alt Hacker NewsI used to have an Apple Vision Pro; it was a genuinely great piece of tech. IMO if Apple went somewhere like wearable glasses with it, it'd be a hit.
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VisionPro was/is a dev platform, priced to ensure it wasn't yet a mainstream device.
99% of "apps" for it were confused garbage, totally misunderstanding what it's for or how to use it.
The percentage of apps that "get it" is rising. Not sure if the disillusioned left, or if more are figuring it out.
Either way, when Apple releases something consumer facing, or for consumers' faces, this means there's a prayer of being more than a deluge of Oculus content.
Or at least I'd like to imagine that's what they're doing. :-)
Yeah if they double down and keep investing in the tech improvements required, I genuinely think Apple AR can become the next big hardware form. Nothing will beat the iPhone but this could easily stand beside their laptops as a major accessory.
if Apple went somewhere like wearable glasses with it, it'd be a hit
It would be a PR disaster, most people outside the SV bubble just find smart glasses what they really are: creepy.
Even more so because Meta is going to roll out face recognition and going to live-annotate people you encounter in the streets. Luckily that shit is not allowed in the EU.
Part of the problem with Apple Vision Pro was the sales strategy. They labeled it "Pro" but if you went into an Apple store they only let you play some simple games and watch some movies with it. The main feature I was interested in, desktop extension, they wouldn't let you test. I even explicitly asked and they said no. They wanted a guided experience thing which just turned me off from buying it.
Apple Vison Regular will come one day, and might actually be worth it.
If I can _actually_ replace my monitors with a headset, I’m in.
Vision Pro could do it but was way too heavy to use 8 hours a day