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Personally I think 3D sports for Apple TV would be a game changer. I used 3D glasses + special TV in 2010 to watch the world cup and it was awesome.

by abirch 2mo ago

astro1234 2mo ago
It is absolutely unreal the experience watching the ~10 minute sports games on the Vision Pro. The thing is 4 grand but that’s how much the first 4K TVs were. Hope the price can drop where this becomes a more widespread experience, I am a virtual daily user of my AVP
- StilesCrisis 2mo ago
  For sports?
  - astro1234 2mo ago
    Yes, I was hoping they would actually offer some kind of partnership with the sports leagues to stick a few of their cameras in stadiums and offer live sports games, but I don't think there's nearly enough users to support it (at $4k its an insane thing to buy), but honestly I don't even regret it, best gadget I've ever bought. About 80% of my time is spent using Mac Virtual Display, this is so much better than monitors -- I can work literally laying down or in any position, so much more screen real estate, plus it just feels like living in the matrix. But YMMV of course... But -- you should DEFINITELY book a free demo at an Apple Store, just to see what its like and decide for yourself
- bookofjoe 2mo ago
  Yes, the latest Real Madrid 20-minute-long immersive video blew me away: WAY better than those NBA games.
tchock23 2mo ago
Watching some of the Lakers courtside games on the Vision Pro was awesome, and I’m not even a Lakers fan. If they rolled that out more broadly it would be a system seller for sports fanatics.
heddhunter 2mo ago
There were full-length NBA Lakers games in the Vision Pro headset earlier this year. I watched a few - super cool. They even had a separate announcer just for the immersive broadcast.
- asadotzler 2mo ago
  The experience was terrible. IN good VR, you control the POV. Those games just tossed you around to different areas without warning. It would have sucked a lot less if they either kept one view or if they gave us a way to control the view changes. Without those, I'd never watch a season of any league, just too jarring and too inconsiderate of the user. Apple used to do so much better. Now they throw cash at third parties hoping to make something happen and those third party content producers mostly suck.
  - bookofjoe 2mo ago
    Spot-on. There was a really good article somewhere about how Apple is clueless re: what sports fans want and expect.

Personally I think 3D sports for Apple TV would be a game changer. I used 3D glasses + special TV in 2010 to watch the world cup and it was awesome.

by abirch 2mo ago

Personally I think 3D sports for Apple TV would be a game changer. I used 3D glasses + special TV in 2010 to watch the world cup and it was awesome.

astro1234 2mo ago

It is absolutely unreal the experience watching the ~10 minute sports games on the Vision Pro. The thing is 4 grand but that’s how much the first 4K TVs were. Hope the price can drop where this becomes a more widespread experience, I am a virtual daily user of my AVP

StilesCrisis 2mo ago
For sports?
- astro1234 2mo ago
  Yes, I was hoping they would actually offer some kind of partnership with the sports leagues to stick a few of their cameras in stadiums and offer live sports games, but I don't think there's nearly enough users to support it (at $4k its an insane thing to buy), but honestly I don't even regret it, best gadget I've ever bought. About 80% of my time is spent using Mac Virtual Display, this is so much better than monitors -- I can work literally laying down or in any position, so much more screen real estate, plus it just feels like living in the matrix. But YMMV of course... But -- you should DEFINITELY book a free demo at an Apple Store, just to see what its like and decide for yourself
bookofjoe 2mo ago
Yes, the latest Real Madrid 20-minute-long immersive video blew me away: WAY better than those NBA games.

tchock23 2mo ago

Watching some of the Lakers courtside games on the Vision Pro was awesome, and I’m not even a Lakers fan. If they rolled that out more broadly it would be a system seller for sports fanatics.

heddhunter 2mo ago

There were full-length NBA Lakers games in the Vision Pro headset earlier this year. I watched a few - super cool. They even had a separate announcer just for the immersive broadcast.

asadotzler 2mo ago
The experience was terrible. IN good VR, you control the POV. Those games just tossed you around to different areas without warning. It would have sucked a lot less if they either kept one view or if they gave us a way to control the view changes. Without those, I'd never watch a season of any league, just too jarring and too inconsiderate of the user. Apple used to do so much better. Now they throw cash at third parties hoping to make something happen and those third party content producers mostly suck.
- bookofjoe 2mo ago
  Spot-on. There was a really good article somewhere about how Apple is clueless re: what sports fans want and expect.