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Re: Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that's true, 3.5k for a porn machine is an incredibly steep price.

People "happily" spend that on drugs, tobacco, and alcohol, so why not on porn.

True, but people are more willing to spend that kind of money $20-50 at a time than all at once.

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?

#44

Does the AVP still not integrate with VR games/simulators? I understand why Apple wants it to be a productivity tool not a gaming device, but it really sucks to restrict it in that way.

It can with:

KRVR - https://krvr.app/

ALVR - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alvr/id6479728026

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?

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having developed multiple apps on it and tried every which way to use it (as an XR enthusiast in general), I have never been so happy to put a headset up on the shelf and never pull it out again. using as a spatial monitor was cool. for about 10min until my neck got tired of the added weight. but I’ll give credit that those 10min were pretty cool.

Since it's tethered anyway for the battery, I think Apple made a mistake just not building it as a (smart) monitor tethered to a separate PC.

Imagine if the vision pro could just be plugged into a small compute module with a battery or just plugged directly into a Macbook. It would be lighter, cheaper, and more flexible. I think a lot more people would have been interested in it.

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?

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I'm an indie that travels a lot. I'm interested in it to have more flexibility with ergonomic setups for development, such as being able to stand without needing a way to elevate my laptop to eye height (it's easy at least to find ways to get my keyboard halves to proper height for standing) or lying with keyboard halves at my sides. Curious if anyone is using it successfully for ergonomics (not just for the convenie…

I can't see any realistic way that the ergonomics would be better than your haphazard hotel room setup. Reality is that the device still has weight on your head and neck and is still kind of tiring to wear for long periods of time.

It's still 1.5lbs hanging off the front of your face and over hours that's still straining.

Lying down or in a recliner or something where you're not really having to support the device yourself is about the only way that I feel you might achieve any kind of better result in an ergonomics sense for a significant length of use time.

(Disclaimer: I had one to demo for a few months and used it/experimented with it sporadically, I don't own one.)

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?

#47
Still using the AVP but not exclusively, about 3 hours a day, with a hardware Bluetooth keyboard.

Mostly multiple safari windows opening on servers via webterm, cli and emacs.

It’s especially great when traveling.

Only problem, I cannot share a window when presenting…

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?

#48

unless Apple allows adult content applications on Vision Pro its future is doomed. There are only two first-adopters for any new technology: military and adult industry. Without these you wont get any traction

I don’t think either of those drove smart phone adoption.

Adult websites were never banned on those, as far as I recall.

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using a Vision Pro?

#50

having developed multiple apps on it and tried every which way to use it (as an XR enthusiast in general), I have never been so happy to put a headset up on the shelf and never pull it out again. using as a spatial monitor was cool. for about 10min until my neck got tired of the added weight. but I’ll give credit that those 10min were pretty cool.

Unless materials science advances to the point where a display like the Vision Pro weighs as much as a pair of glasses, I don’t think there’ll ever be mass adoption of wearable VR beyond anything more than a novelty, for exactly the reason you stated.

Wearing something heavy on the front of your face is simply not a pleasant experience.

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