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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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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.…

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

#62

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 integrated form factor that will enrich our sense of connection and engagement with the physical world.

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

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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…

Yeah if this just works it’s exactly what I want.

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

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This is clearly an early product launch which isn't ready for the mainstream yet. And I'm assuming it's going to be super expensive. But I'm pretty impressed. Unlike pretty much any other VR headset I've seen, I can actually imagine myself using this and deriving value from it.

I think the main reason for the product is to create excitement for its future generations, which I think is pretty successful at for the moment :)

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

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This is the first inverse of Apple. It's the first device that doesn't live with you on the journey... everything from "the throw it out the window macintosh," iPod, iPhone, Air, iPad... you name it, was about going with you where you went. It's striking...

This is a shift of epic proportions.

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

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post #38

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?

They've got a interior facing camera, they could make you a pair of floating eyeballs! Kidding, but also not, I imagine they make use of that camera for this somehow.

I'm suspecting they'll ask users to enroll/login with camera for IPD correction, then make a figurative Live2D model using that picture, interior camera and lip sync.

Edit: and yep, your head is modeled and a doppelganger of you will show in calls.

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

#68

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.…

I know a few people that have improved or eliminated their myopia through more use of VR.

VR apps typically use far focal distance so even though the screens are close to your eyes, your eye muscles/lenses are typically held at far/infinity focal length.

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

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Curious if this will give a viable mobile workstation. If I can get the experience of a 4k ~32 inch monitor while traveling I'd consider buying it just for that. They seem to be promoting that..... getting nervous about price though.

I'd be worried about being able to use this for more than 30-60 minutes without getting a splitting headache.
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