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Telegram Demos visionOS App
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I love how the Vision Pro truly defines the computing experience I've been missing all these years. I love how I can use the same flat apps, but visionOS makes me feel like they're floating right in front of me! The translucent window blur is groundbreaking, the background is breathtaking. The future is now!
Apple should create a projector on the ceiling that can beam videos 360• with auto focus and adjust to walls just like vision os, so we wouldn’t need that helmet…
Tim has his staff working OT on Vision Pro stickers and emojis!
But you are buying it for a ridiculous amount.
I'm thinking of a radiologist looking at some CAT scan images in 3D using the headset who wants to use Telegram without taking the headset off. There ARE reasonable use cases for this where $3,500 is pocket change.
In fact, many radiologists will spend $3,500 on just an LCD monitor screen.
I might someday use VR for my work in robotics simulations. $3,500 is not much compared to. a $100K machine that is being developed. But really, Occulus works for this at 1/7th of the price.
This device won’t be used in hospitals and doctor’s offices. It isn’t targeted at that market segment and it would likely need FDA approval to deploy in that context.
Not very much interesting to see in the demo... But I'm not surprised Telegram are on this - they're always early in supporting APIs and stuff today.
I just use Telegram for chats with my friends and small groups. And for that, it's by far the best chat app. It's what you get when a chat app actually tries, instead of just relying on lock-in.
And while there are more secure options out there, they at least don't track you or serve you ads.
(I think they have some, track-less, ads in big channels. But as I don't use that part of the app, I've never seen any.)
I don't love the owners, but I like Meta less I think (which is the alternative here). And while, for instance, Signal would be a more secure option, with more sympathetic owners, it's already a big ask to get friends and family to install an app. And then I at least want it to be great (and not just good, as Signal is).
I just use Telegram for chats with my friends and small groups. And for that, it's by far the best chat app. It's what you get when a chat app actually tries, instead of just relying on lock-in.
And while there are more secure options out there, they at least don't track you or serve you ads.
(I think they have some, track-less, ads in big channels. But as I don't use that part of the app, I've never seen any.)
I don't love the owners, but I like Meta less I think (which is the alternative here). And while, for instance, Signal would be a more secure option, with more sympathetic owners, it's already a big ask to get friends and family to install an app. And then I at least want it to be great (and not just good, as Signal is).
Yeah this is ultimately the only way any of these things are going to truly take off. When I say take off, I mean in the context of a phone, TV, computer, etc. I do think that is something we will see within our lifetime and if it’s done right, whoever that company may be, will basically control the narrative and be on the top of the heap like Apple became after the iPhone.
I think that is a fun thought but ultimately I don’t think a first gen product should be used in that manner. Maybe used by a hospital network to research the idea for when it is more practical. These dumb things need you to go into an Apple Store just to make sure they fit your face, and pretty sure more than one person would need access to it within a medical setting.
Now you can watch the harrowing footage from the Ukraine and Gaza wars in a massive IMAX virtual screen!
Hoping we see some more creative demos over the next couple months.
Hoping we see some more creative demos over the next couple months.
Y’all are so cynical. It’s just a chat app - something they’ve confirmed will be more than just the iOS/iPadOS version in compatibility mode. It will be pinned off somewhere in the shared space and just sit there while you’re doing other stuff.
Acting like you use Discord or whatever full screen is just as disingenuous. What else is it supposed to do? It’s using SwiftUI, it has all of the core UX of the platform, and it’s a simple app… if it was some convoluted overdone app that takes over your whole space with crazy 3D panels, it would be annoying AF to use. This is supposed to be an app used in an amazing AR platform, not some faux-futuristic app that blows your mind every time you open it.
Just a bunch of whiners.
Acting like you use Discord or whatever full screen is just as disingenuous. What else is it supposed to do? It’s using SwiftUI, it has all of the core UX of the platform, and it’s a simple app… if it was some convoluted overdone app that takes over your whole space with crazy 3D panels, it would be annoying AF to use. This is supposed to be an app used in an amazing AR platform, not some faux-futuristic app that blows your mind every time you open it.
Just a bunch of whiners.
Who would want to dictate the stuff they send on Telegram? I know the stuff me and my buddies talk about in our group chat is definitely not something I wanna say out loud. The virtual keyboard is gonna suck too probably. It’s just a big mystery who this product is for, especially considering the price point.
Lol. Now, that I think about it, Apple is clever...
They are releasing the Vision Pro around tax refund time. Haha. They're like...just give me your tax refund check.
They are releasing the Vision Pro around tax refund time. Haha. They're like...just give me your tax refund check.
Random idea: Watching ******* at starbucks…..without disturbing whichever human who is offended by everything
So, in other words, I and everyone else buying one, are just plain stupid in your eyes. What's really unbelievable is all the bashing of this product when you folks haven't even seen it in the flesh or used it. Now that's really ignorance and it's getting old and beyond obnoxious.
You can take it that way, but the statement is clearly rhetorical. He’s not literally calling you stupid.
And again: there’s a significant difference between thick headed bashing and valid criticism. We know a lot about Vision Pro already and more every day. Saying that it isn’t subject to any criticism unless and until the critic has worn the device is unreasonable. There are many elements of this technology that raise BIG red flags without ever having to hold one in your hand or stick it on your face.
So it's basically an iPad app that floats in the air.
There are actually features that would make sense in AR, like pinning several Telegram channels around you, showing thread structure and/or timeline in some 3D view, having a large sticker picker on the side, and so on. But there is nothing of that kind, it's like they have no imagination what to do in 3D.
Wait, what?
You’re saying MST3K is still around and they’re going to have a live stream?!
Details, please.. This is news I can use.