The Weeknd's 'Open Hearts' Immersive Music Experience Launches on Apple Vision Pro

[dolphinspirit]

Watching this immersive video was an amazing and very enjoyable experience. Watching incredible content like this in addition to my AVP use for many work tasks is incredible. Thanks Apple

 

[Harry Haller]

It's "The Weeknd", and "he" is not a band.

The Weeknd?
How daring.
Imagine how edgy The Mozrt would have been.

 

[fatTribble]

I really like the song and the video. Parts of it reminded me of driving back roads in the 80s listening to A-ha

 

[miiwtoo]

People spend 3x or 4x more than that for a good Home Theater that doesn't compare to the AVP.
My iPad Pro was over $2K, the AVP was more money and more useful to me.
And $3500 is not what it used to be in the late 90s.

sorry, not everybody pay those prices, which is good, i could it, but i DONT want it,

 

[cjboffoli97]

I don't know that I could really name more than 1 or 2 Weeknd songs if I were pressed. But I have to say that I really enjoyed this video. The visuals were stunning and to my eye it demonstrated – much better than the Submarine short film – some of the dynamic range of narrative possibilities of Immersive video.

 

[damienDevZ]

As someone who uses a Vision Pro for hours a day as my main device, these immersive videos are a nice distraction from gaming, entertainment and productivity but they are really short and never felt the need to watch it more than once. Nice to have I guess, so I can’t complain, especially because it’s free.

 

[G19]

I dig my Vision Pro … the Weekend, not so much. Pass.

 

[ILoveCalvinCool]

People spend 3x or 4x more than that for a good Home Theater that doesn't compare to the AVP.

How much do they spend on a Home Theater with one seat?

 

[Amazing Iceman]

sorry, not everybody pay those prices, which is good, i could it, but i DONT want it,

I do because all those are tools I use for work, including the AVP.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

How much do they spend on a Home Theater with one seat?

One seat will cost about $3000K, and that's just the seat.

 

[geauxmac]

Really impressive video! That scene going downhill on the desert road was quite impressive!

 

[svish]

Good to know. More content on Vision Pro is good. But that alone will not increase the sales.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

alfonsog said:
I’d love if we could get immersive opera or symphonies or musicals. I’m not interested in pop artists. I spent more on my violin bow than avp.

that's even more niche and never gonna happen than me wishing they were making ones for obscure Swedish progressive metal bands lol

Not sure about that. The audience for operas, symphonies, and musicals is pretty substantial. Immersive AVP versions might be especially popular if the camerapeople could run around onstage and get views from there. Or not.

 

[Bungobungo]

One seat will cost about $3000K, and that's just the seat.

If you’re paying that much for a seat you’re being ripped off lmao.

 

[barabba9174-bis]

I still use it almost every day, for work and entertainment. At home and on the road.

I use it everyday me too. Don’t care about frustrated people.

 

[HazeAndHahmahneez]

If the AVP (I still read that as "Alien vs Predator" every time) were $500, I would absolutely buy one. Paying $3500 to watch VR videos reminds me of paying $20 for five minutes in a VR arcade machine in the late 90s.

The 90s lol

daytona USA, cruisin usa lol

they shouldve teamed up with fox/Disney and done an alienVpred. Type experience for day Oners…surprised they didn’t go all out for some
Sort of. Exclusive event inly for Apple vision owners….Taylor swift, TysonVsYoutube etc.

I think they really dropped the ball on that and not having a budget version at launch…

People spend 3x or 4x more than that for a good Home Theater that doesn't compare to the AVP.
My iPad Pro was over $2K, the AVP was more money and more useful to me.
And $3500 is not what it used to be in the late 90s.

yooo love this perspective. Really looking forward to one day owning some version of Apple vision…

My real use-case for AVP is a big screen for my MBP. When I first started using it, I felt I wasn't getting enough screen that I had dreamed of, but now that I am using it more regularly, I'm loving it! I am really looking forward to the wide and and the ultra wide when it comes out of beta. The ability to work on a large screen monitor that is not physically restricted to a room or desk or what not, but can be taken with me to airplane, hotel or backyard is what makes it worth $3500.
Being able to enjoy older panorama photos in an immersive mode is really special for me; panoramas were really not that big a deal until I got an AVP. Although the panoramas don't have that 3D effect of spatial photos or videos, the surround affect is pretty immersive!
The consumptive stuff (watching conventional movies & videos and the odd video game) is secondary to the above, but it is a rich experience and I have no regrets.
Yeah, $3500 is high, but Apple really engineered this nicely; this tech can't come for free, and it needs to be useful for the consumer; for me, I love it, for others, maybe less so but I have no regrets.

The 3D stuff is pretty cool (like the Weeknd's Music video), but I suspect it is being produced to heighten curiosity for the fence-sitters and get more butts in the demo chair to check out the AVP. More people in, the more Apple will be compelled to build the next gen devices.

If you live near an Apple Store and haven't done a demo, do it just to experience it for yourself. When I did mine, there was no pressure to sell, just a "I hope you liked the demo, do you have any questions". I felt almost like I had to beg to buy the AVP! ;-p

Very nice Review. That theata screen mode sounds like the truth…all in the Garden away from those Smoogle weirdos. Smh

im so thankful iPhone reigns supreme heah and not droid whackos

 

[CBlakeston]

This was so cool. Some really creative shots. That highway… man.

 

[CBlakeston]

I’d love if we could get immersive opera or symphonies or musicals. I’m not interested in pop artists. I spent more on my violin bow than avp.

Have you tried the ‘out there’ musical on Vision Pro? It’s really cute

 

[ILoveCalvinCool]

One seat will cost about $3000K, and that's just the seat.

The point is that no one builds a Home Theater that has only one seat, which is what the AVP is.

 

[CBlakeston]

The point is that no one builds a Home Theater that has only one seat, which is what the AVP is.

But people sit and watch a big screen TV at home alone and no one asks what the point of that is?

 

[Amazing Iceman]

If you’re paying that much for a seat you’re being ripped off lmao.

I meant to say $3K not $3000K
Professional Home Theaters are more than a TV, amp and speakers...
$3,000 for a reclinable theater grade reclining chair is actually cheap.

 

[turbineseaplane]

If the AVP were $500, I would absolutely buy one.

Same
For what it does, it's just way out of the range of interest

It's priced in "you frickin' kiddin' me!?" territory

 

[Amazing Iceman]

The point is that no one builds a Home Theater that has only one seat, which is what the AVP is.

It has its purpose. And being a personal Theater is just one of them. When with friends, you just want to either watch on TV or go to the movies.
If you perception of the AVP doesn't extend beyond watching movies, then you don't need one.

 

[turbineseaplane]

As someone who uses a Vision Pro for hours a day as my main device

Your main device?

Doing what exactly?

(honestly curious)

 

[Amazing Iceman]

The point is that no one builds a Home Theater that has only one seat, which is what the AVP is.

I know more than a handful of people who have done it, and spent over $10K on it.