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<< The Vision Pro, as announced, clearly isn’t much of a consumer product. The price is too high. But that’s not surprising, I would absolutely buy this argume

<< The Vision Pro, as announced, clearly isn’t much of a consumer product. The price is too high. But that’s not surprising, I would absolutely buy this argument were it not for Apple's own portrayal of it during unveiling that shown a person watching movies, which is not commonly a professional role ( as in, it is intended as a consumer product ). That is not to say that I think it is a bad idea. I am not an apple fanboy and I want to get my hands on it if I can convince wife it is not a waste.

criddell 3y ago
Apple recently released Logic Pro and Final Cut for the iPad. It wouldn’t surprise me if that work was done in part to support those apps on the headset at release. It may have looked like that person in the demo was watching a movie, but maybe they were making a movie…
- charcircuit 3y ago
  Who will be uploading gigabytes of videos to a headset to edit movies with a heavy device on your face instead of to a workstation where you have actual monitors and don't have to keep something heavy on you. Apple already sells machines that are good and comfortable for doing those things. Doing them in VR doesn't automatically make them better.
  - criddell 3y ago
    Who? People who record something and want to edit & post ASAP.
    - charcircuit 3y ago
      A MacBook or ipad will be more portable if you want something you can take along wherever if you want to do that.
      - criddell 3y ago
        If you want a really big workspace, you are going to have to also haul your large monitors with you.
        charcircuit 3y ago
        If you are doing quick edits you don't need a really big workspace. If you don't want to haul things around you probably don't want to also haul around a vision pro carrying case.
        criddell 3y ago
        > you don’t need To be clear, I don’t think any of this will be driven by need, especially at first. It’s going to be something people want to use. If the virtual screens are just barely usable, they are going to sell a bunch of these things to people who want to work on virtual screens. I can’t seem myself ever doing it, but I know there’s some demand for it.
  - spectre3d 3y ago
    I think video editing would be done by having it connected wirelessly to your Mac with its storage and apps, and to use this as your display and input device.
theshrike79 3y ago
The person wasn't exactly living in subsidised housing and living on food stamps. People who have the money WILL buy these as early adopters, but it's not a mass-market product. Like the comment above said, the real game changer will be the Vision and Vision Air or whatever they're called. Either the tech gets cheaper or Apple will pare down the sensors and features to a point that satisfies the applications devs have built for the Pro and shown that they are viable. The pass-through eye display for example is just 100% Apple flexing, not something a "normal" user will ever need. That's a few hundred off the price.

criddell 3y ago

Apple recently released Logic Pro and Final Cut for the iPad. It wouldn’t surprise me if that work was done in part to support those apps on the headset at release. It may have looked like that person in the demo was watching a movie, but maybe they were making a movie…

charcircuit 3y ago
Who will be uploading gigabytes of videos to a headset to edit movies with a heavy device on your face instead of to a workstation where you have actual monitors and don't have to keep something heavy on you. Apple already sells machines that are good and comfortable for doing those things. Doing them in VR doesn't automatically make them better.
- criddell 3y ago
  Who? People who record something and want to edit & post ASAP.
  - charcircuit 3y ago
    A MacBook or ipad will be more portable if you want something you can take along wherever if you want to do that.
    - criddell 3y ago
      If you want a really big workspace, you are going to have to also haul your large monitors with you.
      - charcircuit 3y ago
        If you are doing quick edits you don't need a really big workspace. If you don't want to haul things around you probably don't want to also haul around a vision pro carrying case.
        criddell 3y ago
        > you don’t need To be clear, I don’t think any of this will be driven by need, especially at first. It’s going to be something people want to use. If the virtual screens are just barely usable, they are going to sell a bunch of these things to people who want to work on virtual screens. I can’t seem myself ever doing it, but I know there’s some demand for it.
- spectre3d 3y ago
  I think video editing would be done by having it connected wirelessly to your Mac with its storage and apps, and to use this as your display and input device.

theshrike79 3y ago

The person wasn't exactly living in subsidised housing and living on food stamps. People who have the money WILL buy these as early adopters, but it's not a mass-market product. Like the comment above said, the real game changer will be the Vision and Vision Air or whatever they're called. Either the tech gets cheaper or Apple will pare down the sensors and features to a point that satisfies the applications devs have built for the Pro and shown that they are viable. The pass-through eye display for example is just 100% Apple flexing, not something a "normal" user will ever need. That's a few hundred off the price.