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Re: Apple Vision

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Post by shafyy »

nynx wrote: post #2

> It really is one of the best product names in Apple history: Vision is a description of a product, it is an aspiration for a use case, and it is a critique on the sort of society we are building, behind Apple’s leadership more than anyone else. I agree that “Vision” is a good product name, but “Vision Pro” just feels intensely pedestrian. Why is it called “Pro?” Is there a non-Pro version?

They probably plan on releasing a non-pro version later. Importantly, adding "Pro" also has the psychological effect of better justifying the higher price.

Re: Apple Vision

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Post by leesalminen »

5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #7

curious how typing on a keyboard will work don't recall seeing that on the presentation.. also 2hrs battery, on a flight can you carry those... inconvenient (impractical?)

According to MKBHD’s video, you just look at the key you want on the on-screen keyboard and then click it by touching your thumb and index finger. They also mentioned in the keynote you can connect a Bluetooth keyboard and type on that.

Re: Apple Vision

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Post by sidibe »

simse wrote: post #8
5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #7

curious how typing on a keyboard will work don't recall seeing that on the presentation.. also 2hrs battery, on a flight can you carry those... inconvenient (impractical?)

You look at the letters on the keyboard, and "tap" by pinching your fingers. You can also just look at an input and start speaking.

So like a HL2. Typing on Hololens sucks using voice or eye tracking. You'll want a Bluetooth keyboard about 5 minutes after you get this thing

Re: Apple Vision

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Post by sanitycheck »

nynx wrote: post #2

> It really is one of the best product names in Apple history: Vision is a description of a product, it is an aspiration for a use case, and it is a critique on the sort of society we are building, behind Apple’s leadership more than anyone else. I agree that “Vision” is a good product name, but “Vision Pro” just feels intensely pedestrian. Why is it called “Pro?” Is there a non-Pro version?

It seems lazy to me, do a Google search for "Vision Pro", excluding results from the past couple of days, and it seems there were already a ton of products and services with the same name.

Perfect time to bring back the "i", though they already have "iSight". "iBorg"?

Re: Apple Vision

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Post by mrcwinn »

andsoitis wrote: post #10
NLPaep wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, a non-Pro version is arriving later.

What will the non-Pro version not have, compared to the Pro?

It could be the other way: Vision Pro will advance faster (field of view, compute power, some new feature) and Vision will become a lower price point full of rad hand-me-downs.

Re: Apple Vision

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Post by xattt »

nynx wrote: post #2

> It really is one of the best product names in Apple history: Vision is a description of a product, it is an aspiration for a use case, and it is a critique on the sort of society we are building, behind Apple’s leadership more than anyone else. I agree that “Vision” is a good product name, but “Vision Pro” just feels intensely pedestrian. Why is it called “Pro?” Is there a non-Pro version?

Vision Air is a nice homonym for visionnaire.

Re: Apple Vision

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Post by haswell »

agentgumshoe wrote: post #3

Unfortunately reads like a massive paid ad.

When Ben Thompson writes something that you could also interpret as a massive paid ad, that says something really interesting about the product he’s writing about.

Re: Apple Vision

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Post by scyzoryk_xyz »

5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #7

curious how typing on a keyboard will work don't recall seeing that on the presentation.. also 2hrs battery, on a flight can you carry those... inconvenient (impractical?)

They showed it, but didn't really focus on it. They also mentioned pairing with their magic keyboards and other peripherals.

I experimented with a keyboard/mouse in an Oculus headset and having physical keys under your fingers is much better. Only problem was that I couldn't see the keyboard inside the headset which was a bummer.

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