Here's a First In-Person Look at the Apple Vision Pro

[raindogg]

AVP has great features, you just look like an idiot wearing it. Should be a great product in 5-10 years.

 

[CarAnalogy]

I thought this was DOA. I was wrong. I think this is revolutionary. It’s not a VR device like I imagined. It’s an AR device.

I could totally see myself buying this or buying a future version.

I work a lot while traveling. One of my main issues is not having a big external monitor when I’m away from home. This solves that problem for me and integrates with my MacBook Pro.

Also, the $3500 price tag is fine. Just think of it as buying an M2 Mac, a 3D 100” OLED screen and an iPhone in one.

I’m excited to see this in person and excited for the second version. I’m betting that by version 3, it will be purchased by the masses. The first one is obviously aimed at developers first.

Overtime, it will get more powerful, lighter, longer battery life, and cheaper. It will eventually have a great non-pro version for the masses.

Love it but I gotta say, they’ve been saying it’s AR not VR as directly as they could this whole time.

If everyone who thought it was going to flop thought it was going to be all about VR, that explains that.

That said I’m sure the VR will come, but this was definitely the right way to start.

 

[TVreporter]

I don't think it's for the kids but they did promote Disney movies.

Oh joy I can fork out $20,000Cnd for my two kids and wife and I to watch Mickey Mouse in 3D together!

 

[Rogifan]

You can check my history. I said this thing was DOA.

Now after watching the demo, I really want to try it and can see myself using it.

If someday they could get all that into a pair of reading/prescription glasses then maybe. But who wants to wear big, bulky googles on their face for hours a day?

 

[CarAnalogy]

He must have it set high enough that 79 minutes of light activity didn't close it out. Hell, I can do a walk workout for 40 minutes and still only get like 250 active cal burn.

That was my first thought, how is that possible, then I remembered you can set your own calorie goal. So that’s even more of a flex.

“Yeah I did 79 minutes today but I still intend to burn that much the rest of the day just being me.”

Also things like Yoga count, and with ”open goal” you can make anything count that you want.

 

[roar08]

They have great features, you just look like an idiot wearing them. Should be a great product in 5-10 years.

Totally agree. Remember Google Glass and the "Glassholes" moniker? Oof.

 

[Ghost31]

I'm wondering about storage...is it in the device itself or do you think it'll be cloud based?

The fact they said “starting at” on the price probably means something

 

[Ghost31]

I don’t think Steve Jobs would let this pass as an Apple product.

For AR/VR technology to be truly revolutionary you need to be able to touch the 3D objects in front of you. The VR inputs are just extremely bad and unintuitive to use for most people. The combination of using of your eyes, weird gestures and voice commands is just not very practical. I think until we can have full control of the 3D environment with our hands just like multi touch worked for iPhone, AR/VR is just going to be a niche product for tech enthusiasts.

I feel actually sad that Apple can’t see this. It just shows that without Steve Jobs they have no direction. Steve Jobs would never enter into a new category of products if it didn’t make sense to deliver the best possible solution for people. Apple didn’t need a VR/AR headset right now. They have enough money without it. The technology is just not as mature as it needs to be. It doesn’t matter how good the screen looks or how well it fits.

It’s all about the input when it comes to AR/VR replacing computers. We’re not there yet, but hopefully they’ll realize this.

I thought we were past “Steve jobs would never” comments like…10 years ago? Guess not

 

[CarAnalogy]

If someday they could get all that into a pair of reading/prescription glasses then maybe. But who wants to wear big, bulky googles on their face for hours a day?

The people than can and will spend $3500 on this. Thank them, because they’re helping pave the way for the glasses version of this that will come if we can crack about a dozen technological barriers.

 

[senttoschool]

For AR/VR technology to be truly revolutionary you need to be able to touch the 3D objects in front of you.

If Apple can do this, they will have broke physics and they would be a $1,000 trillion company.

 

[Darth Tulhu]

This is it. This is endgame tech. The only other leap forward will be jacking into the Matrix.

This platform will get refined to the point of near-Black Mirror levels of miniaturization, and will become the dominant form of computing for the masses once the price comes down and the tech gets smaller.

It will not eliminate traditional computer-monitor-iPhone-tablet setups, but I believe it WILL become the default.

This product right here is the REAL culmination of Apple Silicon.

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

Can I drive with them on and change my environment to a race track and change red to confetti?

Yes! But afterwards your reality will turn into jail.

 

[contacos]

It will be interesting to see how they convince developers to invest time and money to develop for a 3,5k device. The user group must be somewhat limited and this can easily start a vicious cycle of …

No Apps > users not interested
users not interested > no apps being developed

Just look at the AppleWatch, no money for devs to make and mostly dropped

 

[SoldOnApple]

I think the price is justified, considering it replaces your Macbook/iMac, iPhone, iPad, and even your big screen TV. I won't pay $3500 to beta test the device however. Call me in 2 years when it's down to $2K and the bugs are ironed out.

