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Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2

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Re: Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2

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Post by nottorp »

ren_engineer wrote: post #22

>With Mac Virtual Display, users can even bring the powerful capabilities of their Mac into Vision Pro, creating an enormous, private, and portable 4K display, ideal for pro workflows this to me would be the more immediate selling point(compared to more consumer type stuff), if this is good enough to replace external monitors so I can essentially have my ideal setup wherever I want. Companies could offer these as a r…

> creating an enormous, private, and portable 4K display

One? But but... I use multiple monitors... what kind of pros are they targeting it at?

> Companies could offer these as a return to office incentive

... along with a self driving car so you can wear your headset on the 2 hour commute? :)

Re: Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2

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Post by Hehohei »

FumblingBear wrote: post #4

I know a lot of people are rightfully concerned with the viability of this product, but I'm unbelievably excited! Definitely going to be pre-ordering one and picking it up on release day if I can! I'm sure it won't be perfect or anything, but I'm mostly just stoked about the possibilities I see with this thing.

Look, if i would have 3k to throw around, i would also try it out.

I don't and don't think its reasonable at all.

I do own a htc vice pro + wireless extention from intel + valve controllers, i like that, i do not use it often enough to even justifiy that setup but its 2k and i bought the wireless and the valve controllers one after the other.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2

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Post by DreaminDani »

cassianoleal wrote: post #17

Is it just me misremembering, or is the light seal (last picture carousel on the website) a lot larger than when they originally presented it last year? It looks like it will stick out to the front a lot. They seem to "hide" this fact by having nearly all pictures at a 90 degrees angle from the face.

It looks the same to me. A lot of the models wearing the headset appear to be shots from last year's WWDC. The image of the light seal on its own looks like it matches those original images.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2

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Post by epolanski »

ren_engineer wrote: post #22

>With Mac Virtual Display, users can even bring the powerful capabilities of their Mac into Vision Pro, creating an enormous, private, and portable 4K display, ideal for pro workflows this to me would be the more immediate selling point(compared to more consumer type stuff), if this is good enough to replace external monitors so I can essentially have my ideal setup wherever I want. Companies could offer these as a r…

My coworkers has exactly this setup using the latest oculus he says he loves it.

But he doesn't use it. So go figure.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2

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Post by Hehohei »

ren_engineer wrote: post #22

>With Mac Virtual Display, users can even bring the powerful capabilities of their Mac into Vision Pro, creating an enormous, private, and portable 4K display, ideal for pro workflows this to me would be the more immediate selling point(compared to more consumer type stuff), if this is good enough to replace external monitors so I can essentially have my ideal setup wherever I want. Companies could offer these as a r…

I will not sit in a office, were other people can see me, wearing snow goggles.

As expensive as they are, as stylish as they are.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2

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Post by jmuguy »

goosedragons wrote: post #9
FumblingBear wrote: post #4

I know a lot of people are rightfully concerned with the viability of this product, but I'm unbelievably excited! Definitely going to be pre-ordering one and picking it up on release day if I can! I'm sure it won't be perfect or anything, but I'm mostly just stoked about the possibilities I see with this thing.

What do you see with it? I see a better in some ways (display, cameras, maybe finger tracking) VR headset than an alternative like the Quest 3 but also with some serious downsides, no controllers, insanely high price and potential weight issues because of all the metal/glass.

I'm excited about using it in the office as a replacement/enhancement to external monitors. Maybe it will suck for that - I don't know. But I never really cared about any of the use cases for VR or AR.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2

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Post by eks391 »

Everything is 2D, making it just a TV/phone on your face. Although these other products were never released commercially, the google glasses and microsoft's hololens both envisioned adding 3D objects that interacted with your real space. In comparison, the Vision is very dull. I'm glad they are actually selling commercially though, so maybe we can soon see these features that AR allows, from them or competitors.
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