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For me it’s movies. But the fact that Netflix and Amazon haven’t updated their Quest apps in years — nor has Meta bothered building its own movie streaming solu

by danso 3y ago

For me it’s movies. But the fact that Netflix and Amazon haven’t updated their Quest apps in years — nor has Meta bothered building its own movie streaming solution (e.g. making the Quest Browser compatible with streaming services) leads me to think that the active user base might be slim. Can’t imagine doing work is the killer app, not while wearing a headset is more cumbersome than opening a laptop.

spogbiper 3y ago
I'm not sure how Apple can make watching movies in VR that much better than they are already on the Quest series and other existing VR headsets. And as you noted it doesn't seem to be a popular use for those devices. Maybe the higher resolution on Apple's headset will win people over?
- GeekyBear 3y ago
  > I'm not sure how Apple can make watching movies in VR that much better than they are Apple is already making it's own 3D content. For instance watching a concert shot in 3D with spatial audio may be something that people find compelling. Certain artists, for example Taylor Swift, have fans who are well known to be willing to spend a fortune to attend her shows in person with high end tickets running $750.
  - spogbiper 3y ago
    I tried some of the 3d concerts that Quest recorded a few years ago.. it's a neat trick but Apple will definitely need to do something different to make it compelling
- wombat-man 3y ago
  I haven't tried them personally but I think current quest headsets still have visible pixels. The vision pro is Micro OLED with no visible pixels. So it should feel like watching an actual IRL screen.
- theshackleford 3y ago
  It’s an incredibly popular use for the quest, Amazon and Netflix just don’t own the market, people are watching content elsewhere like big screen/vrchat/various vr players. Almost NOBODY uses the Netflix app because it’s terrible, terrible software.
zmmmmm 3y ago
do you really watch that many movies all by yourself? that's the problem for me .... if I'm carving out 2.5 hours to watch a good movie I am wanting to spend that quality time and share the experience with someone else as well.

by danso 3y ago

spogbiper 3y ago

I'm not sure how Apple can make watching movies in VR that much better than they are already on the Quest series and other existing VR headsets. And as you noted it doesn't seem to be a popular use for those devices. Maybe the higher resolution on Apple's headset will win people over?

GeekyBear 3y ago
> I'm not sure how Apple can make watching movies in VR that much better than they are Apple is already making it's own 3D content. For instance watching a concert shot in 3D with spatial audio may be something that people find compelling. Certain artists, for example Taylor Swift, have fans who are well known to be willing to spend a fortune to attend her shows in person with high end tickets running $750.
- spogbiper 3y ago
  I tried some of the 3d concerts that Quest recorded a few years ago.. it's a neat trick but Apple will definitely need to do something different to make it compelling
wombat-man 3y ago
I haven't tried them personally but I think current quest headsets still have visible pixels. The vision pro is Micro OLED with no visible pixels. So it should feel like watching an actual IRL screen.
theshackleford 3y ago
It’s an incredibly popular use for the quest, Amazon and Netflix just don’t own the market, people are watching content elsewhere like big screen/vrchat/various vr players. Almost NOBODY uses the Netflix app because it’s terrible, terrible software.

zmmmmm 3y ago

do you really watch that many movies all by yourself? that's the problem for me .... if I'm carving out 2.5 hours to watch a good movie I am wanting to spend that quality time and share the experience with someone else as well.