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It’s a lot more interesting than I expected.
It’ll be fun to see how it develops in the next few years.
It’ll be fun to see how it develops in the next few years.
I’d agree, but I’d want to see it in person.
Theoretically, you could replace a monitor with the headset, but would it work as well?
I suspect for entertainment, it’ll work well, but how comfortable is the headset? Is this something that we’ll forget we’re wearing or will we be happy to take it off after watching?
It’ll be interesting to see how well this plays out.
It was smart for them to focus on augmenting reality and the presentation they put together is impressive. Switching between augmented and virtual with the digital crown is sleek, not to mention controlling with eye and hand gestures.
And this is a v1 product. Look back at the original iPhone and you’ll see we’ve come a long way. Hopefully it does well enough that we’ll get future versions.
The capabilities and possible uses of this are amazing but I think it will be hard for the average consumer to … afford it.
Remember the Apple Lisa? $9,995 ($36K in today’s dollars).
The original Mac was $2,500 ($7K).
Heck, the Apple Pro XDR 6K display currently lists for $4,999.
Just to keep it all in perspective.
Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal did a very Good article and video of the headset. She too gave the good and bad features of it. I liked her description of “it’s like strapping an Apple Watch to her head” but in a good way.
The capabilities and possible uses of this are amazing but I think it will be hard for the average consumer to wrap their heads around this (pun intended) or afford it.
Not sure how two 4K displays would ever appear pixelated.....?
The pixels are super tiny. It’s not going to be pixelated.
Here is what some are saying about it.
"Joy Behar Tells ‘The View’ That The New Apple Vision Pro VR Headsets Are Only Good for Porn: “I Could Be in Bed With George Clooney”
https://decider.com/2023/06/06/joy-behar-vr-glasses-only-good-for-george-clooney-porn-the-view/
Pixels per degree of view means that they are still a little pixelated compared to natural vision but I am sure it is impressive
Here is what some are saying about it.
"Joy Behar Tells ‘The View’ That The New Apple Vision Pro VR Headsets Are Only Good for Porn: “I Could Be in Bed With George Clooney”
https://decider.com/2023/06/06/joy-behar-vr-glasses-only-good-for-george-clooney-porn-the-view/
All I know is that every single review I've read cites the amazing crispness of text and all other visuals. How they achieve that, via foveation, etc., is unimportant. Of interest to VR nerds, perhaps, but 95% of purchasers aren't going to care.
True. For normal people they will judge it compared to real life. I have read that would be around 60 x 90 degrees = 5400 so 4K screens should be pretty close. The down side is processing power and the resulting 2hr battery limit.
This sounds promising for a much more immersive remote travel experience.
Last month when I was in Rome, I visited the Domus Aurea, the former palace of Emperor Nero. It's now largely underground and/or repurposed for the foundation of other Roman construction. Part of that visit is to put on VR masks while seated in a big, open, underground portion of the palace. You then see a recreation of the luxurious building around you as it was in Nero's time. As you turn your head, your view of the building moves with you. Then the view starts to "walk" you from the interior of the palace out to a balcony where you overlook the large lake that was a part of the palace grounds. It was all very realistic looking. However, the graphics were slightly pixelized due to the resolution of the masks. I didn't note the manufacturer of the masks. It was a very cool way to see a portion of this site.
With the resolution of these Vision Pros, I can imagine this type of experience will be even more fantastic. I think we will be seeing a lot of commercial applications like this coming in the not-to-distant future. And you're right, you would also be able to do this entire type of thing from your own living room.