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Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by magic_lobster_party@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The Apple Vision Pro is supposed to be the start of a new spatial computing revolution. After several days of testing, it’s clear that it’s the best headset ever made — which is the problem.

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[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 33 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

The Vision Pro is the best example of video passthrough and hand/eye tracking that has ever been produced, but they're also insufficient for it to be a seamless experience.

This isn't really the problem, I think. MKBHD touched on this but this system doesn't seem to have a killer app. There's a bunch of stuff you can do with it, but which of those things can be done better than just using a computer?

Gaming is the big one but apple doesn't care about that so what else is there? It would be good for virtual walkthroughs of a home you're considering buying. Or at an architects office to show off the experience of a new building. But...cheaper VR headsets can already do all of that.

So what actually task can this do better than anything else?

[–] guylikeyouandme@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Is was really irritated when he presented the presentation app as the most killer app for the device. On traditional VR headsets this would be a really mediocre app compared to what games do in VR...

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago

I have a psvr, psvr2 and love it, but there is no way id spend this much for a better version. However, I thought similar about the iPad at first. What can it do that I couldn't do with my phone or a PC. Now I sue my iPad daily.

I think it's a case of build it and they will come. It's currently sold out and an early adopter thing but it took a few generations for the iPhone to have apps. And at first, there was no killer app.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

This isn’t really the problem, I think. MKBHD touched on this but this system doesn’t seem to have a killer app. There’s a bunch of stuff you can do with it, but which of those things can be done better than just using a computer?

It doesn't lean into the VR aspect very much either. You can't just use it by flapping your hands about like you're Iron Man.

Other than that, it just acts like a virtual screen. Neat, but not particularly different from a regular screen in usage, other than the ability to resize at will, which people don't generally do that often on their computers.

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

So what actually task can this do better than anything else?

Relieving fanboys of their money 🤑