PBG4 Dude
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Or in my case; I went to the eye doc to get my script updated for the initial AVP release and found out I had cataracts and needed surgery.
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Apple Vision Pro Used in World-First Cataract Surgery
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Hajj.david
macrumors 6502a
The new bands / 3rd party bands make it so comfortable its like wearing a pair of thick glasses at this point
the future
macrumors 68040
Those are just rumours, and I would bet they are false. Either way Apple learned a lot during the development of VP that will help with AR glasses.
It's called "Pro" for a reason.
As with many expensive innovations, professionals and the wealthy are the first to adopt, and the general public progressively follows later, once the technology becomes more accessible. Think cell phones in the 1980s vs now.
As with many expensive innovations, professionals and the wealthy are the first to adopt, and the general public progressively follows later, once the technology becomes more accessible. Think cell phones in the 1980s vs now.
I worked in a field where VR headsets are a tool of the trade. They are used extensively in manufacturing to check for things like repairability, i.e. can a mechanic fit a replacement part into an existing vehicle/airplane etc. Companies don't even blink at a $5K cost for one of these.
Without a doubt this is a huge use case for the Vision Pro as existing headsets required a bulky PC to actually drive the VR simulation.
Without a doubt this is a huge use case for the Vision Pro as existing headsets required a bulky PC to actually drive the VR simulation.
WarmWinterHat
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THAT is where Apple should be promoting and pushing this, not Metallica and moon videos.
It's not a product for the masses, and likely never will be. It's a tool for a specific person, in a specific situation. Not creeping around your kids birthday party taking spatial video.
jz0309
macrumors P6
yea, and it had been fleshed out for more than 30 years that the place to take your body temp is your rectum, remember hat one?
Luckily technology even in the medical field improves and we are not stuck on "fleshed out" ways of doing things
And as for your first point, why did it take 6 months to get this "press coverage" when they was the first goal?
This is impressive, but it’s also extremely niche. Microsoft killed HoloLens because it wound up relegated to a similar niche. Apple doesn’t stomach niche products (RIP Mac Pro) and Ternus has already reportedly soured on Vision Pro internally.
axantas
macrumors 65816
This is the most positive input in the whole thread. You are absolutely right.
In this context I like the reaction of Steve Balmer from Microsoft commenting the launch of the iPhone, which is available on Youtube.
I disagree with the last line. I wear my AVP for hours (like upwards of 8 to 10 some days) and it does disappear to me for much of the time. Sure, it would be nice if it had a form factor like regular glasses, but the technology doesn't exist yet. In the meantime, I'm happy sitting here in front of my ultra wide Mac Virtual Display that is larger than the wall of my office.
The only problem I have found with it so far is that when I have the GPUs on my M3-Ultra Mac Studio 100% busy running AI tasks (such as they are now and much of the time lately), I get an occasional momentary tear in the Mac Virtual Display.
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Mousse
macrumors 601
A 5 minute ER wait?😳 Did you come in with a gaping wound? From my experience when visiting an ER, they take patients based on severity of their injury🤕, not based on how good the insurance is. Even if you arrive by ambulance, if all you have is some dizziness and it's not life threatening, you're sitting in the ER until all the serious cases have been handled. Walk in bleeding buckets from a head wound, they'll rush you in and handle the insurance later.
And $200 a month for insurance? What company are you with? Because Blue Cross Blue Shield charges $800 a month, $1000 deductible, $50 co-pay. I'm getting hosed.😡
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Veinticinco
macrumors 68020
axantas
macrumors 65816
Nothing wrong with this, my only peeve is how the article just lets Apple get away with saying it was never meant to be a big success…eight months later when it clearly is not. Yet they prepared the Apple stores and the press blitz like they sure expected it to immediately be the next iPhone.
This is exactly what Microsoft did with Hololens and nobody even noticed cause it’s not Apple. They tried the same thing and even fewer people cared and then they pivoted to military and industrial.
AVP clearly has its uses but it was a huge swing and a miss as an Apple product.
This is exactly what Microsoft did with Hololens and nobody even noticed cause it’s not Apple. They tried the same thing and even fewer people cared and then they pivoted to military and industrial.
AVP clearly has its uses but it was a huge swing and a miss as an Apple product.
I'm not a Metallica fan, but that video was awesome enough to watch twice. Same with the Alicia Keys video. The immersive video is great.
But, you are right, it is a tool. I use it for my everyday work on the computer. It is an outrageously good 20-foot 32:9 display for both my Mac and my PC (through the Windows app).
kaycrystal626
macrumors 6502
The point of this story is that the surgeon didn't need to bring the device to the patient or the medical students watching the procedure. It's about skillful surgeons performing and teaching without technology getting in the way. That is Apple's core philosophy.
Is this article suggesting that the Dr performed the actual surgery while wearing Apple Vision Pro?!
If so, have no idea how that was possible considering how terribly grainy the pass through video quality is - I could barely feel comfortable picking up a cup to drink while wearing the thing.
If I were the patient no way would I want my Dr wearing a VR headset while performing any sort of surgery on my eyes.
If so, have no idea how that was possible considering how terribly grainy the pass through video quality is - I could barely feel comfortable picking up a cup to drink while wearing the thing.
If I were the patient no way would I want my Dr wearing a VR headset while performing any sort of surgery on my eyes.
When you have dozens of sectors that could benefit from a new computing paradigm, you don't just pick one sector and promote in the hopes someone builds the app. You promote every sector and the platform as a "brand new way of computing" for the masses so that a variety of apps that you couldn't even predict will eventually appear.
Seems reasonable. The quality is good enough to be used as an AR/VR headset for drone operation. The quality of the display and the low-latency passthrough makes it good for AR in general. It is not ruggedized, so it isn't appropriate for battlefield deployment. As far as I have heard, it is still in the experimental phase and mostly for training and simulation, not combat.
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Your experience is different from mine. I've no difficulty doing everyday tasks wearing it. The passthrough has technological limits, but not comfortable picking up a cup? Only because the thing interferes with fully tilting the cup, not because of the passthrough. I've not found any problem with the video quality or latency while doing normal things around the house. Maybe your eyes are bad.
How many wealthy people purchased an AVP? 3,500? Call it what it is, dead weight!
tennisproha
macrumors 68020
This is great for adoption. Vision Pro has so much untapped potential.
code-m
macrumors 601
AVP sure getting the way like a sore weighted thumb over your head and face. I tried the demo in-store and using it for prolonged use probably is not ideal.