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Re: Apple Vision

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> Apple, meanwhile, isn’t even bothering with presence: even its Facetime integration was with an avatar in a window, leaning into the fact you are apart, whereas Meta wants you to feel like you are together.

[was with an avatar in a window]

And how Meta is fixing that exactly?

Re: Apple Vision

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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?

Pro is consistent with other product lines that Apple produces. IPhone Pro, MacBook Pro, etc. They could change the convention, but weren’t y’all just complaining about how naming conventions for things like Windows, Intel, Nvidia, etc are not consistent?

Re: Apple Vision

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, a non-Pro version is arriving later.

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

The "eye passthrough" display is something that could be trimmed quite easily to get the price down. It's not like any other VR device has it.

Re: Apple Vision

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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 just means "more expensive" (implying a later "less expensive" version).

Re: Apple Vision

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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?

Presumably they will wait and see how people use it in practice before deciding what is and isn't essential.

It's hard to believe that the screen on the outside is really necessary, but I'm sure it did well in testing or it wouldn't have been included.

Re: Apple Vision

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post #21

> Apple, meanwhile, isn’t even bothering with presence: even its Facetime integration was with an avatar in a window, leaning into the fact you are apart, whereas Meta wants you to feel like you are together. [was with an avatar in a window] And how Meta is fixing that exactly?

Presumably with an avatar outside of a window

Re: Apple Vision

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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?

"Pro", in AppleSpeak, means "the expensive one". They've actually done this before; the MacBook Pro (first Intel Mac) launched some time before the MacBook (first consumer-oriented Intel Mac). This feels like fairly clear signalling that there'll be a cheaper more consumer-oriented one along later.

Re: Apple Vision

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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"?

iWear if it didn't clash with the watches. iBorg / "I, Borg" would probably not land well with Trekkies.

iPiece?

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