Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro

apple.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

31–40 of 510 posts

Re: Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro

#31

Post by furyofantares »

mpolichette wrote: post #4
Jeff_Brown wrote: post #2

To paraphrase The Economist, "This device is amazing, and now Apple needs developers to figure out what it's for." https://www.economist.com/business/2023/06/06/apples-vision-...

Computers were invented to speed up calculations, and yet the primary thing we use them for today is to read the news and send each other messages and memes… I think it’s totally reasonable, to expect developers to find the real use

Hopefully it's as open as macOS, or at least much, much closer to it than iOS. Otherwise the options for exploration are limited by Apple.

Re: Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro

#33

Post by erybodyknows »

javajosh wrote: post #14

I'm not joking when I say I want to write software for this thing that can help you get the most out of a psychedelic experience. I think the combination could be powerfully positive (or negative, of course).

I believe Brian Eno created a generative audio-based version of this. Each session is a unique composition.

EDIT: It was an app called Wavepaths, here is a link to the Rolling Stone article. (https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hot-digita...)

EDIT pt.2: Here is the app itself. (https://wavepaths.com/)

Re: Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro

#35

Post by urbandw311er »

javajosh wrote: post #14

I'm not joking when I say I want to write software for this thing that can help you get the most out of a psychedelic experience. I think the combination could be powerfully positive (or negative, of course).

Yikes. Imagine being so messed up that you forgot you had the headset on and became trapped in an altered world.

Re: Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro

#36

Post by paxcoder »

mpolichette wrote: post #4
Jeff_Brown wrote: post #2

To paraphrase The Economist, "This device is amazing, and now Apple needs developers to figure out what it's for." https://www.economist.com/business/2023/06/06/apples-vision-...

Computers were invented to speed up calculations, and yet the primary thing we use them for today is to read the news and send each other messages and memes… I think it’s totally reasonable, to expect developers to find the real use

[dead]

Re: Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro

#37

Post by Karsteski »

javajosh wrote: post #14

I'm not joking when I say I want to write software for this thing that can help you get the most out of a psychedelic experience. I think the combination could be powerfully positive (or negative, of course).

Why would you be joking, that's a great idea lol

Re: Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro

#38

Post by ohgodplsno »

furyofantares wrote: post #31
mpolichette wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Computers were invented to speed up calculations, and yet the primary thing we use them for today is to read the news and send each other messages and memes… I think it’s totally reasonable, to expect developers to find the real use

Hopefully it's as open as macOS, or at least much, much closer to it than iOS. Otherwise the options for exploration are limited by Apple.

It is more locked down than both.

Re: Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro

#39

Post by jonplackett »

jacquesm wrote: post #24
grecy wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might want to read similar comments that were made about the iPhone when it was launched. And the iPad, and the Apple Watch. My personal answer is that I don't know what it's going to be used for, but I'm betting that it will be used A LOT once that use is figured out.

Whoever manages to slip a porn application by the censors is going to clean up (financially).

Totally Innocent 3D Video Player Pro™ coming right up.

Re: Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro

#40

Post by javajosh »

gwill wrote: post #19
javajosh wrote: post #14

I'm not joking when I say I want to write software for this thing that can help you get the most out of a psychedelic experience. I think the combination could be powerfully positive (or negative, of course).

it'd be interesting to shape the experience based off of biometrics from an apple watch as well as pupil dilation/eye movement if possible.

yes, ideally it would be generative and reactive. There was a throw-away idea at the end of Stephenson's "The Diamond Age" that altered the appearance of a woman based on your reaction, to make her more and more attractive to you...this idea generalizes in some interesting ways. Even better if there existed a small affordable fMRI machine or at least a way to measure alpha, delta, theta waves etc and maximize those.
Post reply on HN