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Apples to oranges comparison (no pun intended). SimulaVR aims to be a general computing platform allowing professional "desktop like" workflow, with the perform

Apples to oranges comparison (no pun intended). SimulaVR aims to be a general computing platform allowing professional "desktop like" workflow, with the performance of a high-end laptop. For what has been revealed, Vision Pro is designed towards tablet-like content consumption.

criddell 3y ago
> designed towards table-like content consumption I didn’t get that impression at all. You can stream your Mac display to it and at that point you have a real Unix system in AR/VR. That’s good enough for many of us. It seems that Simula is betting on people wanting to not need the external laptop and I think it’s a losing bet. There aren’t all that many use cases where having a Mac streaming wirelessly to your headset isn’t good enough. The use cases where having a connection to a laptop isn’t feasible are probably the same ones where you are mostly going to do be using it somewhat passively. Doing things like working in a coffee shop will probably still be done on a laptop because who wants to be a glasshole isolating themselves from an environment wearing a ring of cameras on their head? I don’t think I’d be comfortable doing that or being around somebody I don’t know doing that.
- LegitShady 3y ago
  You can stream existing desktops/laptops to just about any mainstream headset. The issue is the software availability for the headset itself. Apple showed specifically the ios basis of this device, not the mac basis. >There aren’t all that many use cases where having a Mac streaming wirelessly to your headset isn’t good enough. It's not $3500 good enough. Its the same solution cheaper headsets use, and don't require full laptop hardware in the headset to do it.
  - criddell 3y ago
    > It’s not $3500 good enough Then it will be a failure like the HoloLens which is the same price. I’m not convinced that this category will ever be much larger than it is now.

criddell 3y ago

> designed towards table-like content consumption I didn’t get that impression at all. You can stream your Mac display to it and at that point you have a real Unix system in AR/VR. That’s good enough for many of us. It seems that Simula is betting on people wanting to not need the external laptop and I think it’s a losing bet. There aren’t all that many use cases where having a Mac streaming wirelessly to your headset isn’t good enough. The use cases where having a connection to a laptop isn’t feasible are probably the same ones where you are mostly going to do be using it somewhat passively. Doing things like working in a coffee shop will probably still be done on a laptop because who wants to be a glasshole isolating themselves from an environment wearing a ring of cameras on their head? I don’t think I’d be comfortable doing that or being around somebody I don’t know doing that.

LegitShady 3y ago
You can stream existing desktops/laptops to just about any mainstream headset. The issue is the software availability for the headset itself. Apple showed specifically the ios basis of this device, not the mac basis. >There aren’t all that many use cases where having a Mac streaming wirelessly to your headset isn’t good enough. It's not $3500 good enough. Its the same solution cheaper headsets use, and don't require full laptop hardware in the headset to do it.
- criddell 3y ago
  > It’s not $3500 good enough Then it will be a failure like the HoloLens which is the same price. I’m not convinced that this category will ever be much larger than it is now.