Apple has released a guided tour of Vision Pro on its website that walks through a bunch of its features. Whether or not you’re planning to purchase Apple Vision Pro, this video is worth taking the time to watch.

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    10 months ago

    I’m kinda confused so I want to see someone who is enough in the loop about the apple vr to explain this to me. If all it can do is watch movies and play 2d games and doesn’t have enough battery life to watch a movie, why???

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      10 months ago

      Well, it’s not just for movies and 2d games. For me, the appeal is:

      • Using multiple windows of apps at a time in a floating space
      • Passthrough vision for AR
      • 3d movies and general big screen movie experiences
      • Extending my MacBook’s displays and working with the computer just by looking at it
      • The eye tracking and gesture control seem really well done. I expect Apple of all companies to really nail that experience.
      • I’m kind of excited to try out spacial videos that I took on my phone while in Istanbul.

      Battery life is indeed a downside, but Apple basically crammed an entire MacBook in this damn thing. That alone is really impressive. I’ll likely be using it near an outlet or USB C hub anyways since I’ve got them built into my couch, on my desk, and by my bed. Plus planes have outlets. For reference, I’d really only get 2-3 hours on my Quest 2.

      As for games, not a clue what the gaming experience is gonna be like. There may very well be a possibility that 3d games are built for the headset at some point. But I’d rather use one that connects to my gaming computer like a Valve Index or my PSVR headset with my PS5. Would love to see PS Remote Play and gaming controller support on it though.

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        10 months ago

        What would you be doing in ar with it? It just seems so awkward for any type of interaction and not really anything fun or worth anyone’s time or especially money. They already said it wouldn’t be 3d movies, except for very few, they would stay 2d. Also it would literally be cheaper to get other monitors.

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          AR pass-through is helpful for organizing stuff around me and still being aware of where I am. It’s definitely more appealing to me from a productivity and doing things I’d casually do on my phone/computer. Why? Dunno, I just wanted to see what using AR for that will be like.

          Movies aren’t the highest priority for me tbh. Like I might use it for that once in a while but I prefer watching them with my partner or friends. It’ll be handy for flying though.

          Sure, you’re right that monitors are cheaper and I do have monitors at my desk. Can’t take monitors with me as easily as I can a headset. Like if I wanted to work while riding with co-workers for an on-site, at a cafe, a hotel room, or from bed or the couch. I’ll look like a complete dork if I use it in public, but I would look like an even bigger dork when I take up an entire coffee table with two portable monitors.

          While the Vision Pro is appealing to me, I can absolutely see why most people wouldn’t buy one. It’s certainly not a device for everyone and is unbelievably expensive. Worst-case, I end up not liking the headset and I sell it to someone for around what I paid for it.

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            10 months ago

            Alright I guess but does that really justify $3500 (and more I’m guessing since it’s Apple you will need to buy something else, for example the $60 prescription lenses on quest 2 are more than $800 for the vision pro)

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              It’s def expensive and overkill for a headset. I’m just enough of a tech enthusiast that if something really seems exciting to me I’m willing to set aside a commission check for it. It helps that I did really well this year and got promoted too lol.

              Yeah if you wear glasses instead of contacts you have to get corrective lenses for the Vision Pro. The preorder page said they were $149 for prescription lenses, but I got LASIK so don’t need em.

              It really does have the “Apple tax”, especially with the storage price markups (my biggest complaint with any Apple product). But AppleCare for it is like $400 which is way more than I expected, so I’m thinking they might be selling them at a much lower profit margin than normal or even at a loss on the base tier. It’s like $100 for MacBooks usually.

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                10 months ago

                I hope it doesn’t become like iPhone where they are used by everybody in America and they still don’t have much of anything over competitors like Android.

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        10 months ago

        I’m hoping we can get emulators to run on it to play Nintendo 3DS games.

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              10 months ago

              The topic in this thread was about watching a movie with a small battery. My answer was you don’t need to use the battery when sitting down. Simple as that.

              And no, the „best“ experience is not walking around, it’s whatever you do with it. Sitting down, walking around, lying in bed, it doesn’t matter. You would know that if you watched the video.