Apple Highlights Developer Reactions to Vision Pro Labs: 'Audible Gasp'

[sideshowuniqueuser]

I thought they were referring to this gasp:

 

[Gasu E.]

So, thus far, success?
Odd that there’s no lab on the east coast, yet they are in international locations when VP is not launching in international locations for what, another year?

This is for developers, who are international. It has nothing to do with the location of the customers.

 

[kkee]

It sounds mundane, but I'm looking forward to the reviews of Word and Excel in Vision Pro.

We got the demo. Excel left, Word right.

Another one with MS Team

 

[Blue Nova]

The question is what industry will adapt it first, medical, museums, or educational?

 

[Ctrlos]

The price isn’t an issue because it’s not meant for us. £3500 is an easily swallowed business expense and compares well with other pieces of lab equipment.

This thing is going to revolutionise the workflow of a lot of professions. It’s not going to do much for the average home user.

 

[macfacts]

For people that don't need to watch TV with a group, this is fantastic. You can have a small space, like a studio apartment, and feel like you're in something like an IMAX theater. No need to have a 77" TV anymore.

A tv can be used with something like a video game console, blu ray player, etc, can't with an apple vision pro.

 

[Oscar_440]

There was an audible gasp from me as well at the $3499 price tag.

Absolutely. There was an audible gasp because they hadn't to pay for it.

 

[t0rqx]

"highlights the positive reactions" how about the "negative ones"?

 

[mdriftmeyer]

A TV benefits the whole household, and it's something we are all used to budgeting for once every decade or so.

A VR headset is a new device category for most, and only one person at a time can use it.

Very different use cases here.

The TV will last decades. The VR headset will be obsolete in 3-5 years.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

But typically not on experimental computers.

Those belts and handbags go obsolete much faster than computers though.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Yup. I can’t wait for the the up coming Apple Godzilla series that is rumored to be filming with the VP in mind.

Imagine standing in the ocean shallow of San Fran as the rain is pouring down. As you look up Godzilla is stepping over you as he locks arm with another monster. Spatial Audio firing for the waves, foot falls, and the vocal rumbles from the king of lizards. So ***** can’t wait for this new way to consume movies!!!

Helpless people on subway trains scream for god as he looks down on them…. Godzilla!

 

[jhfenton]

We got the demo. Excel left, Word right.

Another one with MS Team

Thanks! I'll be curious to see how usable, comfortable, and efficient it is for editing multiple legal documents for a few hours at a time. It's not a sexy use case, but it's the one that would have me buying one sooner rather than later.

 

[pdoherty]

If VR ever becomes widely popular (which is a HUGE “if”) optometrists will have a field day. The amount of eye strain this thing is likely to cause is significant.

Why is that? Don't VR devices present the images in a way that the eye comfortably focuses on the images as if they are further away? I mean, no one's eyes could actually focus on a screen 20mm away.

 

[pdoherty]

Agreed. Just saying it’s easier to sell an AVP if needed. It’s a more secured debt I guess?

You think selling an expensive niche (so a small population of people who could/would buy) virtual reality headset that requires a visit to an Apple Store to buy secondhand for fitting, is easier than selling a TV which literally everyone can use?

 

[pdoherty]

For work, it's 'is it comfortable enough to wear every day for 6-9 hours,' particularly if you can't afford or don't want to pay a lot of money for this and for monitors. I'm not sure I'd really want to go down that route tbh.

I'm still not even sure this thing will be capable of being used for work; mouse and keyboard use is still a huge question mark. How much slower/worse is using this device compared to normal?

 

[klasma]

Maybe the gasp is due to screen apnea? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/well/live/screen-apnea-breathing.html

 

[foliovision]

The guy from Fantastical is the clown developer who went from a reasonable one time purchase to $50 or $90/year. Just the sort of parasite and cancer to the ecosphere who would be all over overpriced tech.

PS. Bought BusyCal and BusyContacts instead. Natural language turned up there shortly.

 

[foliovision]

dup

 

[MrCrowbar]

You know, if passthrough works as well as advertised, you can watch your mature shows and movies with your young children in the room and still have an eye on them. There will be a generation of kids knowing their parents mostly with re-projected goggle eyes.

 

[TracerAnalog]

"Thirty-five-hundred dollars?!?" :gasp:

I am amazed at all the negative reactions about the price. Have you looked at the prices of similar hardware? They easily run up to $10K! And that is without a computer on board, relying on a PC…

Yes it’s a lot of money, but Macbook Pro’s also don’t come cheap. Whether it is worth spending that amount it is another question. I’d love to try it, especially to do actual work. The media consumption part interests me the least. If this thing can make me more productive in the studio without physical discomfort, it will easily pay for itself.

 

[TracerAnalog]

You know, if passthrough works as well as advertised, you can watch your mature shows and movies with your young children in the room and still have an eye on them. There will be a generation of kids knowing their parents mostly with re-projected goggle eyes.

That’s nasty. And hilarious.😂

 

[spaxxedout]

You think selling an expensive niche (so a small population of people who could/would buy) virtual reality headset that requires a visit to an Apple Store to buy secondhand for fitting, is easier than selling a TV which literally everyone can use?

Yeah. I really meant to say resell. It would be much easier to liquidate this product than a big tv. People could get their own straps / light seals. I’m sure there will be cheap 3rd party alternatives.

 

[citysnaps]

The question is what industry will adapt it first, medical, museums, or educational?

That and many more. There are loads of industrial and commercial applications. Just as an example... if I were a building/home/landscape architect, or an interior designer, I'd be all over Apple's product for presenting walk-through designs to clients.

 

[jhfenton]

I'm still not even sure this thing will be capable of being used for work; mouse and keyboard use is still a huge question mark. How much slower/worse is using this device compared to normal?

You can definitely use a mouse and keyboard. The question for me is physical comfort wearing the headset and eye strain using virtual screens for 6-9 hours per day in 2-3 hour blocks. The fact that Microsoft is making a Vision Pro version of Office gives me hope. I want this version to succeed so that I can buy the second or third generation in a few years and go walkabout with my wife for a few years before actually retiring.

 

[klasma]

Whether it is worth spending that amount it is another question.

Most people don’t think it’s remotely worth it, hence the negativity.