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Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Re: Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Post by gnicholas »

twostorytower wrote: post #31

Apple: People are getting myopia from their screens being too close to their eyes. Also Apple: We’re strapping two 4K displays to your eyeballs with our new Apple Vision Pro AR headset. In all seriousness, this looks pretty awesome, and certainly paints a positive picture for AR in the future. It's pretty crazy how ahead Apple is to Meta considering Zuck pivoted their entire company around the space a few years ago.…

Don't forget the part about not spending enough time outside, exacerbating myopia.

And now you can bring the beautiful outdoors inside, so you never have to leave your couch again!

Re: Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Post by allenu »

gnicholas wrote: post #26

It showed someone participating in a group video call. But it only showed what the other people (who were not wearing headsets) look like. What does the Vision Pro user look like? Does it just use animoji or something? EDIT: sounds like they render a realistic animated image of you, if I caught that correctly?

I thought that was funny as well. I suppose this is where the new "poster" feature comes in? They'll just see pre-recorded looped video of you?

Re: Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Post by SwiftyBug »

atonse wrote: post #72
basisword wrote: post #32

I struggle to understand what some people were expecting. If it’s nothing more than putting screens in 3d space, it’s already worth it for me. I can sit on the couch, type on my MacBook, and look at multiple displays around me using the Vision Pro. As a bonus, I can still see what’s going on around me so nobody can come in and scare the shit out of me. Win win. I’ll take this content viewing device any day over a wei…

I'm curious about how it would work for people like me who are nearsighted. Do you get alternate lenses? Or do they correct the picture in software?

They provide lenses. But I believe you would have to buy them separate.

Re: Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Post by mcphage »

gpanders wrote: post #80
bentcorner wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1. Later on in the presentation they show a father taking pictures of his kids in 3d. Playing with your kids while wearing AR goggles is just beyond dystopian.

I mean to be fair, in that video he was recording a video using the headset. In that context, I don't think it's _that_ different from a parent pressing their eye into a camcorder or holding up a smart phone.

Isn't it easier to look away, or pull your head out, if it's a smart phone?

Re: Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Post by dbtc »

boringg wrote: post #90
jccalhoun wrote: post #43

This is really a product looking for a solution. I am very skeptical that the people who buy this will be using it a year after they get it. Wearing the headset while your kids are playing seems like something out of a dystopian scifi movie. And using it to watch movies might work while lying in bed but sitting on the couch seems like the next 3D tvs.

It's the same with all the other VR headsets -- I know so many people who bought them and then months later they just sit there used only very sporadically.

Or do they just not want to talk about how much porn they watch?

Re: Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Post by summarity »

confoundcofound wrote: post #62
twostorytower wrote: post #31

Apple: People are getting myopia from their screens being too close to their eyes. Also Apple: We’re strapping two 4K displays to your eyeballs with our new Apple Vision Pro AR headset. In all seriousness, this looks pretty awesome, and certainly paints a positive picture for AR in the future. It's pretty crazy how ahead Apple is to Meta considering Zuck pivoted their entire company around the space a few years ago.…

Yeah honestly I'm surprised and disheartened that Apple went this direction. This feels dystopian and less humane in many ways – an accelerant of the physical isolation that we've seen technology create. The shots of people at home alone talking to an empty room, the dad playing his daughters with the headset on, the woman grabbing a drink from her fridge. My hope is that this is a calculated step towards a more inte…

Those three shots in particular are a perfect execution of product marketing, designed to overload your critical thinking - “this is normal. Accept it. Embrace it”

The first time you see it it’s weird as fuck. The second and more times, not so much. A but like AirPods but much more extreme.

Whether this works out for them remains to be seen.

Re: Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Post by iamcasen »

The irony of seeing a guy with big goggles on his face gawking at his children and recording them while the narrator says something like "get closer to those memories that matter most."

You will not get closer to your family by hiding behind a big funny pair of goggles.

The immersive home-theater possibilities on the other hand, now we're talking. Plane rides could potentially become tolerable.

That being said, I still think watching movies is a group experience that's largely lost with a "single player" device. I love watching with my family and making popcorn and laughing and cuddling. It seems impossible or awkward when we would all have to have our own pair of goggles.

Re: Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Post by ianlevesque »

atonse wrote: post #72
basisword wrote: post #32

I struggle to understand what some people were expecting. If it’s nothing more than putting screens in 3d space, it’s already worth it for me. I can sit on the couch, type on my MacBook, and look at multiple displays around me using the Vision Pro. As a bonus, I can still see what’s going on around me so nobody can come in and scare the shit out of me. Win win. I’ll take this content viewing device any day over a wei…

I'm curious about how it would work for people like me who are nearsighted. Do you get alternate lenses? Or do they correct the picture in software?

The actual focal distance is somewhere around six feet on most headsets. If you're more nearsighted than that then yes you will need lenses, or to wear your glasses while using it.

Re: Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Post by jsheard »

twostorytower wrote: post #31

Apple: People are getting myopia from their screens being too close to their eyes. Also Apple: We’re strapping two 4K displays to your eyeballs with our new Apple Vision Pro AR headset. In all seriousness, this looks pretty awesome, and certainly paints a positive picture for AR in the future. It's pretty crazy how ahead Apple is to Meta considering Zuck pivoted their entire company around the space a few years ago.…

The optics in VR headsets trick your eyes into focusing further away than the displays physically sit, the effective focal plane is usually around 1.5 meters away.

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1371485209603022853

Re: Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

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Post by epgui »

snailmailman wrote: post #74
joe5150 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would expect that glasses won't be necessary for most nearsighted users and farsighted users would probably have some kind of internal diopter adjustment.

That is not the case with existing VR headsets. I'd be very surprised if apple has changed something to make that no longer the case. Without glasses, i can only really make out text if its inches from my face. With my quest 2 though, i cannot see anything in the headset without my glasses. The objects in the headset act as if they are several feet away. I cant see objects several feet away without my glasses. edit:…

It may not be the case, but it could be the case-- AFAIK this is a solved problem for other use cases.
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