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Apple Continues Development on visionOS With Beta 6 Release

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Apple today seeded the sixth beta of visionOS, the software that runs on the Vision Pro headset. The fifth beta came out in late October, so it has been two weeks since Apple last released a visionOS update.

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Only a limited number of developers have access to Vision Pro at this time, with the headsets used for app testing purposes. Most people do not have access to the visionOS beta, and it is not entirely clear what Apple is adding in each visionOS update.

Apple is letting developers attend Vision Pro labs around the world, and developers who visit these locations are able to test the Vision Pro in person and get help from Apple engineers on their visionOS apps.

The Vision Pro headset is not expected until early 2024, so Apple still has several months to refine the hardware and software.

Article Link: Apple Continues Development on visionOS With Beta 6 Release
 
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5th or 6th?

I’m glad to see they are giving this proper attention. I know it won’t be a mass market product any time soon, if ever, but it needs to be done right.
 
Go Apple go! I hope this thing is fannnnnnnnntastic.

Being able to conjure up an any-size screen on demand like one might open a laptop to use a relatively tiny screen seems like an ideal use case for my needs. I hope it can do this one thing very well. Since existing VR products on the market already do this at their much lower resolutions... and Apple demoed exactly this benefit in the WWDC presentation...

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...I look forward to trying it with my own eyes and hoping to see the productivity potential of a giant, visually sharp screen(s) in my laptop bag.

(My) Intent is to use it just like I use a laptop now: slip it on when I want to do laptop-type work, slip it off when I'm done. On the plane, on the train, in the hotel room, etc: WHEREVER I focus my attention on a relatively tiny laptop screen now to get things done. A virtual desktop size screen like the 40" ultra-wide I work on when NOT traveling would be so much more useful than continuing to adapt to <= a 16-inch screen when on the road.

No folding creases. No rolling. No weight of glomming on physical screens to get the additional screen R.E.- just a relatively small, NEW bit of tech in the laptop bag. I hope this delivers THAT well.
 
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For me, because of this process, it's not something I would invest in out of the gate. I'm sure the Apple apps will be great, but limited at first. Given that most developers don't even have access to the product, I'm not expecting much. Perhaps after a year it would be worth the large investment that Apple requires.
 
hoodafoo said:
I have a feeling they are going to cancel this project due to low interest
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That is not how Apple rolls buddy! Apple is a 3 Trillion dollar company and they could keep this project going for 10 years if they wanted to! The Apple I and Apple II were in the same boat, just think if Apple gave up after the Apple II! Don't allow your limiting beliefs to deceive you!
 
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HobeSoundDarryl said:
Go Apple go! I hope this thing is fannnnnnnnntastic.

Being able to conjure up an any-size screen on demand like one might open a laptop to use a relatively tiny screen seems like an ideal use case for my needs. I hope it can do this one thing very well. Since existing VR products on the market already do this at their much lower resolutions... and Apple demoed exactly this benefit in the WWDC presentation...

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...I look forward to trying it with my own eyes and hoping to see the productivity potential of a giant, visually sharp screen(s) in my laptop bag.

(My) Intent is to use it just like I use a laptop now: slip it on when I want to do laptop-type work, slip it off when I'm done. On the plane, on the train, in the hotel room, etc: WHEREVER I focus my attention on a relatively tiny laptop screen now to get things done. A virtual desktop size screen like the 40" ultra-wide I work on when NOT traveling would be so much more useful than continuing to adapt to <= a 16-inch screen when on the road.

No folding creases. No rolling. No weight of glomming on physical screens to get the additional screen R.E.- just a relatively small, NEW bit of tech in the laptop bag. I hope this delivers THAT well.
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My only worry is that in the video it didn’t seem to allow you to make the screen size actually bigger, it just allowed you to scale the same laptop screen. So if you have a 13” MacBook…. Good luck trying to do much… I really hope this isn’t the case in the final product and it allows for arbitrary simulated resolutions. Give me a Pro Display XDR inside the headset!
 
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wilhoitm said:
That is not how Apple rolls buddy! Apple is a 3 Trillion dollar company and they could keep this project going for 10 years if they wanted to! The Apple I and Apple II were in the same boat, just think if Apple gave up after the Apple II! Don't allow your limiting beliefs to deceive you!
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Like they did the original HomePod? Or the butterfly keyboard MacBooks?

Let’s drop this whole “Apple can do anything” line. It isn’t true. If the Vision Pro isn’t successful very quickly Apple’s board will make it clear to Tim Cook that they expect him to place his focus on more profitable ventures.
 
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zach-coleman said:
My only worry is that in the video it didn’t seem to allow you to make the screen size actually bigger, it just allowed you to scale the same laptop screen. So if you have a 13” MacBook…. Good luck trying to do much… I really hope this isn’t the case in the final product and it allows for arbitrary simulated resolutions. Give me a Pro Display XDR inside the headset!
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Yep. The idea that this will give you the infinite resolution required to create virtual monitors in any size and number is bogus. The VP, based on everything we know about it so far, acts as a second monitor for a Mac or a Laptop. If your Mac or Laptop can’t support more than one additional monitor you’ll be limited to that one additional monitor, the resolution of which will most likely be determined by the graphics capability of your Mac or laptop.
 
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Like they did the original HomePod? Or the butterfly keyboard MacBooks?

Let’s drop this whole “Apple can do anything” line. It isn’t true. If the Vision Pro isn’t successful very quickly Apple’s board will make it clear to Tim Cook that they expect him to place his focus on more profitable ventures.
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Apple still sells the HomePod and Apple fixed the butterfly keyboards. I think you have very limited beliefs, just because something is not immediatly sucessful does not mean Apple gives up on it! Apple has 162 Billion on cash on hand, I do not think you know how much that is... The Apple Vision Pro is just multi-decimal place rounding error compared to that! Don't be meek, be bold!
 
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wilhoitm said:
Apple still sells the HomePod and Apple fixed the butterfly keyboards. I think you have very limited beliefs, just because something is not immediatly sucessful does not mean Apple gives up on it! Apple has 162 Billion on cash on hand, I do not think you know how much that is... The Apple Vision Pro is just multi-decimal place rounding error compared to that! Don't be meek, be bold!
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Apple abandoned the butterfly keyboard and the Touch Bar. The HomePod you can buy now is not even close to the original HomePod in terms of specs.

It has nothing to do with being meek. It has to do with the idea that Apple can force a product to be successful. They can’t. It will sink or swim on its own merit and at the moment it appears that VP needs a life vest.
 
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That is not how Apple rolls buddy! Apple is a 3 Trillion dollar company and they could keep this project going for 10 years if they wanted to! The Apple I and Apple II were in the same boat, just think if Apple gave up after the Apple II! Don't allow your limiting beliefs to deceive you!
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...Airpower never saw the light for example.
 
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"Most people do not have access to the visionOS beta"

Wait, WHAT???
Isn't the beta available to ANY developer??? I thought only the actual device was limited to a few of them, not the actual visionOS in Xcode!!!
 
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hoodafoo said:
I have a feeling they are going to cancel this project due to low interest
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Yes, if they can’t convert this idea into a more affordable “consumer product” in the future.

The user target of this thing is only pros or some YouTubers who are willing to pay $3500 plus tax, most consumers won’t. The bar is very high for the general public to get their hands on this thing.

Imagine Apple spent 8 years and shxt load of $$$ on R&D and won’t profit from it. Tim Cook, the businessman who doesn’t understand the technology, understands the business value of doing it at least. The models for the general public may have been planned already but who knows...
 
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