But does it replace your Mac? Does it run MacOS, can I run Illustrator and After Effects on it or do I need my Mac still, and how does it act as a display for a Mac wouldn't there be latency if it's wireless, how can multiple 4K "screens" be wirelessly beamed to the Vision Pro without unbearable latency? Does it use wifi to send the video signal, so many questions. What does it "see" on the actual MacBook display when you use it or does the display just stay black. If the headset itself can run Adobe apps then we can use a wireless keyboard and mouse with it too and use it on the train? Will we see an M4 Max version of it one day, if I use it on the train can it run off the MacBook in clamshell mode, the headphones which sit above your ear and blast sound down into your ear can people around you hear it, how does it isolate sound if it doesn't cover your ears, do you need to take it off if it starts raining, can you make it so it still looks like you are wearing glasses on your avatar, can games run off the M2 chip on it, will VisionOS run MacOS games or will they need porting to VisionOS, will they make a cellular version, if you're in full VR mode will it still show you tripping hazards on the floor if you're standing up and walking around some, is it good enough to replace the VR headsets Disney currently use in their parks, the content preview people can see in the outward screen would it give away enough to indicate you are looking at porn, will it alert you that the camera has picked up someone walking into the room or looking through a window if you are looking at porn in full VR mode, can you fake your avatar to impersonate someone else on a video call or can you only be yourself verified through your eyes and skin tone around your eyes, can you plug your xbox and PS5 into it somehow, etc.

 

[senttoschool]

Apple built an incredibly successful campaign ("silhouettes") around EarPods/iPods. AirPods were a pretty natural extension of that as far as social acceptance goes IMO; I don't think they looked as dumb as you might think. Wearing ski goggles — as ostensibly beautiful as they may be — plugged into your pocket? Seems just a little bit ... not the same at all.

Hard disagree. Wearing the AirPods in public for the first time was weird. There was nothing like it and people stared.

 

[ApostolisApo]

This has been years in the making. Finally on this historic day we see Apple finish eating itself, intoxicated on their own hype juice.

I ll write it again... When in a couple of years half of the DJs will play music with these beauties on and half of the influencers will make memes with these cool things on, you 'll cringe with what you are writing now

 

[roar08]

It's also kind of interesting how Jobsian Tim's intro was. "This is a day I've been looking forward to for a long time...". It very much tracks with Steve's iPhone intro. They even got one of the British designers to do an Ive-ish bit for it. I hope this works out for Tim ... you can definitely see he's all in on this.

 

[roar08]

TC lookin’ old there, not gonna lie

He ain't young.

 

[symphony]

Yes! But afterwards your reality will turn into jail.

Not unless my Apple Vision Pro turns me into a Disney Marvel Superhero and can fight villains dressed like cops shortly after jumping off my high rise apartment attempting a superhero landing, just how Bob Iger envisioned that idea

 

[mdriftmeyer]

Good for my stock investment, terrible for reality. I'll pass on a personal note of every purchasing one.

I like to interact with humans, face to face.

 

[Paninnguaq]

This isn’t enough for me. I’ll hold out for the Apple Vision Pro Max Ultra.

 

[topdrawer]

But does it replace your Mac? Does it run MacOS, can I run Illustrator and After Effects on it or do I need my Mac still, and how does it act as a display for a Mac wouldn't there be latency if it's wireless, how can multiple 4K "screens" be wirelessly beamed to the Vision Pro without unbearable latency? Does it use wifi to send the video signal, so many questions. What does it "see" on the actual MacBook display when you use it or does the display just stay black. If the headset itself can run Adobe apps then we can use a wireless keyboard and mouse with it too and use it on the train? Will we see an M4 Max version of it one day, if I use it on the train can it run off the MacBook in clamshell mode, the headphones which sit above your ear and blast sound down into your ear can people around you hear it, how does it isolate sound if it doesn't cover your ears, do you need to take it off if it starts raining, can you make it so it still looks like you are wearing glasses on your avatar, can games run off the M2 chip on it, will VisionOS run MacOS games or will they need porting to VisionOS, will they make a cellular version, if you're in full VR mode will it still show you tripping hazards on the floor if you're standing up and walking around some, is it good enough to replace the VR headsets Disney currently use in their parks, the content preview people can see in the outward screen would it give away enough to indicate you are looking at porn, will it alert you that the camera has picked up someone walking into the room or looking through a window if you are looking at porn in full VR mode, can you fake your avatar to impersonate someone else on a video call or can you only be yourself verified through your eyes and skin tone around your eyes, can you plug your xbox and PS5 into it somehow, etc.

i wouldn't be surprised if it can run all mac os apps.

 

[Jarrodbcall]

Hard disagree. Wearing the AirPods in public for the first time was weird. There was nothing like it and people stared.

Yeah, I was so self conscious when I got mine and thought others looked weird. Now I forget I have them in most of the day 😂. This is definitely a bigger leap for me though.

 

[Xand&Roby]

Today is the day of liberation from the metaphor of desktop computing!

 

[roar08]

Hard disagree. Wearing the AirPods in public for the first time was weird. There was nothing like it and people stared.

Well, I've had each iteration from day one. With the originals, people/strangers would stop and ask me about them pretty frequently: how's the music quality? Do they hurt your ears? Do they fall out? Once I told them how much I loved them virtually every person said "that's cool, I'm going to buy them". But, you and I are each probably speaking from our own, singular experiences. Time will tell how right/wrong we are.