The Apple Vision Pro is supposed to be the start of a new spatial computing revolution. After several days of testing, it’s clear that it’s the best headset ever made — which is the problem.

The Apple Vision Pro is supposed to be the start of a new spatial computing revolution. After several days of testing, it’s clear that it’s the best headset ever made — which is the problem.

  • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
    203·
    9 months ago

    It’s not even that it’s not feasible. The entire idea is stupid. VR makes a lot of sense in entertainment and AR will one day be really great for small things like showing map directions and notifications but the concept of a virtual computer controlled by waving your hands around is just silly. It will never make sense.

    • Kidplayer_666@lemm.eeEnglish
      121·
      9 months ago

      The main use case I think right now, really is the expanded monitors view. For people that travel a lot it might be a real use case

      • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
        8·
        9 months ago

        To carry the whole VisionPro bag, keyboard and mouse instead of simply taking your laptop? The review makes it clear it’s not usable without peripherals, you will still need some desk. It’s solving a problem that doesn’t exist.

        • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          9 months ago

          I work on 3 monitors during the day, with multiple virtual desktops. It solves for that, and that alone. That being said, I wouldn’t pay $3500 for the privilege, especially when it ONLY operates in the Apple ecosystem, which I don’t care for. Other VR desktops exist, but they’re all kinda “meh”. I’ll invest when a device can be used neutrally as just a VR monitor tool.

          • nymwit@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            The stuff I’ve seen is saying it can only do one extra display from a mac. Is there another way? The high resolution capabilities also suggest one full quality display would max out wireless bandwidth.

            • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              Spatial window arrangements essentially makes an entire 360 space of a room the monitor. You don’t need many views at that point.

      • Bloodyhog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        9 months ago

        What kind of people that travel a lot you think may benefit? Genuinely curious. All the guys who do travel can mostly do everything with their phone because they have other guys working for them in the office doing the actual multiple screens stuff. Or maybe these are the only ones I saw in my life on the road )

        • Kidplayer_666@lemm.eeEnglish
          0·
          9 months ago

          Software engineers that work remotely? My uncle has to spend at least 8 hours travelling a month often by plane to attend meetings he still has to do despite being most of the time at home

          • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            I’m a systems engineer who spends most of my time coding, and I have a quest 2. Unless apple has somehow fixed the big issue of VR headsets having no peripheral vision (you have to move your head to see things not in the cone in front of you, can’t just shift your eyes) and relatively shit resolution, using a VR headset as a large screen/screens for text content would still be headache inducing.

            The amount you’d have to zoom the text in order to be readable for long periods of time would make it unreasonable to try and code in.

            I would love for VR to actually work as the movie idea of an infinite desktop, but in my experience it really falls short in that use case. I’ll admit, a quest 2 is a real budget headset, so maybe higher end ones work better for it, but the one high end headset I’ve used had the same limitations.