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  • Public opinion of Apple Vision Pro is all over the place, with some calling it a glorified...

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    Unless you are single, the movie aspect of this device is just a silly premise. I cannot imagine donning this device and telling my family: “I’ll see you in 2 hrs after I watch this amazing 8k movie”. 

    This is a single user device that can’t be used at the same time as anyone else in the household. And its use within a household just isolates people. 

    I’m not denying the advancements in the technology or anything that, but even this hardcore Apple fan boy is having trouble justifying the huge cost for something with such a minimal use case. 

    …and I don’t know I really buy into the productivity side of it either. In theory, it seems really cool. But I can’t do all my work on it, so using it at all would be pointless. 
    muthuk_vanalingamdewmewilliamlondonM68000gatorguy

  • Zuckerberg's Apple Vision Pro hot take just gave him a Ballmer iPhone moment

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    folk fountain said:
    Zuckerberg's point isn't valid. Even if the Quest headset is ". . . fundamentally social." it is only social THROUGH the headset. A room of 100 people in Quest headsets is not a social situation unless they are interacting THROUGH the headset, and if they are, then there is no benefit to them being in the same room. And if they aren't interacting through the headset with each other then even though they are physically located near 99 other humans they have no real perception of them. If that same 100 people had Vision Pro headsets on they actually could see each other if they want to and they could interact in the real world with each other.

    I'm not all in the the Vision Pro. When the product shot appeared in the presentation I was disappointed. But by the end of the presentation I was impressed with how they solved the issues of its current form. If the question is "Do you want to wear a computer on your face?" I think the answer is no. But if the question is, "What would be the best interface for a computer I'm using for 8 hours a day?" I think the Vision Pro presents a very intriguing option. $3500 for the most ergonomic workspace in the word is a bargain.






    This is the exact same thought I had to both Zuckberg's comment and Cook's comment as well. Neither of these products is about a real social experience. They may be able to say "remotely social", but it isn't the same as people gathering around a tv in the same room. Neither of these products helps with that. They don't add anything to family movie night. And who wants to be the weirdo running around their child's birthday with that strapped to their head getting "spatial photos"? 

    I know this makes me seem like "old man yells at cloud", but I think the social angle of either of these products is just a bit contrived. 
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  • Apple's Lisa Jackson says environmental regulation is essential

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    Oh wow. Based on those two snippets of interviews I hope she doesn’t become the next CEO. They need someone who will innovate at the helm, a visionary. 
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