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Its amazing how much undeserved credit Apple gets... The article just shows web pages, something that has been in XR headsets for long before VisionOS and in m

by jayd16 2y ago

Its amazing how much undeserved credit Apple gets... The article just shows web pages, something that has been in XR headsets for long before VisionOS and in much greater numbers in the Quest to boot. So what has been normalized? Who is buzzing about VisionOS apps?

dagmx 2y ago
Perhaps you could actually read my sentence and say that it allows running Android apps natively as a first class citizen. Which is also part of the linked press release. That they showed it with just Chrome is a presentation issue on their part, but it’s definitely a value add when you’re not constrained to the limited subset of the apps for a fledgling platform.
- jayd16 2y ago
  The meta headsets actually do run Android apps. The main issue is every major app uses Google Play Services. It's true that Google and Apple are in a unique position to leverage their walled gardens. I'm not sure that needs normalizing.
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interpol_p 2y ago
In this case I think they are missing a lot of deserved credit. A ton of UI paradigms, established by visionOS, are taken wholesale in XR. Even down to the styling of the developer docs Good thread outlining the comparison https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/11364102418590280 https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/11364102418590280
- jayd16 2y ago
  Broken link?
  - interpol_p 2y ago
    Doh, sorry: https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/113641024185902808 https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/113641024185902808