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Video: A First Look at visionOS for the Apple Vision Pro
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Interacting with "flat windows" is just one aspect of the platform.
The content of those windows can now be truly 3D
- Imagine an architecture app where you can "walk into" a building, look around, move objects around, etc.
- Imagine a shopping experience where you can pick objects up, read labels, inspect every side, as if you were holding the real thing.
- Imagine a travel app where you can actually "be" in a new country. The world is all around you.
- Imagine a doctor performing surgery virtually while robot instruments are mimicking the exact movements.
- Imagine a pilot or astronaut training for their next mission, actually being "inside" the cockpit with such realism that they don't know they're not.
This is about taking computing to a whole new level, not just placing existing computing into a fancy new visual view. Apple is already the master at blending human instincts with computing, making the "interface" vitually disappear, and the Vision Pro is the ultimate realization of that. The eye tracking alone is better than anything currently on the market.
Basically, what you think just "happens" because your eyes and hands are controlled by your brain. This is getting us close to non-invasive neural interfaces.
Wrong. The App Store was always the plan, but they don't announce things until they are ready to be announced.
In 2006 I bought a $2,000 Laser Disc player. 
I won't be making that mistake again.
I won't be making that mistake again.
Just wait until you've tried it. Then you'll have a totally different impression. Guaranteed.
In 2006 I bought a $2,000 Laser Disc player.
I won't be making that mistake again.
Are you suggesting that the Vision Pro will die away? Oh, how wrong you could be. Spatial Computing is just now getting started, for the masses. Flat computer screens will be so archaic in 5 years.
How long did it take until iOS apps could be developed on iPhone?
How long did it take until iPadOS apps could be developed on iPad?
Only time will tell
So you’ll be buying a Vision Pro this time and not something that is outdated by over ten years at the point of purchase?In 2006 I bought a $2,000 Laser Disc player.
I won't be making that mistake again.
I hold out some hope because of the “pro” designation. Also the iPhone without a contract corrected for inflation has held reasonably steady
Plus the portability. You could take
MacBook and headset to another location vs having to bring extra monitors.
Also being able to aim your head up to avoid neck strain or even recline back on a couch with MacBook still on your lap… tapping away and looking up instead of down.
Looks entirely unremarkable to me.
Is anyone clambering to go inside their iPhone? Stick their whole head in there? That’s what the UI appears to be.
No sale.
Is anyone clambering to go inside their iPhone? Stick their whole head in there? That’s what the UI appears to be.
No sale.
You’d think so, but this is actually very disorienting in a VR space.
You’re talking about small, niche markets. B to B stuff. That’s not a big enough target for Apple. They want your mom to buy one.
Spoiler: your mom is never going to buy one.
Absolutely spot on! It's easier to lack foresight & imagination and knock something you don't understand or can't see a use case for your self, that's the modern world sadly 😏
I'm not a pro user, however I can certainly appreciate the tech involved and the concept.
I've never even considered a VR headsets before, they were simply toys for gaming, however I'm seriously thinking about buying vision pro, just for movies & web content and if someone comes up with an app, where you can visit interesting places around the world that would be it for me.
All Apple need to do is make one killer app, something like visiting interesting places around the world and or activities most of us would be able to do in the real world, that would be it for me on top of what it already has
Not crazy about iPhone apps in VR mode. The only thing that interests me the most is having gigantic virtual computer displays/home theatre experience, VisionPro is the perfect device for that.
But it's not VR, it's AR!
I'm pretty sure you haven't tried it and yet you're making out you're an expert 😏
… “I have not really been looking forward to this product, but after the Keynote and hearing from people who have tried, I see the path they are going and I am more than excited.” …Caveat: $3500 is not going to justify what I am going to say. I want to say this because neither of you mentioned price, and so neither will I. If we are talking about "getting it" in terms of anything related to price, we will probably all agree
However, price aside, and assuming they will come out with cheaper versions....I wouldn't downplay the "giant screen" aspect of this. Maybe at its core it's "just a big screen" but being able to have multiple very large screens in front of you is what most office people have been trying for and doing to the limited degree you can for the past couple decades. If people didn't want large monitors, they wouldn't be selling. But bigger than that, it's the canvas of a room, windows of any size, and the fact they "live" in your space that pretty much removes limitations on how we want our content to be displayed. This is not just a "large screen" but rather no longer having screens, just content. Placed where you want it, at the size you want it, where you want it, etc.... Let's take one example....so maybe you are a banker and instead of buying a physical product for stock ticking, you can get an AR app that you can customize exactly the way you want it and place it exactly wherever you want it in your office, at the exact size you want it. It can then interact and open browsers, send email, perform automations, etc... Things that are simply not possible today with physical products. Could you do that with multiple monitors placed around your room? Sure, but clunky wouldn't even begin to describe it. It truly is a brand new "spatial computing" (I hate they have to brand EVERYTHING) mindset with a ridiculous amount of potential!
In terms of AR/XR....yes and no. From the reviews of the product, the fact that EVERYTHING you see is on a digital screen, it is sort of the best case AR right now. We get the super high resolution of the screens and ability to have crisp text, ridiculously good placement of objects in the environment, but also no loss of being "present" in your space. Multiple people said that they moved around the pretend room almost forgetting they had a headset on. If you have used any other headset you know the lag prevents this same carelessness unless you want to bang into things. This is going to be the best way to experience AR until we can get the resolution and tracking technology to work with transparent materials.
From a VR perspective, yeah not a lot there. The 3D videos and some of the "cool demos" were more highlight what may come in the future. But honestly they are smart by focusing on the AR with "VR Light" as the starting point. I have not really been looking forward to this product, but after the Keynote and hearing from people who have tried, I see the path they are going and I am more than excited. I do believe that their approach will mainstream AR and the use cases will explode and we will end up in 5 years not even remembering when this product seemed to not have a purpose.
Same here, I was skeptical but the keynote and Dan’s initial tryout report video gave me new ideas, i see more possibilities and potential now. At the same time, I continue to worry about a potential for more adverse effects on human interaction, similar to the disruption of face-to-face communication by smart/brickphone users …
Found the person with the hermes air tag case.
Tim will tell you that now. But it will be awkward this time.
The iPad that I use every single day and has basically replaced my home laptop? This thing is no comparison to an iPad.
Yeah and you have to wear big, clunky googles on your face to get this. Wake me up when the tech exists in a regular pair of reading glasses.
I think these Vision Pro VR Headset are gonna bomb. A Dud. especially at a $3500 price point.
From what I can see.
it will bomb just like the Apple Newton did in the 2000's.
From what I can see.
it will bomb just like the Apple Newton did in the 2000's.
It’s foresight and imagination that leads to issues around the AVP. Lack of understanding doesn’t figure into it. In fact, the easiest path is to take the marketing at face value and discount anyone critical of it as uninformed and unimaginative.