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Apple Announces More Than 600 Apps Already Optimized for Vision Pro
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Netflix and YouTube look pretty petty and stupid now, aren't they?
I’m stumped that Netflix is still planning to hold off on this major platform launch when clearly Disney is making it happen.
That's the dream. Watching how this plays out. Apple gen 1, rev A product, so I tend to keep that in mind, and I have trouble bridging the gap on what sort of productivity benefits this provides.
For fifteen years, we've been able to get a couple 27" monitors hooked to your laptop. You've got a significant window space that you can interact with already, though admittedly using a bit of desk space.
So far as I can tell, in order to interact with multiple documents on Vision Pro however, you need to be looking at the document. So, I'm a bit skeptical if I'm able to read data in a PDF in one window, why continue to type notes in the Word or Excel doc when it doesn't have my eye focus.
Also seeing some frustration with inability to read smaller text on things like labels or your phone in the real world while wearing the device.
If a real world argument is that this is a perfect productivity device completing some work in an airplane... That travel case looks to be a challenge for anyone travelling in economy.
But ipad (vision whatever) versions. Can't use that, at least in what I do. I mean it's great and all but it's essentially ipad apps. Though I'm not sure I'd want to put a headset on to do work even if they were full apps.
Infuse for Vision Pro is currently in TestFlight.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
I think of your wish and the recent news about allowing streaming game apps on the App Store worldwide... to be available as standalone iPad apps. With Vpro being closely associated with iPad apps, do those streaming game apps come to Vpro too? I have to think they will. Why not?
I was just looking into infuse and it seems that yes, they are in fact working on it.
Netflix can be used through Safari. Who knows, maybe it can even be added to the home screen as a web app.
Disney already has 3D content, so they probably needed an app to make the 3D effect work, rather than relying on the web browser/player.
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Am I the only one that wouldn’t mind seeing a list with 600 items on it?
Need a YouTube for environments and Spatial Videos asap. How tight this garden gonna be walled??
I doubt I’ll be missing anything from using Netflix as an app.
What happens if someone comes up behind you and starts waving their hands and pinching their fingers in front of your iGoggles?
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
There is a pretty good description of some- including some I've seen or heard nothing else about before- in the first link of the article- just posted by Apple today.
Well, that’s up to Google. They could do a big show of using their maps data to put you anywhere in the world as you’re watching YouTube. That would definitely one-up Disney with just 4 environments. But, they don’t want to be that apparently.
Are we able to create custom immersive backgrounds or is it only canned backgrounds? If the latter, which I suspect, I wonder how long before we’ll have them at capability.
I can see a scenario where a user may want to may have a specific immersive background setting that facilitates whatever work they are doing. On the enterprise side, I could see where a company may be keen to offer branded backgrounds/experiences for their teams that are working in Apple Vision Pro.
Anyway, it’s the seemingly minuscule capabilities of everyday use that I’m most interested in learning about. Things that won’t garner clicks, but prove indispensable to the platform and user. Those subtle, no frills things that Apple does better than anyone. That, in sum, make for such a robust experience.
I can see a scenario where a user may want to may have a specific immersive background setting that facilitates whatever work they are doing. On the enterprise side, I could see where a company may be keen to offer branded backgrounds/experiences for their teams that are working in Apple Vision Pro.
Anyway, it’s the seemingly minuscule capabilities of everyday use that I’m most interested in learning about. Things that won’t garner clicks, but prove indispensable to the platform and user. Those subtle, no frills things that Apple does better than anyone. That, in sum, make for such a robust experience.
Yeah, saw that, but nothing close to a list of all 600. I want to know about the ones that Apple didn’t think were interesting enough to write about. I scrolled down to the media downloads… nuthin.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
You activate the nuisance laser and incinerate them.
Else, what do you do now when someone comes up behind you waving their hands and pinching their fingers in front of your face? I would guess you'll do the same thing you do now.
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It’s not being lazy, it’s hedging your bets, especially for small developers. Why put a lot of time and money into a product that may not sell? It’s easy to get an iPad app to work on Vision Pro, then, if it’s successful, The developers can then adapt it to the new form factor. It’s not worth spending too much time on this thing until we see how it sells.
“Also how do you know if the reviews are really true?”
That’s a weird comment. Reviewers have no incentive to give it a bad review and have every incentive to give it a positive review. Do you believe that reviewers WANT this thing to be bad or unsuccessful? Of course not. I fact many at the end said it’s a really great device when it comes right down to it, but that it has enough downsides that they can’t recommend it for the price. That’s a fair assessment IMO.
”probably time to buy one and start developing for it.”
How about you send me the money and then I’ll develop for it. That’s not an investment I’m willing to make right now.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
I've tried some things to try to see anything in the web-accessible App Store descriptions but nothing seems to work. Apparently, we wait for the morn to see the 600+.
PDF Expert just released an update with VisionOS Support.
I wonder what happened to Apple Apps: Pages, Numbers, Garage Band iMovie, Final Cut Pro, etc...?
I wonder what happened to Apple Apps: Pages, Numbers, Garage Band iMovie, Final Cut Pro, etc...?
Why on earth would anyone use Office 365 apps on a Vision Pro? I just don't see the use case.
You'd look retarded trying to type an XLOOKUP formula using that thing, or even just trying to resize elements on a slide.
You'd look retarded trying to type an XLOOKUP formula using that thing, or even just trying to resize elements on a slide.
I think the tipping point is when and if productivity apps are truly productive.
If you spend more time just trying to nudge an image in PowerPoint using hand gestures, or two finger peck at a floating keyboard, then it's not worth it.
It's about creating apps and use cases that leverage and takes advantage of the interface.
If you spend more time just trying to nudge an image in PowerPoint using hand gestures, or two finger peck at a floating keyboard, then it's not worth it.
It's about creating apps and use cases that leverage and takes advantage of the interface.