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Vision Pro Hands-On: Reviewers Comment on Weight, Disney+ Experience, Virtual Keyboard and More
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Nope, not turning me on. I like to share my cinema experience with other people and not strain my neck.
It’s like practicing guitar with headphones vs a 100-watt tube amp stack. When the room moves, that’s a huge part of the experience.
What you mean there aren’t many people who put 4K monitors in other people’s homes on the off chance you’ll be there? I hate to break it to you but, beyond a certain distance, 4K is indistinguishable from 1080p.
Do you remember how stupid the original Apple Watch was? It was more of a fashion accessory than smartwatch and don’t get me started on the gold edition. Yes, it might follow the Apple Watch and turn into an incredible product but they can only base their views on what they have in front of them.
Interesting observation on the economics of VR for those that doubt use cases for the price
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Personally I find it hard to imagine that anything one does immersively on a computer would not be better with a headset. For that very reason I'll be holding off until the health consequences become more apparent!
Taylor Swift could be the push the VR industry needs
As virtual reality companies hunt for ways to spread their tech, they may find an unexpected audience for wide-scale adoption: Swifties.
Personally I find it hard to imagine that anything one does immersively on a computer would not be better with a headset. For that very reason I'll be holding off until the health consequences become more apparent!
Apple's "anti-gravity" technology seem to be still in beta also.
The idea of a simple set of goggles that you wear is nice, but until they get really light then Apple missed a trick bynot going with a PlayStation VR-type system whereby the weight of the headset is taken by a band around your head, distributing the weight evenly, and the screen 'suspended' in front of you face. It's by far the best VR system for comfort that I've encountered.
People on this forum seem to really want this to fail. It was the same with Apple Watch, iPad, iPhone etc. Why?
This is a monumental flop. It's too heavy. I work with aluminium studio headphones while recording in a booth, and I know heavy. And one should sum up heat in the next summer and moist for wearing that mascara over your face. Unless they work harder on the weight factor, I see no point in wasting top dollar for enhanced vision, when you will sweat bullets to keep it over your nose without a hint of misty. Look, for the same reason I don't want the watch, because I cannot see it without wearing my reading glasses. Besides, I'm not a gamer, and don't freak out with dizzy video experiences. For editing sound waves in Logic Pro, I have three 27" 4K screens, the better way to distribute plugins and effects.
It’s actually a good point. VR pretends to fully immerse you in a different world, but no matter how realistic it looks, if you still feel like a passive bystander and nothing interacts with you, it breaks the immersion.
Why were these people given the opportunity to test the Vision Pro? It messes up your hair, it makes you feel immersed yet also excluded? lol
Interesting observation on the economics of VR for those that doubt use cases for the price
Taylor Swift could be the push the VR industry needs
As virtual reality companies hunt for ways to spread their tech, they may find an unexpected audience for wide-scale adoption: Swifties.
Personally I find it hard to imagine that anything one does immersively on a computer would not be better with a headset. For that very reason I'll be holding off until the health consequences become more apparent!
I have been joking about this a few weeks ago that Apple should have tried to get T Swift on board for an Exclusive Eras Tour experience in VR.
However, the tech simply does not seem to be there yet. The concert would need to be 8K, better yet 12K for a good experience in 360 VR. Everything else looks just like a blown up, low res, pixel and eye sight nightmare (I am talking from experience attempting to watch YouTube VR on my Quest 3)
Agree the original Apple Watch really wasn't ready for public release, Apple almost killed the product by putting it out there too soon. However I still think her review was moronic. Maybe however that's what people go to the WSJ for.
What’s annoying is publicly Apple claims this is the future, privately they know this is a hobbyist/hobby/niche product.
Well now that is hardly the burn you think it is, isn't it?
To compare it to reading a book is really not understanding how reading a book works.
When I read I pick up a book and start… reading. Immersed but still able to be aware of my husband's intermittent conversation with me, stretch my eyes by looking out the window, that little pause to think over something you've just read, stroke the cat, hear the doorbell and answer it — pick up the book again — put down the book, go have a pee, answer my phone — listen to music…
What I don't have to do is strap a humungous self isolating device on to my face and then sit there, apparently immersed in my own little universe.
This AVP device is first and foremost a device that will further isolate people.
Or do you self isolate in a sound proof room when you go and *read a book*?
But, then again, YMMV and you do. In which case the AVP is probably perfect for you.
You do realise you can do all of that (ok, with the exception of "stretching" your eyes, if you mean it in the muscular sense) with the AVP strapped to your head, yes? And if you were reading the book on your AVP, you wouldn't have to put it down and pick it up again.
I'm not implying *you* would *want* to do that, but the irony is you have just described almost the perfect use case scenario for the AVP. Except you can replace "reading a book" with a whole bunch of different activities.
The Touch Bar was obviously a terrible idea. It is difficult to fit useful info and controls into a narrow bar.
It would have made way more sense to replace the touchpad with an iPhone style screen that could run iOS apps.
No.
Huge difference between picking up a paper book and… strapping an AVP to your head.
I mean, I'm not being facetious, but if you cannot see that then… 🤷🏻♂️
And why would I want to read a book on the AVP?
If you read the post I replied to my answer might be a bit clearer to you.
its alpha. it will get smaller, lighter and cheaper for the mass market. i don’t know why people are expecting a device with production capacity of like 100k units to take over the world because it just won’t.
its a dev kit
Apples Darth Vadar Helmet is a flop ,lets see if second gen can save it.
I think it's more likely to be the 3GS version... If it can survive that long.
As I emphasised, I was not implying that *you* would want to do that.
I was merely stating that everything you highlighted you could do with a book in your hands (or not, as in your scenario), you could do with the AVP strapped to your head.
I can fully appreciate, and totally understand, that many people love the tactile experience of reading a physical book. There are countless people who still prefer a physical book to reading on a screen. I'm not judging them.
But equally, there are many people who enjoy the experience of reading a book on a screen, and I rather suspect that a percentage of those people will actually enjoy reading on the AVP (FWIW, I can think of many ways that a reading experience could be enhanced in a headset).
I get it. You can't envisage such a scenario. And that is perfectly ok.
Sounds nice if you can put up with the headache these goggles will cause after 20-30 mins.