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Vision Pro Review: Apple's First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose

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Re: Vision Pro Review: Apple's First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose

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As a media consumption device it seems really cool, but I don’t see how the 10th or 20th generation version is relevant for daily life or work. Magic Leap spent over $4 Billion on the physics of high definition light onto the retina. There just doesn’t seem to be any way around the reality of the limitations in the AR approach. In 20 years it will still be a bulky headset with battery life limitations preventing the all-purpose computing device. Still seems really interesting for media consumption and even short duration, high value healthcare applications.

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People will look at this article in 20 years and laugh at the NY Times for being ridiculously wrong.

What does the version in 2040 look like? We’re 17 years on from the first iPhone, and it’s still the same basic device. Incrementally better every year hasn’t meant any radical changes.

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Just take a look at this teardown video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVJPAYwY8Us There are like 50 captive screws and a gajillion ribbon cables in that thing

There's vast room for improvement and slimming down, and I'm not just referring to the silicon and battery!

Maybe an alternative using passthrough lightfield displays will come along eventually, but that's not going to happen for a while. Shrinking this technology is all it will take for similar devices to make workstation monitors and gaming consoles completely obsolete.

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People will look at this article in 20 years and laugh at the NY Times for being ridiculously wrong.

What does the version in 2040 look like? We’re 17 years on from the first iPhone, and it’s still the same basic device. Incrementally better every year hasn’t meant any radical changes.

It runs a desktop os and you can use your regular apps, along with a keyboard and mouse.

Re: Vision Pro Review: Apple's First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose

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People will look at this article in 20 years and laugh at the NY Times for being ridiculously wrong.

What does the version in 2040 look like? We’re 17 years on from the first iPhone, and it’s still the same basic device. Incrementally better every year hasn’t meant any radical changes.

That is like saying doom and cyberpunk 2077 are fundamentally the same thing.

Re: Vision Pro Review: Apple's First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose

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Derek Guy, menswear writer: "Aesthetically, this is basically how you have to dress to make things like the Vision Pro and Cybertruck look cool. These things mainly look bad in public bc there's no congruity between the business casual gear most ppl wear and these futuristic designs"

https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1755425085580869834

Re: Vision Pro Review: Apple's First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose

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People will look at this article in 20 years and laugh at the NY Times for being ridiculously wrong.

Where are they wrong? This is a review of the device as it stands and not what its future looks like. They're charging $3500 for this device and not for the promise of future devices
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