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While the situations Apple showed in the Keynote were cringeworthy and unrealistic, I don't think Apple Vision is a dead end. On the contrary, for the first tim

While the situations Apple showed in the Keynote were cringeworthy and unrealistic, I don't think Apple Vision is a dead end. On the contrary, for the first time I see a use case for a VR/AR headset: it's a tool for knowledge workers. Some people manage to get all their work done on nothing but an iPad or a tiny netbook. They can keep everything they are working on in their head. I struggle with this. I work best when I am surrounded by my work. Notes on a desk, a design outline on a whiteboard, the website open on my laptop, the code on a different screen, facetime on my iPhone... I'm way more productive when my work is spatially arranged around me, instead of stacked in browser tabs. Of course, that requires lots of screens and devices, and a big dedicated space. Apple Vision looks like it could allow me to work like that when I'm not in my office. I don't really worry what I look like when I work. Sure, the headset looks stupid, but so does my respirator when I'm in the workshop spraying something.

goosedragons 3y ago
I think from what they showed off it's not a tool for knowledge workers either. It looks like it has the "iPad Problem" where it's artificially handicapped. If I need another computer and that computer must be made by Apple to do data analysis, programming, or some other workflow not blessed by Apple what's the point? Okay, it'll probably work with PCs through some clunky workaround but that's the point.
- newaccount74 3y ago
  I don't consider needing the extra computer a handicap. I wouldn't want my code compiling and test suites to run on a computer strapped to my face, no matter how powerful it is. And as part of my work, I connect to a lot of different machines, either through SSH or through Screen Sharing. If I could have a separate screen for each of the machines it would be super sweet. Right now, if I want to stream some logs from a remote server, I have to find some free space on one of my physical displays. With Apple Vision I could just create an additional virtual display somewhere. I think Apple Vision is already a useful product if it just offers freely configurable virtual screens. Whether the actual computing happens on the headset or on a different device is something I don't care about.

goosedragons 3y ago

I think from what they showed off it's not a tool for knowledge workers either. It looks like it has the "iPad Problem" where it's artificially handicapped. If I need another computer and that computer must be made by Apple to do data analysis, programming, or some other workflow not blessed by Apple what's the point? Okay, it'll probably work with PCs through some clunky workaround but that's the point.

newaccount74 3y ago
I don't consider needing the extra computer a handicap. I wouldn't want my code compiling and test suites to run on a computer strapped to my face, no matter how powerful it is. And as part of my work, I connect to a lot of different machines, either through SSH or through Screen Sharing. If I could have a separate screen for each of the machines it would be super sweet. Right now, if I want to stream some logs from a remote server, I have to find some free space on one of my physical displays. With Apple Vision I could just create an additional virtual display somewhere. I think Apple Vision is already a useful product if it just offers freely configurable virtual screens. Whether the actual computing happens on the headset or on a different device is something I don't care about.