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I will buy it for my entire team just for the video conferencing - assuming it is actually as good as promised, of course. Anything beyond that is gravy.

• paul_grisham 3y ago
  Having to wear this for Zoom calls would be some kind of wagie humiliation ritual
  • ttul 3y ago
    If it doesn’t blow me away, I won’t do it. But I think it will blow me away. Apple rarely disappoints on the experience by the time they launch something, in my experience anyhow.
    • matsemann 3y ago
      If my company forced me to attend meetings in a glorified metaverse I'd probably resign.
      • saltcured 3y ago
        It will need a virtual virtual avatar so you can disable the sensors and have options for how your avatar should be animated. Attentive, bored, marble statue...
• happymellon 3y ago
  I can't imagine how it could possibly be any good for video conferencing. Why don't they just have an iPad and digital avatars? Then you don't need to strap goggles to your head for an identical experience.
  • andybak 3y ago
    You appear to have watched a different product launch to the one I watched. The lack of obvious digital avatars was one of the key points.
    • happymellon 3y ago
      https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23750096/apple-vision-pro-headset-persona-facetime https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23750096/apple-vision-pro-...
      • andybak 3y ago
        For some reason I assumed you meant traditional non-realistic avatars - but yes - I concur those are avatars. However the only reason these are needed is because you're wearing something that obscures your face. With your iPad scenario, you could use the camera view of your actual face.
        • happymellon 3y ago
          Indeed, so you have a worse experience, I still think that they could have the avatars for other devices so that folks can use them if they have their camera off it would be nice. Whereas with an iPad I can use it as a second display with my Mac anyway and put the chat on it. It might be better, but it doesn't sound to me to be quite the slam dunk that it sounds like to you. I am happy to be proved wrong though so I'll be waiting for reviews of how it actually works with groups
          • elcritch 3y ago
            With digital avatars you can fix the gaze offset issues. It's oddly draining doing zoom or meets where you can't make mutual eye contact. If you look at the camera you cant see their eyes, and vice versa. If the digital avatar is as good as it looks, it could resolve that and make teleconferencing less exhausting. Not to mention worry less if you're having a bad hair day. ;)
  • b_t_s 3y ago
    Video conferencing is probably the #1 time I just don't have nearly enough screen space. I'm always switching back and forth between dev tools, chat, whatever's being presented, other video chat participants. Would be great to be able to fit all that in front of me where I can switch with a glance.
• op00to 3y ago
  What company do you work for? I want to know so I can avoid companies that waste money.