Apple ecosystem who is constantly wishing he had more screen real estate while bouncing between hotels and Airbnbs every few weeks. I bought it and tried it for two weeks and ended up returning it. It's really cool, but even aside from the issues with 1.0 like not being able to just pull up individual app windows f…

I don’t understand why they didn’t make this a gaming device. All this hassle would be worth it to play immersive shooter games or VR chat with full hand and face tracking.

No one is going to go through all that to open up Apple notes and YouTube when your phone and MacBook does exactly the same thing.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

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Post by Gigachad »

matco11 wrote: post #57
virgildotcodes wrote: post #23

I feel like I would have been the ideal customer for it. I travel a lot and I'm a developer deep in the Apple ecosystem who is constantly wishing he had more screen real estate while bouncing between hotels and Airbnbs every few weeks. I bought it and tried it for two weeks and ended up returning it. It's really cool, but even aside from the issues with 1.0 like not being able to just pull up individual app windows f…

This is the best review I have ever read on the Apple Vision Pro. Also, we should probably stop lying to ourselves, and finally admit what we have known in hour hearts for a little while now: Apple is not anymore what it used to be. Reading this makes it clear… Apple Vision Pro is the modern equivalent of John Sculley’s Apple Newton

Not sure this is really an Apple thing. Basically all the tech companies have released some VR or AR product that either flopped, or was downgraded to a niche industry product.

Remember just a few years ago when Meta was trying to convince us that the metaverse was the future.

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