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Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer

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Re: Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer

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Post by ndesaulniers »

Hippocrates wrote: post #444

3,500 seems SO worth it if this can be used to comfortably replace external displays for long periods of time. If I don't need external monitors, I don't need my large desk, and I don't need my home office, which adds like 100k to the price of any home I'd consider. I'd just work from a bedroom, a closet, or my deck if I had this. It would be amazing if I could use this to do more work outside, while benefitting from…

Hell you don't even have to get out of bed! Just lay there all day with this thing on your face and atrophy like in Surrogates.

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Post by bredren »

the_watcher wrote: post #471

It would very obviously be useful for work if you can actually get high res, effectively unlimited monitor space. Maybe not for everyone, but people already spend $3500+ on monitor setups somewhat regularly (and employers definitely do this). Apple themselves sell a single monitor that costs $2300 when fully spec'd out (5k, but the point is that they know what people spend on monitors). I can't figure out why that wa…

I am OP on the XDR Pro Display owner’s thread over in the Macrumors Forums.

Last week I asked XDR owners about their thoughts for possibly replacing their high end XDR monitor(s) with virtual displays in the Apple Vision Pro (I called it Apple Reality)

The question and replies cover some of the considerations around this replacement and there are ongoing replies now that some of the specs are known:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/pro-display-xdr-owners-...

Re: Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer

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Post by redbell »

I'm truly wondering what M. Zuckerburg and the rest of the Quest team are thinking/saying/feeling seeing Apple entering this field with such an impressive device. Will they welcome such a player to give more credibility to the metaverse concept and the VR/AR headset market or they would panic because they may feel unable to compete, who knows?! But surely, the next months would interesting to sit and watch.

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Post by LightBug1 »

paxys wrote: post #182

The hardware is no doubt impressive, as expected, but I just can't see myself in any of the situations they keep showing in VR/AR demos. Does someone really sit on their couch, put on a massive headset, and scroll through their vacation photos? Does someone watch an entire 2+ hour movie with a sweaty headset strapped to them (and plugged into a socket) instead of on a couch with their family/friends? Would I want to…

To be honest, I was looking to hate on this, but they sold it much better than the others...

I can see value in it where before it was a gimmick.

And come to think of it, isn't this where Apple does best? Taking the components of an idea that others have failed with, and using them to create a new market category.

That thing will have to be as light as a feather though...

What weirded me out most though, was the feeling that all the presenters had run their demonstrations through chatGPT "in the style of Steve Jobs". Maybe the SMT have rebooted Jobs via an LLM!

I enjoyed the memory of him though.

Re: Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer

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Post by gcanyon »

mikenew wrote: post #371

I find it pretty hilarious that VR started off as a product for gamers, designed by gamers, and funded by gamers. And even before it made it to market, it was bought up by Facebook who said "no no no, forget games, we're going to give you experiences ". And it's been a parade of uninteresting, nobody-actually-wanted-this products and ideas ever since. By far the most compelling things you can do in VR are games. Modd…

I'm curious what you think of https://moonrider.xyz ?

I just use it for virtual workouts, so I use the "punch" not the "saber" mode, but it works great for that.

Re: Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer

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Post by graypegg »

londons_explore wrote: post #621

Sometimes new and soon to be very popular things have a seriously negative response here in HN initially. Think of Snapchat. I'm sure everyone in tech would have said 'nah, there is no market for a messaging app where all messages disappear after 15 seconds'. And yet only a year or so later it was sending more photos than any other platform. Apples product might be the same.

That’s the usual refrain isn’t it? You can apply “remember how everyone said X wasn’t useful?” to almost anything.

Honestly I think this will be pretty middle of the road. Apple Watch started off with a general market, and pivoted to health/fitness.

I could totally see them readjusting as time goes on into whatever people start using it for. But it’ll be a niche. I think the “it’s for everyone” marketing from today is a way to gauge who really is their target market, not the market itself.

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Post by [deleted] »

seydor wrote: post #15

Well it s good, this is how you make something that turns us to cyborgs. A bit pricey to become a household items (because a family needs 4 of them) but this is probably where things are heading to There is so much engineering going on here that maybe ... it's simpler to start considering retina implants or just brain implants. This was more like a work of art than a consumer device. I wonder if Oculus can steal some…

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Re: Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer

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Post by annexrichmond »

It's hard to be excited about a device that will supposedly be released early next year yet had no live demos. How do we know that anything they announced will work as expected?

I recall that with the original iPhone and Apple Watch, they even had live demos 6+ months ahead of their release.

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