Oh man, there was so much promise in the PalmOS. I was genuinely excited about it. Lots of UX features that eventually became standard in iOS and Android. I was really disappointed it never took off, I think PalmOS at the time was a much better competitor in fit and and finish than Android was at the time.
Ok I watched it. It’s a VR headset with the apple OS environment. I still don’t understand what I’m supposedly missing. I suppose if you have multiple “monitors” floating in front of you that could be helpful I guess.
Smartphones were absolutely massive. Blackberries ruled the world, everyone wanted one. The iPhone was an instant, undisputed, worldwide hit. Instant.
Maybe the reason why VR hasn't quite caught on is because the existing devices in the market aren't really all that good, and Apple's offering just might be the first product that doesn't suck to use.
Are you just going to ignore all of the AR aspects of the VP which were the focus of almost every feature that Apple presented? In almost all of the scenes, the device was merging the outside world with the computer generated world.
The use cases would growth as more developers join the game and start making apps and the platform matures. Maybe once you have watched your first movie with Vision Pro, you will find that it is significantly cooler and more entertaining even compared to cinema theater experience, let alone home cinema. Probably you should re-watch the keynote as Apple showed a few very cool use cases. And obviously, there would be many more. What is happening to you (and many more) is what I call "lack of tech imagination". What I will be using the internet for? Why do I need a smartphone? Why do I need a TV? Many people asked these questions when these technologies were first released. I have to try it for myself, but considering the amount of tech Apple putted in this things, and their claims (which sounded very convincing), I'm optimistic that this thing could become a "must have" tool for many professionals, and very much wanted for entertainment in general. We'll see.
Well no, I’m not ignoring it, but only cause I don’t see that as a valuable feature. Some could I guess, but to me it’s not a positive. Augmented reality is cool as a concept, but for things like you walk to your car and a pop up shows you the fuel left, when you need an oil change etc. And not wearing gigantic goggles with creepy uncanny valley eyes. It would have to be a contact lens or something. Which could be the future of this. But right now, as this product stands, I just don’t see it as viable.
You keep dinging the VP as being "just VR" so I thought maybe you were ignoring where it most definitely is not VR.
For this money, I’d rather go to the Apple Store and have a human fit it to me. Tried to remotely choose the right size of sport band for my Apple Watch and it ended up the wrong size.
Did you say the same thing about the watch? Most of the comments mirror the watch naysaying and now there are plenty of Apple Watch wearers
No, the watch was cool. I tried one, it isn’t for me, I’m a Garmin guy. But the Apple Watch is a beautiful device. Same with AirPods, never had any negative thoughts about those. This VR set is something different. And not in a good way lol
Sony had an ecosystem too and it collapsed. Apple's ecosystem has only one leg, the iPhone. You take the iPhone out of the equation then everything collapses. There is very little synergy, say, between the iPad and the Apple Watch and the user base of the Mac is too small to replace the iPhone as the foundation of this vaunted ecosystem.
I would look beyond the iPhone.
First, it needs to get a lot cheaper. If you want a whole ecosystem, you need a lot of users to make it economically viable. And you only get a lot of users if the product is affordable. How many billion Apple Vision Pro devices will Apple sell at $3.5k?
In the 70's we imagined that by 2020, we will be traveling with flying cars, speaking with holograms of people like in Star Wars and having a permanent base on the moon. None of these things became reality (still), and yet we created some other technologies that nobody could have imagined back in 70's. We'll see in what direction Vision Pro will finally go. It may end up being used more for entertainment, than for productivity, or the other way around. It will either start a new era in how we use computers (in which case even 3,500$ sounds as a bargain), or will it follow the path of the 3D TVs. It is difficult to say at the moment. The next 18-24 months would be crucial. Vision Pro will either fly or dip down. What I know for sure is that it is very powerful technology. 3,500$ is a lot of money for a device that could make a few cool tricks, and that's all, but it is nothing for device that delivers next-level entertainment and productivity.
Indeed. Apparently Apple sells more watches than all the Swiss watchmakers totaled.
Probably more than all the LUXURY brands, so lets say over $200, but if one considers ”all the Swiss” watchmakers, one has to include the Swatch Group, founded by Nicolas Hayek and including that group which pretty much saved Swiss watchmaking in the 1980’s, they probably still sell more than apple does with apple watches. Sadly, nobody and certainly not apple give us much data to create this comparison.
