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Apple Reveals 'Vision Pro' Headset and visionOS
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PlayStation might even benefit if both platforms can play the same content. Sony can be the mass market price point.
You smash your face into the desk and get glass chards into your eyes. Problem solved you’ll never fall asleep like that again.
For ***** and giggles I am going to get one! But I wonder if it comes with a case for that price?
You do realize you can’t experience VR watching a 2D video right? You have to wear it to experience the 3D.
Wonder if part of the high price is the availability of a personal fitting appt like Patel got where they scan your head to determine the right headband and to add prescription lenses? I assume you would have to live near an Apple Store for this.
That’s what I said when the first iPhone was announced.
No no, that's not the apple way.
A display that you connect to a computer would mean that years from now; the headset would still be useful since you can upgrade your computer and still have a headset capable of handling the latest software. No different from how decade old monitors and speakers are still usable today.
Integrate it with a computer; and 5 years from now that M2 SOC will be too slow to run the latest apps and you're forced to throw the whole thing in the bin to buy a newer $3500 headset.
That's the apple way.
Hasn’t anyone come out with a MagSafe adapter that adds MagSafe to the wall wart end?
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I don’t think he knew what exactly he was talking about. Felt like he was reading a script given by Apple.
I am admittedly not sold on the user input methods. I guess there may be a way to connect an external keyboard and mouse and use it like a desktop, because I can't see myself editing videos using gestures (which I assume will work via the Kinect sensor in Face ID), or dictating long forum responses via Siri.
Otherwise, I will largely be using it in scenarios where I consume content passively with minimal interaction or input required on my end.
I don't really mind the high price, because the trend of tech is that prices tend to go down over time as performance and efficiency rises. Start with a small user base, build up the use case, and gradually get the buy in of more and more people over time.
I guess even Apple is aware of this, given how much of their demo involved a single person indoors. Perhaps we may see more people comfortable with using this in public in the future (they would be the future version of today's "smartphone zombies").
You do get a 2-week return policy, and that's where the Apple Store comes in - to let people test it out and get a sensing of it first before committing to a purchase. I think this is where Apple is uniquely positioned to succeed. They have the infrastructure in place to promote and support wearables for the long term.
It’s super weird yeah. I’d never use FaceTime with this thing
People said the exact same thing about the fact that MP3 players already existed when Apple announced the iPod. And the iPhone.
https://www.macrumors.com/2001/10/23/apples-new-thing-ipod/
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I think it’s a ton of technology for $3500
This is the first time I have ever viewed a demo of a headset like this. The other headsets that have been in existence have had no penetration because so few have seen them. Lots of people will see this for the first time, and experience this when you can walk in an Apple Store and demo this at some point in the next several months. I’m fascinated by the potential of it, in situations when I am alone and want to explore, to make my small apartment seem huge and limitless, and to not be bound by physical screens. It would be weird to wear with other people in the room. Apple cleverly made videos of people doing just that, going from VR to AR and interacting with both the real and virtual worlds. If two people with Vision Pros sit next to each other, would there be a “continuity” or “hand off” feature that would let them completely share the same visual space? If they can make this look more and more like regular glasses over time, I could see it replacing a bunch of Apple products, because all of the screens from other apple devices could be projected out into the space in front of you. It does open a world of possibility. They said it STARTS at $3499. I wonder if that comes with 256 GB of storage and 8 GB of RAM as standard base model spec. The next version will have a M3 which should be a big leap forward.
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This is just the very beginning. If you can’t imagine the possibilities this device and its revisions in the future hold it’s a good thing you aren’t in charge of a tech company. I can’t wait to see what this brings, although of course there could be a lot a bad aspects as many scifi movies and TV shows have shown us.
Glad to finally see this product. Wonder why they named it 'Pro'
Yeah I noticed that too. I wondered if he was just tense or if he has some physical issue.
I think that since the battery is in your pocket, you'd unplug magsafe when you sit down accidentally. Maybe the wall adapter has magsafe.
It may not do anything for you but I am very interested in how it can give you a work space with multiple virtual screens that you can setup wherever you find a seat.