Actually this doesn't read all that differently from 30+ years ago when Apple would ship you the latest IIfx or whatever, except for the pelican box. This is normal Apple.
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Apple Invites Developers to Vision Pro Coding Labs, Reveals Top-Secret Rules for Tester Kits
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Wait: “Reveals Top-Secret Rules”?
Doesn’t revealing the rules imply that there is nothing really secret about them?
These publicly announced rules just include a bunch of non-disclosure stuff that is pretty much standard for prototype products being made available to 3rd parties at this point in the development/launch process.
Doesn’t revealing the rules imply that there is nothing really secret about them?
These publicly announced rules just include a bunch of non-disclosure stuff that is pretty much standard for prototype products being made available to 3rd parties at this point in the development/launch process.
Any bugs with the device, OS or even their app could generate bad press.
Yeah...I had to sign similar NDAs when I was testing the DoD's Time Machine....
This NDA isn't anything new or surprising.
#sarcasm
This NDA isn't anything new or surprising.
#sarcasm
These are odd rules for Apple... They were nowhere near this strict with the Apple Silicon developer iMacs. That said, this is pretty normal stuff for anyone who's ever dealt with gaming console dev kits. This is basically what it was in the early days of the Nintendo Switch. Developer kits are more commonplace now and Nintendo isn't as cautious about who the allow to have them, but there are still controls and you don't want to have it get lost/stolen.
Flat edges around the sides used in iPhone 4, 4s, 5, 5s, SE, 12 ,13 and 14. Convex edges used in iPhone 6 till iPhone 11.
So if Apple sent the dev kit to my home, where I hypothetically do my dev work, and I let my mom try it, would Apple have any way of knowing I let her try it out?
So many rules!! Should ensure that no leaks will happen. Looking forward to all the new apps being developed for Vision Pro
nah bruh get all the tech youtubers and influencers in on the hype! like do they don’t want people to buy it? that’s how you market fr 😂
Sure they do. They’ll scan the irises of anyone who dons the goggles, and if they don’t match those registered to the lead developer, they will blast your eyes with a laser before setting off a 5 second self-destruct sequence.
Actually, if the wrong person is detected using them, the device will release a pigment onto the skin so the illegal user is forever marked with "racoon eyes"
We already found the visionOS beta update file, so people can dig into the filesystem without needing the device anyway. I'm sure Steve Moser is on it
If anyone breaches the terms, confiscate all earnings, remove their app(s) from the store, terminate all Apple accounts and black list them from all Apple products and services permanently without right to appeal.
It has a very Mac 128k launch vibe to it IMO.
Hopefully there will be more than enough memory built in this time around.
The last thing apple wants people using it with rough developer apps before they are finished.
These are the same terms Apple has always had for pre-release hardware and software in the hands of a third-party. Nothing new and I'm sure most other companies would set similar terms. They mainly just don't want them loaned to journalists, in the hands of their competitors, etc.
Something I've been wondering about is if glasses wearers like myself can avoid the need for prescription lenses for the VP by wearing normal contacts. Like if all I have to do is swap out my glasses for a couple daily contacts I keep around for when I dont feel like having glasses on (I prefer to work in glasses, but contacts are nicer when out and about) that's a lot easier to deal with than buying custom zeiss lenses