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Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order

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Re: Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order

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Post by plagiarist »

jksflkjl3jk3 wrote: post #60
nerdjon wrote: post #24

Must admit, as this got closer I contemplated getting it more and more. Especially as I find myself using my laptop a lot on the couch and bed. Just the ability to have a larger screen without worrying about my physical Mac screen is a fairly large selling point, plus any other features. I assume there has not been anything about the ability to have multiple virtual Mac screens has there? That would likely make this…

XReal Air are pretty good for that purpose. I can just plug them into my laptop or any phone that supports DisplayPort over USB-C and mirror my full screen. The clarity is good enough for dev work, but my eyes feel a little strained after a few hours of use. I'm curious whether Apple's product will be more comfortable for longer use.

I was considering those. Is there some sort of accelerometer in there so the screen moves in your field of vision as you turn your head, or does it just kinda float there? I haven't been able to understand that from their product pages.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order

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Post by nathanyz »

nathancahill wrote: post #17
pavlov wrote: post #9

The last time Apple introduced a new general purpose computing device was the iPad, 14 years ago. This one just doesn’t feel as big. When the iPad was introduced, everyone was shocked by the very low price and the sleek form factor compared to previous Windows tablet devices. Those are exactly the weak points of the Vision Pro: it’s very expensive and very heavy, according to reports. The hands-on sessions that Apple…

Saving this comment for 10 years from now.

Yep, I think people are equating the new headset too much with VR. It is the AR aspect that is game changing.

Giant, better than 4k monitor for my macbook pro while still being able to see and interact with people in the room, yes please.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order

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Post by bryanlarsen »

tiffanyh wrote: post #36
pavlov wrote: post #9

The last time Apple introduced a new general purpose computing device was the iPad, 14 years ago. This one just doesn’t feel as big. When the iPad was introduced, everyone was shocked by the very low price and the sleek form factor compared to previous Windows tablet devices. Those are exactly the weak points of the Vision Pro: it’s very expensive and very heavy, according to reports. The hands-on sessions that Apple…

> When the iPad was introduced, everyone was shocked by the very low price and the sleek form factor compared to previous Windows tablet devices. I remember history a bit differently. I recall lots of people dismissing the iPad as " just a big iPod Touch".

The iPod Touch was a highly successful product; if that was supposed to be a dismissal it wasn't a very effective one.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order

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Post by jwells89 »

lobsterthief wrote: post #101
Hamuko wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They also ran iOS without really much adaptation for the form factor. Now it's called "iPadOS" and has functionality that differentiates it from an iPhone. You can even dual screen the thing if you're a weirdo.

I love using it as a second screen when I’m out at a coffee shop. It works so seamlessly and I can throw Slack on there while I code, without looking like a complete weirdo

Sidecar works surprisingly well. With its latency and performance it’s barely distinguishable from a wired screen even running a HiDPI resolution.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order

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Post by bananamerica »

thrownawaysz wrote: post #107

I'll never understand the pricing of expensive tech stuff (well expensive for me). Still a lot of people will buy it so why 3499, 3699, 3899? Why not 3999, 4199, 4399? Surely if you have the money you would buy it either way.

It's not every day that I read someone complain about a product not being expensive enough.

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Post by ookblah »

pavlov wrote: post #9

The last time Apple introduced a new general purpose computing device was the iPad, 14 years ago. This one just doesn’t feel as big. When the iPad was introduced, everyone was shocked by the very low price and the sleek form factor compared to previous Windows tablet devices. Those are exactly the weak points of the Vision Pro: it’s very expensive and very heavy, according to reports. The hands-on sessions that Apple…

uh yeah, i remember it quite differently. everyone was dismissive of the ipad...i remember even thinking how phones were getting bigger and what was the point.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order

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Post by bombcar »

KeplerBoy wrote: post #88
frou_dh wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To a first approximation, that's what it still is all these years later. The software might be called iPadOS now but it's not fooling anyone that it's much different to iOS.

It is iOS in all but name, isn't it? Same version and basically same changelogs?

THE iPad supports a few things that the iPhone doesn’t, the main one being screen size, the two apps next to each other (iirc) and the pencil.

But lots of apps can just treat it as a big phone.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order

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Post by dougmwne »

csmiller wrote: post #98

Ordered one but have fairly low expectations. I guess my main fear is that it really takes off, and there is a huge improvement in the V2 that obsoletes this one.

I don’t think that’s likely. It seems that the price is high because Apple wanted the 2030 headset today. If they get moderate success, they will release lower spec versions which will probably not match the Vision Pro for 2 product cycles. So the Vision SE 2 might be on par with the Pro 1. Pro 1 likely to be supported for maybe 6 years, assuming it’s not a big flop and Apple abandons headsets for awhile.

Re: Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order

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Post by tiahura »

supafastcoder wrote: post #31
TotoHorner wrote: post #22

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Lol when the iPhone came out, literally everyone was criticizing it for how expensive it was. Also, looking at the functionality it had when it first came out, it wouldn't have really been very useful for me (no app store, basically just an iPod + shitty browser + phone). Anyway, does anyone actually think that VR isn't going to revolutionize computing over the next 10 years?

> shitty browser Well, well, even the iOS Safari that shipped with the first iPhone was miles ahead of anything else out there.

Opera on Windows Mobile?
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