Apple would only do that if they could find a way to make sure that your eyes are only compatible with Apple devices.
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Will Apple Ever Make AR Smart Glasses?
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Wow, much better article on MacRumors than normal. Not completely biased in favor of Apple. Some truth. Not bad MacRumors. We need more articles like this.
AVP is one of those products that people love to criticize in its original form but will later say "oh, everyone knew that this product category was the future".
His intuitive ability was knowing what people wanted and translating that to a technical solution. Sure he didn't always get it right but if there was a market for the device he'd have figured a plan. Apple doesn't have a plan.
The plan is obvious: mobile computing device that provides the user with large screens/multiple screens.
Which goes back to my point about returning it. I probably should have been more clear. If you don’t even enjoy watching video content on it more than you enjoy watching it on a 65 inch TV, for whatever reason, why on Earth would you keep it given that just about everybody agrees that entertainment is one of the primary reasons for most consumers to use it if they have the cash to be able to justify the purchase?
That’s the part that made no sense to me and it’s why I stopped reading much more of the article after it. IMO if you don’t even enjoy that aspect of the device then why in the world wouldn’t you have sent it back or taken it back to the store either on spot or at the end of the return window? To me it’s too expensive to hang onto if you just hope you’ll get used to it.
Unless somebody gave it to me or sold it to me for some ungodly small amount of money there’s no way I’m keeping a device I don’t enjoy using. The author lost me there….
steve jobs literally described this device btw. headphones for your eyes. thats what Vision is. you can make up a thousand different concepts for what exact product Steve might've shipped instead, but he quite literally described this type of product while he was alive
Don’t forget “when the technology gets there”. It isn’t there yet. However if it gets there Apple won’t be caught flat footed with no solution like they were with the AI craze. AI is a part of the smart phone platform, not an entirely new platform in and of itself requiring a new OS, new UI and re-written apps. That won’t be the case with AR glasses. I don’t blame Apple for putting what they had out there. Meta is. They are keeping up with the Jones’s in that way. I get why people don’t like it but I don’t get people who do nothing but bag on it. Last time I checked it’s a free country and if you don’t want to buy one you don’t have to.
I’d rather Apple put R&D money into products that aren’t always popular than put it all into the pocketbooks of C Level executives and shareholders. There will be flops. There were under Steve Jobs and he was a once in a generation kind of talent in terms of knowing what people wanted in a product before they did. There’s not going to be another like him at Apple, or anywhere else, anytime soon but that doesn’t mean that Apple was, is or will be a massive failure. Now excuse me while I connect my Newton to my Lisa and sync them both to MobileMe.
Going on month 3 with my AVP and I still love it as much as the day I got it. Using it right now typing this. Use it for work, use it for movies, and use it as an extension of my iMac. It's my favorite first-gen Apple product.
Are you saying it is being used a lot? Based on everything I’ve seen in YouTiube, X, etc has been dismal.
You can routinely find them on eBay selling for 50% of original cost.
My buddy finally sold his a couple weeks ago after having not powered it on for two months, and was pretty disappointed with the selling price.
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I'd NEVER put something like the VisionPro on my face. With that optional support strap going over your head, it looks like you're wearing a jockstrap on your face! But a pair of Ray-Bans, even with fewer features, maybe, if it makes me look like Buddy Holly!
What I don’t get is what is tracked? I get running, but it can’t coach Yoga, or improve my tennis forehand, or give climbing hints. I don’t get how Fitness can be such appeal that it sells 50 million units. And as you mentioned, Garmins are better fitness trackers.
My Apple Watch tells when I go for a daily walk with my dog that I “have closed my exercise ring”. What, a walk with the dog? A ring? That’s supposed to be why people buy it. I have my doubts. Because I don’t get it; I don’t know what “track my yoga” means.
(I do think that the health tracking features like heart beat and oxygen saturation are an incentive).
What I don’t get is what is tracked? I get running, or swimming, but it can’t coach Yoga, or improve my tennis forehand, or track weight lifting reps and weights, or give climbing hints. I don’t get how Fitness can be such appeal that it sells 50 million units. And as you mentioned, Garmins are better fitness trackers.
