Yes, you can access the same content in an iPhone or iPad as you can on your laptop or PC. But their “form factor” adds value by allowing you to do so much more conveniently, freely, and for tasks suited to those devices, using a lot less energy. I own 2 desktops and a laptop, but I’m sitting on the couch typing this on an iPad.
Maybe we are the last generation to enjoy and embrace face to face interaction and all of the other benefits that go with it. Can’t believe some 26 years old is being considered outdated person sometimes.
The way things are going, VR might one day be an escape from a totally polluted, overpopulated, environmentally and chemically devastated world. For a lot of people, a VR world would be better than the one they're living in today and I suspect that number will only grow in the coming decades.
The PS VR(2) uses a flimsy rubber gasket to block light. The Quest Pro has optional light blockers.
The same thing I'm using to type as I'm sitting on the couch right now, a keyboard with a trackpad. But you could also augment that with eye and hand tracking. People here imagine gorilla arm from waving their arms in space, but you could use even less effort that a traditional setup if you could keep your hands on the keyboard, but click buttons and select text fields and such without even having to remove your hands from the keyboard.
Well, I work from home, so I don't see my coworkers.
Watching a movie on a VR movie theater screen from the comfort of my couch is a value add over watching a movie on a phone screen. Having multiple screens available from the comfort of my couch can be a value add, depending on the task.
If you really feel your only choices for watching a movie on a large screen from your couch are a phone or a VR HMD, knock yourself out. I‘ll stick with a TV for that while at home. Bonus points over an HMD for being able to reach for snack or drink without knocking it over. I doubt anyone who owns a TV would find an HMD adds value for the movie use case.
Actually, no. That small print on the 4K TV 8 ft away looks readable and sharp because the pixels are very small at that distance. In VR each pixel on that panel 2 inches from your eye is rendering a volume in virtual space defined in part by the field of view of the 3D scene because it’s a projection of 3d space on to a 2d panel. Think of it as a cone projecting outward from the pixel into the 3D world. Even with 4K panels one of its pixels would be rendering the equivalent of multiple pixels on the “virtual” 4K screen you are looking at. More pixels in the HMD panel reduces the angle of that “cone” I described but 4K per eye is still a fraction of what is needed.
My pessimism comes from direct experience using this technology as part of my job. If Apple manages some sort of quantum leap in the delivery of light to your eyes so pixels as we know them are not involved, they may indeed overcome the inherent problems posed by the disparity between the resolving power of the human eye and the mathematical realities (ie. blur) of scene projection to rasterized 2d space. Could that happen? Sure. But even then, they’ll need to give people a reason to buy and use it, hence my “content” complaint.
Yes, you are evidently old - it's 'I couldn't care less', grandad. If you could care less, it means you care some!
Air typing sounds disastrous. This is going to be like the watch - overpriced and looking for a reason for being. Apple will figure out the why of its existence as its users tell them.
Apple's first mixed-reality headset may feature "in-air" typing capabilities and can be used independently without an accompanying iPhone, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In the latest edition of his "Power On" newsletter, Gurman explained that Apple's headset is unlikely to require a paired iPhone, in contrast to the original Apple Watch. The device can purportedly be set up without an accompanying iPhone and download a user's content independently, including iCloud data. A data transfer from a user's iPhone upon setup will be an option rather than a requirement.
"In-air typing," Apple's method for text input using eye movements and hand gestures with the device, is apparently enabled on the latest internal prototypes. The feature is "finicky," Gurman warned, explaining that "you still may want to pair an iPhone to use its touch-screen keyboard... The hope within Apple is to make rapid improvements after the device is released."
Apple is still planning to unveil the first version of the headset, likely called "Reality Pro," at WWDC in June this year, with the device shipping toward the end of 2023 at the earliest. The company is also developing multiple other headset models for further in the future. There is a cheaper model with a lower-end display and processor components planned for launch at the end of 2024 or in 2025, likely under the "Reality One" name, as well as a second-generation Reality Pro headset.
The second-generation Reality Pro headset is apparently focused on performance improvements. While the first-generation model will contain the M2 chip alongside a secondary chip for AR and VR processing, it is apparently not powerful enough to output graphics at the level Apple wants. For example, FaceTime will only support realistic VR representations of just two people at a time, rather than everyone in a conference call, with the first-generation headset. The second-generation Reality Pro could have a variant of the M3 or M4 chip to bolster its graphics capabilities, Gurman said.
Article Link: Gurman: Apple Headset Could Feature 'In-Air' Typing for Text Input, No iPhone Pairing Required
To be fair, do remember a whole generation of people have been born and grown to near adulthood since the iPhone was released. Also, when it comes to innovation, so many other companies are ahead of Apple in so many areas. Apple’s strength is bringing it all together into a holistic package.
