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For myself, the answer is no. Something lightweight and comparable to spactacles I might wear. Anything heavier which needs to be strapped on I would not use.
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Absolutely not. I’ve been completely shocked by the reception of this and feel like the positivity is 100% due to it having the Apple logo on it.
Who tf wants to wear a ski mask when working or watching videos? Not to mention it’s got 2 hours of battery life. That’s all without touching the $3500 price tag.
Time will tell. It’s only the first gen and surly they will improve this over the next years. I’d skip this year’s device and wait until it matures.
Yeah agreed. I just can’t see actual full adoption at any scale until the form factor is similar to actual glasses.
It has nothing to do with a brand logo. Apple just makes quality computing hardware and has always tried to make really good software too. I’m going to buy it because I think it will be fun to play with and better quality than any existing VR/AR.
Yeah understood. I’d ultimately love for it to work out all things being said
Current VR user here, in very niche situations its kinda cool to watch videos in VR in random places in your house because then you don’t have to hold up a screen, but outside of those situations its a huge gimmick in my opinion.
I recently started watching 3D movies in VR which has been pretty cool, but yeah it takes quite a while to get the VR set up and put on and start the movie and everything.
It’s the same excitement that nerds felt about the first oculus or the Index. These people are excited now, but they’ll most likely play with it for a few weeks then it’ll start collecting dust.
Until they can make the thing small, like sunglasses small, no one is going to adopt it widly.
People are acting like this is the next “iPhone reveal”. That’s all. With pricing being restrictive and the tech itself not anything revolutionary, this will need a lot to take off.
If its wearable all day, with next to no strain, and the features advertised turn out to be real and work incredibly well, it might be worth it even at a slightly lower price point. I would pay for a premium model and move ecosystems if those points were met, but the cynic in me believes it could all be hype. I guess I’ll have to wait a year and find out!
From what I’ve read online of those who have tried it at WWDC, they mention that it’s actually very impressive. The resolution is like looking through a pair of glasses, the AR experiences demonstrated were unbelievable and overall the headset was a joy to use. Although every reviewer mentioned the price was way too high.
What interested me from the announcement was Disney showing off the stats when watching sports and the 3D court / field for instant replays. If they actually bring that fruition, then that would be something unique.
I’m an android user though and not a fan of apple, but if it spurs on competition and starts bringing AR further into the mainstream, we may see more of this tech becoming cheaper. I definitely prefer movie watching in a silo environment (currently use the nReal glasses for this) but watching sports too with stats etc and some incredible AR, as well as office working would definitely get me interested. If the price was right.
@WorriedGnome @milkpiss @orbit Regarding the price, I wonder just *how* any business could effectively reduce costs without adding in bloatware or the like.
So far in the MR headset space the main ways have been to either just *eat* the cost (see: Meta/FB & Quest) or offer a lesser experience (see: Google’s foray into Cardboard, Samsung Gear VR, etc.). The Quest has been making some headway, but it’s still been an uphill struggle even at its lower cost.
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Another thing to note is how comfortable it is to wear. I have a quest 2 but I can’t watch a full movie on it as my face gets sweaty and the device gets heavy. With the vision pro being slimmer, it might offset some of the downward force at the front and be enjoyable to wear. Although that is yet to be seen and reviews will hopefully report truthfully on that. I like watching movies on my nReal Airs as they are very lightweight and this is where the true adoption of the tech will take off.
When they can fit the features of the vision pro into a glasses like model, then you’ll see it take off at warp speed. But we’ve a long way to go before reaching that form factor.
Yeah I can agree its impressive technologically and don’t mean to be a downer. Just feels less practical than it’s been sold as. I’d still be on the side of this not being adopted until the form factor is resolved.
I can’t even stand wearing my glasses all day, and those are a thousand times lighter and more useful than this.
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Yeah totally agreed. Especially if it’s made by Apple lmfao
Yeah everything was fine until it started injecting needles into my mind
I mean, no.
