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Vision Pro Hands-On: Reviewers Comment on Weight, Disney+ Experience, Virtual Keyboard and More
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Funny you say that. I tried the Tripp calming app with 360 degree videos on my Quest 3 yesterday but I quickly realized that all I want to do is close my eyes and „listen“ if anything
The carefully orchestrated reviews are pretty meh…..real world is always worse….so worse than meh is where it’s gonna be.
Too early to judge what will become of it. Developers didn't have enough time yet to come up with great Apps.
But the hardware likely has a lot of room for improvements. Gen 1 is likely not gonna be "it" for me.
But i'm not gonna write it off yet. iPhone, iPad and Watch, all needed needed tons of improvement when they were released. None of them would have succeeded, judging by comments on here and other places.
But this one definitely has an added price problem.
But the hardware likely has a lot of room for improvements. Gen 1 is likely not gonna be "it" for me.
But i'm not gonna write it off yet. iPhone, iPad and Watch, all needed needed tons of improvement when they were released. None of them would have succeeded, judging by comments on here and other places.
But this one definitely has an added price problem.
Plus you can get even more vivid visuals at a small fraction of the weight and cost, no charging required:
So right away the rear band is not adequate for most users to counter the weight of the VP on the front of your face.
Me laughing at everyone making fun of the weight of the device with my big ole head. 60cm gang wya?
I'll wait for reviews from actual tech people. Pointless blather from "I saw the thing!" bloggers who have their jobs because they look better in video podcasts isn't worth the time to read through.
From The Verge. I think this says a lot:
“This is all well and good, but it’s strange to wear the headset and not actually know what’s happening on that front display — to not really have a sense of your appearance. And it’s even stranger that looking at people in the real world can cause them to appear, apparition-like, in the virtual world. The social cues of this thing are going to take a long while to sort out. Admittedly, it was all a whirlwind. I spent a half-hour like a kid gawping at an alien planet — even though I’d never left the couch. But by the end of my demo, I started to feel the weight of the headset bring me back to the real world. I’d been furrowing my brow, concentrating so hard, I felt the beginnings of a mild headache. That tension dissipated as soon as I took the headset off, but walking back out into Manhattan, I kept replaying the demo over in my head. I know what I just saw. I’m just still trying to see where it fits in the real world.”
“This is all well and good, but it’s strange to wear the headset and not actually know what’s happening on that front display — to not really have a sense of your appearance. And it’s even stranger that looking at people in the real world can cause them to appear, apparition-like, in the virtual world. The social cues of this thing are going to take a long while to sort out. Admittedly, it was all a whirlwind. I spent a half-hour like a kid gawping at an alien planet — even though I’d never left the couch. But by the end of my demo, I started to feel the weight of the headset bring me back to the real world. I’d been furrowing my brow, concentrating so hard, I felt the beginnings of a mild headache. That tension dissipated as soon as I took the headset off, but walking back out into Manhattan, I kept replaying the demo over in my head. I know what I just saw. I’m just still trying to see where it fits in the real world.”
Interesting that how Victoria Song “Felt the beginnings of a mild headache” was left out of this article. She only did a demo and that’s a result? Imagine prolonged use…
...but it does address the complaints of @HobeSoundDarryl and others that we were going to get plastered with only-positive comments from the original bloggers.
Anybody who expects everything to be perfect in the first product iteration is living in a virtual fantasyland.
The front eye screen says it all.
Someone must have actually forced this through the pipeline, cuz.....
Makes the Touch Bar seem incredibly clever.
Someone must have actually forced this through the pipeline, cuz.....
Makes the Touch Bar seem incredibly clever.
Yeah, the real write-off is the stock strap. Kind of damning honestly that they had to waffle back and forth on two strap designs - one that looks great in promo and one that works better for actual comfort.
I really hope this thing takes off but if I had to bet, Apple has got to be very disappointed in how today went. The main headline out of the day is that it's uncomfortable, and their Face ID scan-to-fit seems to have all but failed to correctly match users with the proper fit.
I agree, but it's also interesting to note that these "carefully curated reviews" aren't exactly rave reviews, either...
While I'm not overly interested in this product to begin with (so yes, I'm a little biased here)...these reviews aren't really swaying me any closer to the "you've got my interest" side.
The weight issue is bad. The whole “being strapped to your face” thing is gonna kill it as any kind of “status symbol” because who’s going to take it places? Who’s really going to use one on a plane or in an airport? Even if users don’t tire of the face gear, the fact that the battery is tethered (and still only lasts 2 hours) is another example of current tech not being ready for proper visors. If it’s around for 10 years and ultimately looks/weighs like a pair of glasses, it’ll work. Otherwise, forget long periods of use with this thing. You also can’t show anyone what you’re doing without them putting the headset on. It’ll be a lot of fun watching how this all plays out.
And seems incredibly isolating.
From Kirk’s communicator to iPhone took more than 40 years, and we’re still waiting for it to flip open.
From Stark’s Jarvis helmet to AVP 13 years. Give it at least another 13 years before we get something close to it.
From Stark’s Jarvis helmet to AVP 13 years. Give it at least another 13 years before we get something close to it.
"In the meantime, it’s harder to imagine using the Vision Pro for actual work. The Vision Pro feels much further along as a personal home theater."
Sounds like it will end up being a consumption device just like the iPad. It should be "spatial iPad" instead of "spatial computer".
Sounds like it will end up being a consumption device just like the iPad. It should be "spatial iPad" instead of "spatial computer".
Half baked as predicted by so many. El oh el
Better yet, go to an Apple Store and get a demo for yourself
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Actually, in that post to which you are referring, I specifically shared how there will be some people posting some issue with it quickly followed by a "but..." and then an immediate remedy for the issue. That's standard stuff for these pre-release "reviews." That may help it look less like some of them were written/fed by Apple Marketing but presented by some "influencer" as if they had written it themself.
This was uncomfortable... but then with the overhead strap it was much better. Words were not as sharp as I expected... but then I got it adjusted to properly block the light and it was much better." There will be more of this in the "friends of Apple" "reviews."
And the "reviewers" I was referencing haven't posted theirs yet. Expect gushing praise with still a bit of this kind of thing... followed by "but..." and then a remedy that undermines the scope of their complaint. I'll be looking for some reference to sweat "but... by taking periodic breaks from my work as I do anyway, it wasn't much of a thing at all."
"At first I was clearly aware I had this thing on my head... but it's not really much more weight than my bike helmet which I use every day, and I soon got used to it being there."
Etc.
What I see in this whole article is a very real complaint about how it worn on one's head is going to affect hair... to which I'll add very likely makeup too. I see no way around that and presumably such people are similarly hair affected by wearing headphones, hats, helmets, etc too. I drive a convertible and wear sunglasses. If I jump into it with wet hair, the wind and sunglasses propped up will affect my 'do. But, when I'm done with my drive, a quick combing tends to get it back to presentable again... or maybe I need a bit of water and then a combing when it's really been hair gone wild.
There is never a "perfect." Even all these iterations of Mac, iPhones and iPads are not perfect... nor will they ever be.
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Commenting on finding ways to innovate... while reading an article on a VR headset...?