The problem with AppleVision is not it needs improvements, the problem is it does not have any practical use case. Watching movies? Playing games? Writing a book or report in Word? Editing videos or photos? Navigating with Safari? Reading a book? All those tasks are better done on a laptop or desktop. That is the point.
The iPhone, iPad, AppleWatch or MacBook are the best machines for particular tasks, even if they overlap a bit (you can read a book on a laptop and on an iPad, you can write an email too, etc.). But the AppleVision is uncomfortable, expensive, and... what is the advantage/use case of this device?
I don't agree at all. The iPad didn't do ANYTHING that couldn't be done on desktop or iPhone. It was just the iPhone but with a bigger screen (and without the phone). What is the advantage/use case there? There's not a use case for the iPad.
Because there are many use cases for the iPad. You could use an iPad in a doctors' office so patients can fill out information in the waiting room. It's a familiar size, and as easy to hold as a clipboard.
Of course some will say that's a terrible use case, because the iPad costs several hundred dollars and a clipboard costs less than five dollars.
A desktop computer doesn't have A use case. It has several. Spreadsheets are sometimes mentioned (VisiCalc). Well that isn't even a use case, just a tool, and many people who have desktop computer don't use spreadsheets ever. A friend of mine bought a computer in the 80s for desktop publishing. The only application he ever had running was PageMaker.
iPhone's use case as a phone has taken a back seat to other use cases. It has always been a music player. It was and is a content viewer, though the iPad's larger size makes iPhone less compelling. It wasn't a camera at first. It HAD a camera, but it could never be someone's primary camera. Minor changes wouldn't change that. Major changes, however, did change it. Go to any school event and for every one person (my brother) with a traditional-looking camera you'll see 49 recording the event on an iPhone.
The AVP has many use cases also. Some of them have yet to mature. You can dismiss them if you like, but that is like dismissing desktop computers because you don't see the value of either spreadsheets or desktop publishing.
The biggest advantages of AppleVision are the stereoscopic display and the way it maps your surroundings. No TV, desktop, laptop, smartphone, or smart watch can display 3D or stereoscopic content as well as or better than the AVP..
My iPhone can take "spatial" photos or videos, but I can't see them in 3D on my iPhone, and if I try to edit them I get a message that doing so will remove the spatial data. Editing them on the Apple Vision should be able to preserve the depth and of course you can see the results in stereo as you go. I say "should" because the Vision OS photos app doesn't have editing features yet. Editing spatial and immersive video would also be better when you can see the results as you go.
Mapping your environment lets you use any surface as a display (or simple leave your displays hanging in midair). Find My should be able to tell you exactly where you left your keys or remote. You should be able to scan a bedroom and then view the room with the furniture removed. Then add back your own furniture in different locations. Or add new furniture from a store's online catalog.
Marginal improvements and drops in price will not change the real problem. It will never be a mass product, and therefore it is a product without economic sense at all. Another beautiful engineers idea, but useless.
I'm not expecting that marginal improvements and drops in price will solve everything. I think Apple Vision needs dramatic improvements and big drops in price. Some of it may have to wait on improved technology.
