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Vision Pro Review: Apple's First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose

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Re: Vision Pro Review: Apple's First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose

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Post by ProxCoques »

robg wrote: post #3

As a media consumption device it seems really cool, but I don’t see how the 10th or 20th generation version is relevant for daily life or work. Magic Leap spent over $4 Billion on the physics of high definition light onto the retina. There just doesn’t seem to be any way around the reality of the limitations in the AR approach. In 20 years it will still be a bulky headset with battery life limitations preventing the…

I think the reason why they called it "Pro" was because this version is to work out how the market cleaves to which use cases. So next year will we get the "Vision Media" and the "Vision Workstation" that specialise in being just a TV and a computer monitor on your face, respectively? BTW things like short duration, high value healthcare applications is where Hololens is being used for right now I think.

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Post by ryanbrunner »

bottlepalm wrote: post #67
ryanbrunner wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My kid has a VR headset, along with a few of his friends. He certainly uses it but it's a huge exagerration to say that he spends more of his free time in VR than real life. Minecraft / Roblox / Fortnite you could make an argument for maybe (depending on age).

Didn’t say your kid, I said many kids.

All of his friends with VR headsets as well. It's an occasional toy sort of device for pretty much everyone I know. I realize that the plural of anecdotes isn't data, so if you have actual data I'm happy to see it!

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Post by robg »

crazygringo wrote: post #34
robg wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does the version in 2040 look like? We’re 17 years on from the first iPhone, and it’s still the same basic device. Incrementally better every year hasn’t meant any radical changes.

Same as the iPhone: thinner, 4x resolution, much bigger screen (means much larger FOV for the AVP). A budget SE version. I think it's going to become very normalized for consuming movies, TV, and console gaming (2D). Super popular on planes, trains, even car trips for kids.

Agreed all around, just isn’t the future of spatial computing we’re being sold on. As an entertainment only device I’m sold if I were traveling more.

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Post by PlunderBunny »

kibwen wrote: post #51
johnfernow wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Shrinking this technology is all it will take for similar devices to make workstation monitors and gaming consoles completely obsolete. Do people want that? I love playing games in my Quest 2 for an hour or two, or the PSVR2 at my friend's house, but I dread the thought of spending 8+ hours a day in it while I work. No, not just because of the weight, but because I like the feeling of fresh air on my face and sunli…

> There's almost never a situation where I need more than two things visible at once. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills when I point out that OSes have had built-in support for virtual desktops for years now, and that using them to extend your monitor infinitely and switch between them with a single keypress is far more ergonomic than having to crane your neck to see a screen that's not directly in front of you at t…

I use the built-in 16” display on my laptop only for coding, and other developers can’t understand that I don’t want multiple monitors. I try to explain that I don’t want to crane my neck and plug and unplug monitors, and that alt-tabbing between windows is just as easy for me than looking at another window. Maybe it’s something to do with being old and learning to code on a tiny screen.

I’m not saying that other people can’t prefer multiple monitors (I’m definitely in the minority when it comes to programmers), I just don’t understand why they can’t understand my point-of-view.

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet »

gnabgib wrote: post #69
karim79 wrote: post #19

A single Thunderbolt (or HDMI) output. Then it could double as a Mac Mini on a desk. That would help justify about 1k of the total spend. I know it sounds a bit ridiculous, but I think it's less ridiculous than a 3,5k (minimum) face computer that, for most people, will not be getting nearly as much facetime (pun intended) as a normal desktop. One wired output, just one, for the love of God.

You certainly do keep saying it again[0] [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=39267923

What did you hope to gain from this comment?

What does it add to the conversation?

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Post by rlupi »

karim79 wrote: post #19

A single Thunderbolt (or HDMI) output. Then it could double as a Mac Mini on a desk. That would help justify about 1k of the total spend. I know it sounds a bit ridiculous, but I think it's less ridiculous than a 3,5k (minimum) face computer that, for most people, will not be getting nearly as much facetime (pun intended) as a normal desktop. One wired output, just one, for the love of God.

It has a usb-c charger and cable... it must have a usb-c or thunderbolt port. Did they cripple it on purpose?
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