Vision Pro Hands-On: Reviewers Comment on Weight, Disney+ Experience, Virtual Keyboard and More

[RedWeasel]

Plus you can get even more vivid visuals at a small fraction of the weight and cost, no charging required:

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What is better than visions?

Introducing… Hallucination Pro!

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[anthogag]

I think the dual band looks better. Single band looks too much like ski goggles or scuba goggles. Dual band FTW. 🥓

 

[spinedoc77]

I would say most of the negative was nitpicky - "I was in pain" - because my long hair was pinching and I didn't ask to change the strap as it slid down my hair - that is filled with glossy hair product.

"The keyboard was hard to use" but if you read the full review, she was doing the pinch gesture wrong.....

Even the comment about "I felt excluded too..." in the full review ends with her in tears about how special that type of recording will be with her own kids when they are grown.

Some of this was MR quoting very poorly too.

"I was in pain" is nitpicky, there you have it folks.

 

[TruthAboveAllElse]

Plus you can get even more vivid visuals at a small fraction of the weight and cost, no charging required:

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Plus you don’t even need your eyes open

 

[Eso]

How often are you expecting to do longform typing on this? And if you are, why not use the ****ing Bluetooth keyboard of your choice like any rational person.

“The cigarette lighter was a little cumbersome to use. Other than that it’s easily the best car I’ve ever driven. Also, I don’t smoke”

Yeah, but that keyboard is going to be on a desk at a specific place in your home. If you have to fall back on a Bluetooth keyboard frequently enough, then effectively you’ll just end up sitting at your desk whenever you use it. At that point, isn’t it effectively a desktop computer? Really kinda fizzles out the whole “spatial computer” concept.

 

[RedWeasel]

Anyone remember the iMac DV? You know, the iMac where it’s special feature, it’s main selling point, was that it could… Play DVDs?

The selling point of the iMac DV was that it could be used to edit digital (home) video. It came with iMovie and Firewire ports (which could be used to connect DV cameras).

That’s what the DV stood for - digital video.

So pretty much *not* mainly a consumption device, but a creative content production device.

 

[Antoniosmalakia]

...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.

For three and a half thousand dollars, people will want something as damn near to perfect as possible.

 

[akb]

“It’s not always uncomfortable.”

That’s my takeaway from that summary.

 

[HouseLannister]

The selling point of the iMac DV was that it could be used to edit digital (home) video. It came with iMovie and Firewire ports (which could be used to connect DV cameras).

That’s what the DV stood for - digital video.

So pretty much *not* mainly a consumption device, but a creative content production device.

I don't know. I remember a lot of advertising being about how they included a copy of Bug's Life and that Bugdom game.

 

[gugy]

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.”

Not sure if this first version will be a winner. Maybe in 5 years or so when the tech is more developed and the unit is lighter and not so obnoxious. The question will be if Apple will continue development if the first versions are not well received. We'll see.

 

[eicca]

What's surprising, though, is that Apple isn't showing us the way forward. @eicca poses a very valid question. What problem does this solve? I agree with your take as well, but it's quite surprising that Apple themselves didn't jump in and show us a whole new way of doing something. Everything they've demoed has been obvious and predictable, more about eye candy and parlor tricks than how this amazing "spatial computer" can solve <pick your problem> better than other computing tools.

Bingo.

 

[jimbobb24]

The long and short of it is this: the hardware is objectionable, and is actually in the way of the software experience. If you want the software you have to tolerate the hardware. Not a single other Apple product falls even remotely into that description.

Most Apple hardware is a joy to use. This one is an obstacle.

It might be what many experienced people have always said...AR/VR is by its nature not workable because the headset design. Not until apple makes it drop 50% of the weight.

 

[DMG35]

Yes, because every single computer in history has included a WebCam.
All of them.
It’s a computer, that’s literally what it is.
Fun fact, the Watch is a computer too.
A computer you can’t even change the default notifications sound on, but a computer nonetheless.

Maybe to you, not to me.

 

[duffman9000]

Sound bad, the quest 3 just works it doesn’t need to change anything to make it better, these lenses and device seem to have to be exactly right which needs loads of different options. If the text isn’t sharp it’s more like the quest 2 that I couldn’t get to stay sharp but the quest 3 is sharp no matter how you put it on; the Vision Pro seems to hard to use all the time, I have had nearly every vr headset and this seems bad, to get it exact right with the sweet spot you need it to stay in once place that’s because the lenses are smaller

You’ve had nearly every VR and are just now complaining about the sweet spot? Same problem on VIVE Pro and PSVR2.

 

[NorthernFrostbyte]

The physical design of AirPods Max is an abomination compared to the svelte, aesthetically pleasing design of Bose 700 headphones.

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that has got to be sarcasm right? I have not seem a design more hideous...

 

[RedWeasel]

I don't know. I remember a lot of advertising being about how they included a copy of Bug's Life and that Bugdom game.

Oh I remember that game! And Otto Matic 🤖

 

[iZac]

To be honest the range of experiences detailed here seem really limited. If they can convince devs to create a range of apps it’ll be a smash hit, or they’ll just focus in on a small set of curated functions that it can do really well.

The Apple Watch ended up having to settle for the latter.

Also PC SteamVR support running as a screen only would be incredible, I can’t stress this enough. Even if it’s ‘unofficial’ the PCVR community is pretty industrious.

 

[JordanCautious]

I really want to get my hands on this thing to test out. Also, any reviewer who has never used VR before has a worthless opinion. I believe the ones here have used the Meta Quest so its fine but I’m always making sure that the reviewer isn’t using AR/VR for the first time since they don’t really have anything to offer. Johanna Stern has always been reliable in my eyes so I’m looking forward to what her and MKBHD say since they know

 

[Mjmar]

Looking at a letter and pinching to type is wild

 

[dontwalkhand]

I have been finding ways to be outside of my home, riding public transit to be more of a part of my community, taking walks, and even hiking.

This thing comes along and wants me to spend hours sitting at home. Hard pass.

 

[BB1970]

I look forward to be being “inside“ Myst

 

[tomtad]

I don't know. I remember a lot of advertising being about how they included a copy of Bug's Life and that Bugdom game.

BUGDOM!!

 

[BB1970]

i no desire for this to not be successful. I'm sure 100s of very smart people have been working really hard to bring this to market.

I just don't think the world is ready to use something like this in their homes or businesses. (maybe one day in the future)

Until i can become something as easy to put on and take off as a pair of glasses..

Hope I'm wrong...

What we need is a faster horse !

/s

 

[contacos]

Disagree...Not only movies but also VIRTUAL TRAVEL!...Purchasing apps to visit different countries around the world...(Yippee!)

And even for that you’d need at least 8K 360 degree recordings. Everything else looks like a horrible mess and probably bad for your eyes in the long run as well

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

What we need is a faster horse !

/s

The horse would probably be lighter than this thing.