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Vision Pro Hands-On: Reviewers Comment on Weight, Disney+ Experience, Virtual Keyboard and More
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Just like my iPhone then.
Oh wait in 5 years it’s twice the size, twice the weight and twice the price.
Just like my iPhone then.
Oh wait in 5 years it’s twice the size, twice the weight and twice the price.
I'm going to try. My hypothesis is the order process will hinder/prevent re-sellers, so I will have a pretty good shot on Friday morning. We shall see.
Correct me if I am wrong but the problem is that there simply isn’t any good 8K+ content available to make 360 degree VR videos look amazing. Everything I have tried on YouTube VR for example is completely blurry, washed out. It basically looks like you are zooming in on a low res video. Once you return to a flat screen in 4K, it’s fine.
I am also trying to enjoy the huge virtual IMAX size screens but I can’t do more than a half hour show like The Bear at a time. Everything longer gets too uncomfortable. Not only wearing it, but also my eyes get tired (might also be my vision tho). Your eyes just have too much too process. The fake environment, which is also just a digital render after all PLUS the fake screen with a video on it
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Your IMAX issue is due to the aspect ratio. It's unnatural to the human eye and thus causes fatigue. I have the same issue.
So stop buying the new ones. Problem solved. Also, don't by the Apple Vision Pro. Hope I helped solve your complaints.
Oh, I don’t think most people will need more than the amount they would get for an iPad. 256 is probably fine, but for $3499 it feels cheep, especially since we know the actual storage components cost Apple barely anything.
I would put myself at skeptical but not dismissive. I’m definitely intrigued by lot of what I’ve seen from the videos and early demos. In particular, I’ve very interested to see how convincing of an effect the 100’ screen and photorealistic environments are. Yet others seem quite far fetched and contrived, such as when they showed a woman wearing the Vision Pro to pack her luggage
I’m also wary that a bunch of inconveniences added up won’t make the experience worth it, as a death from 1,000 cuts. There‘s of course the physical things like comfort, limited battery life, input. But also potential software limitations. For example I’ve read a couple times that you can replace the ceiling with some virtual content (Although no hands-on demos have mentioned it). But through what, though, some app? - because I’m definietly not looking forward to sifting through a bunch of ****** “ceiling apps”. Can I replace one of my walls so that instead of looking out at a parking lot I can look out to a tropical beach? Or is that limited to just replacing the entire environment behind the vision OS floating windows?
Agreed. If nothing else it would have looked like good will from Apple.
Yes and I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing any of them. And I say this as someone who wears prescription glasses.
Both ARM architecture. Now let's see what both companies do with it.
Resellers need to sell for $5k in order to make a decent profit. Not sure if it will be that hot
I'm so happy we could learn your individual preference in a public forum!
As an AAPL enthusiast (and investor) but not an uncritical fanboi, the question is not "Will people buy it?" but "How many people will embrace it?" I'm old enough to remember AAPL products that consumers bought, but in insufficient numbers for AAPL to continue the product line—the G4 Cube comes to mind.
Maybe it’ll be like the original iPhone, where the 256 GB gets discontinued and the 512 gets a price cut.
Although, I think they would wait at least a year this time, not two months.
Agreed, but I think there's enough interest to sustain it. One of the problems with VR is the lack of good experiences. I'm hopeful that the Apple brand and ecosystem will get more interest from devs.
No, it will actually perform worse in games. The Snapdragon XR Gen 2 is pretty close to the M2 in graphics performance, but has to drive lower resolution screens vs the VP's 4k screens. That's even before the M2's purported throttling because it has a higher power consumption, but I have no proof that's the case. Most of what I've seen gives the M2 about a 20% advantage, but all of that is using iPads as obviously no one has benchmarked the VP yet. Games in particular is one area where the VP is going to perform poorly on, or I suppose about the same as the Quest 3 if you lower the resolution.
Which headset and OLED TV are you referring to. Because I can find waaaay less expensive options than $3500 for each of them.
Honestly I don't think many on here realize just how uncomfortable VR headsets are, even for short periods of time, and these reviews are just illustrating a well known point that doesn't surprise anyone with any mileage on a VR headset. I suppose there is surprise that Apple didn't magically supersede the laws of physics and solve these issues, but personally I'm not surprised in the least.
The original iPhone packing in all of that new technology into a body that was at the time the thinnest smart phone on the planet at a (chunky by today’s standards) 11.6 MM definitely set a benchmark.
I was definitely expecting the Vision Pro to somehow be thinner and lighter then any of its nearest competition, and that is absolutely not what happened.
Obviously, we’re still quite a while from a headset that can be worn casually for several hours at a time.
There are more photos released and everyone’s ears are literally squeezed.
This gotta hurt! First think I always make sure it doesn’t happen with my Quest 3 band
And these are official photos … taken by Apple.
This gotta hurt! First think I always make sure it doesn’t happen with my Quest 3 band
And these are official photos … taken by Apple.
These comments aren’t going to age well…
If the foveated rendering works well, it won't necessarily have to render more pixels even with its higher resolution.
Because that would require compromises in the lens shape, and the size/thickness of the device, and the quality of the optics. It would result in a worse experience for people who don't need glasses and also people who have vision issues that a simple diopter adjustment couldn't fix.