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> If it seems like he’s gushing, he is. This is how he writes. If you ever read him on a topic where you are an actual expert, you’ll probably never bother rea
by eep_social 3y ago
> If it seems like he’s gushing, he is.
This is how he writes. If you ever read him on a topic where you are an actual expert, you’ll probably never bother reading him again.
- CharlesW 3y ago> This is how he writes. Maybe, but Marques Brownlee gushed about it as well (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFvXuyITwBI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFvXuyITwBI), and he's not a person that pulls punches. This is an extremely ambitious, qualitatively different device than anything that's come before.
- eep_social 3y agoCompletely agree about MKBHD. My point was strictly that Stratechery is trash. I cannot argue with Apple’s ambition but as has been hashed over in these, and many other comments I am skeptical of the adoption story. The [i]VP is a snazzy product without a market. It remains to be seen whether it will create the market in the way gpt3 did or if it will be another flop like glass, oculus, and every other attempt in the space.
- ymolodtsov 3y agoI will probably save a link to this discussion to check in on you in 5 years.
- penjelly 3y ago> This is an extremely ambitious, qualitatively different device than anything that's come before. what exactly is different? I see high quality display, foveated rengering, and controller-less control... anything else im missing?
- CharlesW 3y agoI used the word "qualitatively" because you're right — most of the concepts we see in Apple Vision Pro aren't unfamiliar, but the implementation/execution is radically different. For example, the Quest has a passthrough feature, but as of Monday it seems incredibly quaint. From reports, the Apple Vision Pro completely sells the "mixed reality" effect. "My first moment with Vision Pro seeing the physical room viewed through the headset's display in passthrough, I looked down at my own hands and it felt as if I was looking at them directly. This was a powerful moment, more powerful than any previous 'first' I'd experienced in VR. I feel the need to reiterate. I was looking at my own hands reconstructed by a headset's sensors and it felt as if I was looking at them directly." https://www.uploadvr.com/apple-vision-pro/ https://www.uploadvr.com/apple-vision-pro/
- magarnicle 3y agoDoes it make a difference that he acknowledges he is gushing?
- eep_social 3y agoNo, it’s a tactic to disarm criticism by pretending to pre-address the obvious “don’t do that” response. “I know my behavior is bad but I am openly acknowledging it so you should trust me and look beyond it” is remarkable in its ability to disarm critics. To put it another way, “they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the..”
- magarnicle 3y agoInvoking That Guy's sexual assault in this context, really? So far over the top I don't know what to say.
- rapsin4 3y agoCan you name one instance of this? I think he's incredibly fair provides good insights. Who are other people recommend instead of him then?
- spopejoy 3y agoIt's a bit dated really. His era is when VC was king and everything was about how this or that tech was truly disruptive or had a deeper moat than you think. I've never been able to get anything from the whole west coast "startup intelligence" blogosphere, and now it seems increasingly irrelevant and archaic.