Having a clear case isn't being smug, but your reason for wanting a clear case might be.
Nice large TVs can cost as much as the VP, do you also feel people who buy them are being smug?
Yep, there will be people using them in public.
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I'm still on the fence. Also put the money aside already, and I am most interested in seeing 3D movies just not sure that is worth the asking price. I know myself, and after a few months it would probably just sit on a shelf unless the movies are that immersive.
The fact that Apple puts it in uppercase indicates that it is not the generic meaning of “persona”, but a special Apple meaning. “Finder”, “home”, “safari”, “shortcuts”, “spotlight”, and so on are also English words, but you still have to learn what they mean in the Apple context.
This product really has the wow factor. I’m quite impressed. Unfortunately won’t be able to order it since I live in the EU and also I will wait for future generations to purchase one.
"Persona" is also a non-generic and often capitalized term in the UI and UX world.
We all had to learn what Multitouch, and all the Multitouch-related terms, meant the first time we heard them regarding smartphones. Lots of new features required and will still require new terms so I'm not sure why 'Persona' would be a bridge too far. It's a realistic Memoji, how hard is that.
We literally have, for almost every single modern Apple device.
It sounds good enough, but I feel like it's something I'd get tired of messing with after a week and never touch it again.
Oh, believe me, been there done that… old age is a state of diminishing returns. 😁Maybe Viagra?
This is one of those products that seems to have tremendous amounts of potential that it may never live up to. There are very few times that companies “reinvent” a way of doing things that catches on and works. I just can’t see people wanting to wear these bulky devices on their sweaty foreheads for hours at a time to work or watch movies. I sometimes feel like I’m tethered to my computer as it is let alone to be completely enveloped by the thing.
But, still, it does look promising and I’m excited to see what it has to offer.
But, still, it does look promising and I’m excited to see what it has to offer.
My feelings exactly. I think it will have a real high “gee wiz” factor when you first use it. But will it hold up as a useful device in the long run?
I suppose we have to define what spatial computing is. Mere “floating iPad screens” can probably be defined as spatial computing at a base level as long as they utilize 3D space in some way. Even just that offers simple but functional things, like allowing the unconscious subtle movement of the head to give the user an accurate knowledge about the arrangement of multiple layers of screens, a function that is clunkier to replicate on a bordered 2D computer screen often resulting in layers getting lost.
But I think an iPad screen can be defined as spatial computing at a higher level if it utilizes actual objects in physical space, contextualizing it to the real spatial world.
An even higher level definition would be virtual 3D objects and effects, especially ones that map to the real spatial world (eg. a real post-it note on a tack board virtually lighting up at a certain time as a reminder), and environments (eg. touring a potential new apartment).
But much of our information we deal with is text which is 2D, so text will always be “iPad screens” that sometimes will and sometimes won’t be useful to put into 3D space. If one is simply reading a book, it won’t add any value to do so with spatial computing (unless one just wants to use the headset as an HUD so one doesn’t have to hold the book).
Th VP definitely has its limitations that it needs to improve on, such as short battery life. But at its base, it literally opens up a new dimension of computing. To me it seems hard to imagine how that can’t at least be potentially useful. Of course not for everyone in every situation. But for me, as someone who often works on the go and needs as much screen real estate as possible, it already serves a big purpose. Anything else will be bonus.
The scrolling gesture in the first video seems a bit suspect to me! Imagine sitting on a train, wearing a Vision Pro (if anyone would do such a thing), and scrolling down a long Safari page. Fellow commuters would be wondering what kind of smut you were watching! 😆
I admit I will be judgy if I see people wearing this walking around at the grocery store. A mixed reality headset should not be used on the move, so they would either be showing off or exposing that they’re so addicted to content that they have to misuse a device so that they can always be looking at content. They could theoretically do the latter with HUD glasses, which is still not great if feeding an addiction, but at least that wouldn't be misusing a device, plus I wouldn’t know if they’re actually looking at content (as opposed to a VP which there would be no reason to wear if not looking at some form of content).
I think using a clear case to see for example my red iPhone just means I want to see my red iPhone because I’m a sucker for red things. If the case was like lined with gold or something on the edges maybe I could see that as an example.
I get the analogy that is constantly used about the tvs also, but the person that is buying this likely already has a big expensive tv or monitor to begin with. Also there’s definitely the case with the TVs that because of their quality they will last quite a long time and if you can afford to get it since the long run you may actually save money. I have grandparents with an incredible tv but it has the key difference of you know, more than one person can gather around it and see it.
I don’t think too many people are going to be gathering around your headset and watching the Super Bowl.
Wow that’s pretty cool. Gonna have to look more into how that works but it seems like it is just the HUD system for now, and it doesn’t actually include any AR/VR functionality yet. Is that right?This system can’t be reduced to the size of glasses. That requires a completely different approach. Something like this:
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Thanks to the "You Will" ads of the early 1990s, I'll always associate his voice with futuristic tech like the Vision Pro.
Is the point you’re making that the VP has some sort of innate smugness or that most people who buy it will be smug? That’s actually how a lot of people see Apple users in general, or Tesla owners. Of course expensive things (and inexpensive things from brands perceived to always be expensive) will bring about smugness in people who are prone to smugness, that’s obvious. But that’s not a knock on the device itself. It doesn’t have smugness built in. It’s just like any other Apple product (unless you think all Apple products are smug) but more complex than most therefore more expensive than most.
It seems you moved onto a different point about it not being a social device. Not every device is meant to be gathered around. That’s not its purpose. It offers other functions that can only be experienced alone or not at all, at least with current technology, plus some functions that can optionally be experienced with others. But I don’t know why the fact that it offers both should disqualify it from existing.
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Exactly, which is why a clear case is not a clear case of being smug.
Doesn't matter. Does simply owning an expensive TV, VisionPro, or something else nice but expensive make you smug?
So one person with an expensive TV is smug, but a family with an expensive TV isn't? If you watch the TV by yourself you are smug, but if you invite people over to watch your expensive TV you aren't? Seems like displaying your expensive TV to others is closer to being smug than no one ever knowing you have an expensive TV.
If someone doesn’t understand what a persona is, perhaps they shouldn’t be spending $3500 on a VR headset. 🤓
Actually there used to be some really good tutorials years ago. I wasn’t sure why they stopped doing them.