My Apple Watch tells when I go for a daily walk with my dog that I “have closed my exercise ring”. What, a walk with the dog? A ring? That’s supposed to be why people buy it. I have my doubts. Because I don’t get it; I don’t know what “track my yoga” means.
(I do think that the health tracking features like heart beat and oxygen saturation are an incentive).
I don't use fitness plus if that is what you are asking, and I don't need coaching. It just tracks time, heart rate, breathing and, in the case of running or bike riding, distance and pace via gps.
Apple Watch had the offer of health features at your wrist it was bound to take off there was no doubters what does the Vision Pro offer to enhance people day to day life nothing atm
Big difference between the watch, Macintosh and Vision Pro. Watches are fashionable, can be worn all the time, and are unobtrusive. The Macintosh was a computer and isn't even the same league, plus anyone in the household can use it.
The AVP, is isolating, for a single user only and can't be worn out and about without looking like a tool. I'm currently sitting in an airport terminal waiting on my flight, and have been in multiple since it was released. I've seen zero.
The one person I knew with a Vision Pro sold his after not touching it for two months.
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Yeah I tend to agree and was on team "let the iPhone do the processing" before the Vision Pro came out, along with half of the people working on it according to rumors.
The communication tech may be there, but the power tech isn't. How long is that iPhone and headset going to last doing that kind of work without a power source?
You all at MacRumors are so accustomed to reviewing highly mature devices like MacBook, iMac, iPhone and Apple Watch which you all admit are so mature that updates are kind of boring at this point. However, when Apple comes out with something that is clearly revolutionary AND immature, you hold the same expectations as all the other mature devices in Apple's ecosystem. Innovating a new platform beyond the iPhone will of course be a difficult task. Punchline however is that AR is the future. AVP is the future. As a 1st generation device of course it has its shortcomings and the next few years are so exciting to see how this platform matures in major to address these shortcomings. You can be part of the revolution or just pan it and stick to your boring rumors of modest increases in chip speed and such.
I’m not disagreeing. That’s why I said “some people” feel that way. I think a lot of Apple fans really only know them from the iPhone and their seemingly straight run of mass market winners they released.
But yeah, Apple to me is a consumer electronics company in the mould of a Sony but with a more focused product line. And that means they need to release products like the Vision Pro to exist in the long run.
But now they are in everyone’s pension and everyone’s got an iPhone it’s like they can’t be seen to fail. I think they have to shut out that type of market scrutiny in my opinion.
Describe for me the use case that would justify wearing AR glasses. Or carrying them with you wherever you go? I get that many people fantasize about such glasses, but I simply can't understand the appeal. Directions? What advantage do AR glasses give over a phone in your pocket?
I own the AVP, and I love it. But my use for it is not mobile. I never use the AR aspect of the AVP. I simply don't understand what the fantasy for glasses is, other than it is a smaller form factor.
Fully agree. It's really awkward that Apple won't pay for an ANT+ license, just like they're not paying MS for a MTP licence. I would really like to be able to connect any media device to my Mac and access the data on it. Alas, I'm directed to some crap protocol from, cough, Google, and their 'Android File Transfer.app'.
And Apple Watch had celebrities, wear it, and it was featured in fashion magazines,so it became acceptable as an accessory. Google glass for example was only worn by nerds and it became the opposite of acceptable. That was the whole fashion strategy, not to make the Apple Watch a fashionable item, but to make it acceptable.
But why would I charge, carry and wear glasses for these 3 basic uses that I already have on my phone?
I simply do not understand the practical use of AR in a pair of glasses that have, at best, 3-4 hours of battery, and which I'd need to wear all the time. And if I only carry them and put them on occasionally, what' the point when I already have my phone?
I own and love my AVP. But I use it for 3-4 hours at a time on very specific work projects. I never use the AR aspect of the AVP; there's simply no point to overlay onto the real world.
So many of you keep saying "give me small glasses" but for what? Nobody has been able to describe a compelling, day-long use case for AR. Think of how often you use your phone to take a picture, or provide directions. For me, that's maybe an every other day use case. Why would I wear glasses every day all day for such small use cases? Especially when it provides very little advantage over the phone I already carry.
AVP, on the other hand, gives me use cases that I can't do anywhere else.