I think at most it’s somewhat comparable to sitting down at an old fashioned desktop computer. It’s your primary focus of attention. When you’re not using it, you take it off.
The example of a dad doing a real-time recording of himself playing with his kids is cringy AF.
I’m pretty sure that was keynote-friendly code for “look how detailed the VR porn is going to be.”
Honestly though, if there is one thing Apple is really good at, it’s normalizing things that many might perceive as weird at first. I remember owning a first-gen Pebble, and I had numerous people jest about dorky it was with gems like, “You totally owned a calculator watch didn’t you?” Fast forward a few years, and Apple Watches are everywhere. Wearing a Vision headset at a kids birthday party will probably be on the same level as busting out an iPad to capture a video.
Maybe if they’re normal, they’ll still be contextual. Earbuds are totally normal, but unless they’re hearing aids, it would not be socially acceptable to just have your earbuds in all the time at your kid’s birthday party.
These I think are like earbuds for your eyes. Yes, they can have a mode where you interact with the outside world without removing them, but that’s only for intermittent use. If you and I have a conversation, you’ll likely remove your earbuds.
strapping goggles to my head to send an email sounds like what my personal hell is going to be like
imo VR is fun for games but beyond that it’s too dystopic for my taste lol
Just wait until the AR ads are integrated into the headset. The future is gonna get spammy.
Lol, that’s true, VR games are cool, but using a big headset like this to do anything else would be annoying, unconfortable, Google Glass was at least light and small.
Fully agree. I think there are some practical, workforce related, use cases for AR/VR, but the idea of strapping into one for 8+ hours a day… No thanks.
Being able to walk around with a computer on your head is the second step in becoming a cyborg. It’s going to happen O.O
I’ve seen many people comment and discuss that post-pandemic they miss wearing a mask in public. I know some people really hate wearing masks, but others felt it gave them more privacy and other benefits.
Musicians (and other “Joe Cool” characters) often like to wear their sungllsses indoors and at night
I would say no… BUT this is a start. I’ve games more on a Quest 2 in the past year than I did on anything over the last 5 years. It’s just more fun to me. I’m not even talking about expensive games, though I’ve enjoyed some of this as well. I play rec room paintball most of the time. It’s just fun.
Down the road, I can see something more akin to Google Glass once the tech catches up. Eventually, though, there will have to be some kind of external camera to capture the user. The first question I had when I saw the FaceTime demo was, what are the other people seeing? My guess is you’re locked to showing either an aviator or an Animoji - neither of which are very good options, IMO.
Sure it has an Apple tax, and I have a ton of questions about use cases and support (360 photos/videos is an obvious one/), but it did look cool as hell! Not necessarily $3500 cool, though.
@milkpiss Depends on which coporation tells them they need to.
I think it needs to be a set of glasses and we need better battery tech before that can really happen. Solid state batteries will be needed since their energy density is so much higher. As a low vision user i can think of an immediate use as a magnification device. Actual magnifiers dont work well for me but software magnification does. Therefore i could magnify my surroundings to read signs, etc.
I totally agree with this. I think Google was ahead of its time with Google Glass and I think something like that could catch on in a future where the hardware and software are more robust. Driving/walking directions, real time translation…some great potential for useful applications!
It has great potential, but I worry that it’ll make technology even more intrustive into everyday life.
I remember this, I had a feeling the tech or something similar would be back someday.
Lol i do remember this! Funny though that now everyone is recording everyone else in public and posting it online. The “glassholes” were tame compared to how people use their phones in public now.
Google glass was my thought too. It was just way ahead of its time, but google absolutely had the right idea
No but i bet there are a lot of corporate execs and wannabe crypto landlords that WANT me to wear a headset all the time. You gotta imagine the CEOs are drooling at the idea of making yet another $1000+ device mandatory for modern life.
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Stacks are first on the list and haven’t seen any yet
