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Apple Vision Pro brings a new era of spatial computing to business

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Re: Apple Vision Pro brings a new era of spatial computing to business

#11

I have a few headsets and I think they're incredible for games. I can think of no other scenario where you want to be pulled into another world but for it also to be consequence free. Non gaming applications seem to be a solution in search of a problem.

Unlimited screen real estate with no additional hardware

Re: Apple Vision Pro brings a new era of spatial computing to business

#12

I have a few headsets and I think they're incredible for games. I can think of no other scenario where you want to be pulled into another world but for it also to be consequence free. Non gaming applications seem to be a solution in search of a problem.

Unlimited screen real estate with no additional hardware

Aka virtual desktop [1]. Your field of view is not unlimited, I'll take key-based switching over wobbling my head any day.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_desktop

Re: Apple Vision Pro brings a new era of spatial computing to business

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unlimited screen real estate with no additional hardware

Aka virtual desktop [1]. Your field of view is not unlimited, I'll take key-based switching over wobbling my head any day. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_desktop

Why not both?

Re: Apple Vision Pro brings a new era of spatial computing to business

#14
post #3

It seems like this blog post is targeting business executives who like to look at pretty visualizations, rather than actual workers. I can't imagine someone in manufacturing/engineering wanting to use a heavy, fragile HMD that (slightly) limits their vision and probably isn't compatible with any PPE. Similar for data workers, 3D viz can be helpful for understanding physical objects (medical imaging, industrial design…

I thought the 2nd image was realistic to business. Our clients are VERY into clicking on a point on a map and opening a variety of reports. Viewing multiple reports in space at the same time on a 3d map would bake their ziti.
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