Do you regularly use the AR functions on AVP?

[Bodhitree]

As the thread title states, I’m curious how many people regularly use the AVP for augmented reality purposes. I’ve seen quite a few topics of people who use it as a glorified movie theater, but the AR portion seems to be used just to try it out and then put to one side.

 

[Bodhitree]

The deafening silence and low view count on the thread tells me the uptake of AR is not great…

 

[CrysisDeu]

I don't think a device this bulky and heavy can be qualified as an AR device tbh

 

[Simmias]

I’m not sure what you mean by the AR aspect. Vision Pro is a spatial computing device where you manipulate apps and content within your actual spatial environment - it’s hard to use it without “AR”. There is an option to use VR environments in full or partial immersion when using apps or watching video, but I would say that maybe 10% of my usage is within full immersion. Watching video within a fully immersive environment is definitely a popular use case, but I mainly use Vision Pro the same way I would an iPad or Mac - using apps like Safari, Outlook, and Notes, typically with environments turned off. I only turn on environments when I want to watch a movie or when my real environment is too visually noisy. So if you’re asking if the folks on this forum use Vision Pro for anything besides watching movies in VR theater environment, I think the answer would be yes for 90% of us.

 

[Rychiar]

I mostly use is for a theater but I also browse the web and use mail and messages and all that floating window stuff in my room preferably without the light seal. if the passthrough video was a bit clearer I'd probably use it more for cooking with recipes and the like up, which I have done before, just not regularly.

 

[1096bimu]

I use it as an iPad pro max ultra, that means watching videos, regular flat videos.
it's great because I don't have to hold it up with my hands, audio/visual experience are also superior, that's the only reason I got it.

the AR/XR stuff are fun gimmicks, I never thought I would use them, and I never did use them. I hang a clock widget on the wall cuz the real clock I have there is out of battery.

the immersive stuff you have on Apple TV are again just gimmicks, they're super boring other than the fact that they're in 180 degree 3D, I couldn't care less about some bike racer taking an interview in French accent, why would I pay 3k to watch that in 3D?

 

[Roller]

I use it as an iPad pro max ultra, that means watching videos, regular flat videos.
it's great because I don't have to hold it up with my hands, audio/visual experience are also superior, that's the only reason I got it.

the AR/XR stuff are fun gimmicks, I never thought I would use them, and I never did use them. I hang a clock widget on the wall cuz the real clock I have there is out of battery.

the immersive stuff you have on Apple TV are again just gimmicks, they're super boring other than the fact that they're in 180 degree 3D, I couldn't care less about some bike racer taking an interview in French accent, why would I pay 3k to watch that in 3D?

I take exception with your characterization of immersive "stuff" as "just gimmicks." It's like saying that watching non-immersive movies and TV, which you seem to enjoy, is no more than a gimmick.

I and many other AVP users find much of the immersive material from Apple and other sources highly compelling and worth watching more than once. Just because you don't doesn't mean immersive presentation itself is lacking.

 

[chfilm]

I'm currently moving into a new flat and would L O V E to preview some design concepts, like wall colors and ikea furniture in the new flat. But there is NO APP to do so. It's just such a letdown. I would have though that by now this would be an absolute standard workflow, since this is kind of the number one use case of AR, to preview things in the real world that arent there yet... so lame