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Don't use a smartwatch or smart ring for blood glucose monitoring just yet
tangey said:To be fair, up to this point all the health related sensors are relevant to everyone, pulse, heart, O2 level etc.
An accurate, non-invasive glucose monitor would be an absolute godsend for those that need to keep a close eye on their sugar levels, but it isn't something that everyone needs. It would likely had a big impact on sales, with people buying it for that functionality alone, however for the rest of the population, it wouldn't be needed but might be "nice" to be able to see.. So I guess there is a reasonable argument to be made that if it's sensors require sacrificing something else, or require the watch to be bigger, or shorten battery life, that there would be two lines of apple watches, ones with and ones without the glucose monitoring. -
Apple Vision Pro Travel Case review: too-expensive precision cushioning
foregoneconclusion said:alandail said:foregoneconclusion said:Two stars is way too negative relative to a product that the author admits is made of good materials, fits all the necessary parts of the AVP without disassembly, allows relatively quick access when AVP needs to be used and provides good protection. The claim that it's too large is also contradicted by statements like "the molded interior leaves no wiggle room" (why would you need wiggle room if it's too large) and "fits almost everything you need except a keyboard" (which is a complaint that it's too small). Plus, comparing it to a 10 liter backpack is kind of admitting that it isn't really too large. It would fit in standard 14/15 liter packs. No brainer that it would fit in the gigantic carry-ons that people lug onto airplanes as well.
It doesn't just need to fit in a backpack, there need to be room for other stuff in the backpack. MacBook Pro, chargers, cables, AirPods Max, snacks, other odds and ends.. Quest 1 case fit in my backpack with other stuff, Didn't matter too much of the Quest case got too big, I threw it in my luggage since I couldn't use it on an airplane. Vision Pro I want to use on an airplane with AirPods Max and possibly with the MacBook Pro like I did with the Go when it would power own (it hasn't worked for a couple of years). Oddly the go did great on airplanes, Quest never worked, but I guess they are fixing that now that Vision Pro is out. -
Apple Vision Pro Travel Case review: too-expensive precision cushioning
foregoneconclusion said:Two stars is way too negative relative to a product that the author admits is made of good materials, fits all the necessary parts of the AVP without disassembly, allows relatively quick access when AVP needs to be used and provides good protection. The claim that it's too large is also contradicted by statements like "the molded interior leaves no wiggle room" (why would you need wiggle room if it's too large) and "fits almost everything you need except a keyboard" (which is a complaint that it's too small). Plus, comparing it to a 10 liter backpack is kind of admitting that it isn't really too large. It would fit in standard 14/15 liter packs. No brainer that it would fit in the gigantic carry-ons that people lug onto airplanes as well. -
Apple Vision Pro Travel Case review: too-expensive precision cushioning
thedba said:Going 3rd party is probably the way to go on this.I'm sure these will hit Amazon soon.
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Apple Vision Pro is not the iPhone, and faces an incredibly steep uphill climb
Mike Wuerthele said:alandail said:Mike Wuerthele said:bluefire1 said:cpsro said:IMHO the iPhone was a success from the very beginning--even before it was in customer hands. Google recognized it, too.People need mobile devices, but who needs the Vision Pro and why? Time will tell.
This Apple's 3rd new computing platform that changed the way people use computers
Macintosh
iPhone
Vision Pro
Macintosh in 1984. There were barely any apps, but it redefined how computers worked. At my job (NASA), we started buying them a day after release and for the next year or two we bought 1 of every app that came out to see what we could use it for. That's how few apps there were. It had the minimum hardware necessary to make that user interface work and cost $2499 ($7238 in today's dollars).
40 years later, all computers work like that Macintosh.
iPhone in 2007 - here weren't any apps other than the ones Apple built. There was no 3rd party App Store for a full year after release. Again had the minimum hardware necessary to make that user interface work. Redefined how mobile computing worked. Today all phones and tablets work like that first iPhone. The pointing device from the Mac was replace by your finger.
Vision Pro - At release it's already well ahead in apps of where Macintosh and iPhone were. Like Macintosh, it's the minimum hardware required to implement a new way to use computes. Augmented reality. To nail augmented reality, it has to look like reality. The pointing device is now your eyes. Like Macintosh, the first release is expensive. And the first release is heavy. But something went seriously wrong if 5 to 10 years from now devices that descend from or are inspired by Vision Pro aren't the dominate computing platform.
Imagine a future model that isn't much bigger or heavier than sunglasses, shows your eyes while you use it, has all day battery life, had robust AI, has fully shared experiences with other people if they're in the room with you or not, and runs every app you need. What do you even need a phone for with a device like that? What do you need a computer for?No matter how many units are available, sold, or coming in early 2024, no matter how loud Apple yells that the Apple Vision Pro is a success now, no matter if the stock analysts predict doom or triumph now, the whole-year 2024 is only the start of the saga and climb. I agree with the sentiment that Apple Vision Pro is right now in essence a paid developer kit unleashed on the world.
From the start, developers are the crank or starter motor that starts the big engine, and users are the fuel that makes the product run. Apple hopes the killer app will pop out, as it has before, but nothing is guaranteed.
This is a story told in the fullness of time. This is a story told in the non-Pro Apple Vision, and whatever the "Apple Glass" ultimately turns out to be.
This is also a story about how the rest of the world reacts to the hardware, and what competing vendors do in response to the gear. Meta's, HTC's, and others' responses and timelines will perhaps be the most telling on how afraid the rest of the market is.
As far as the absolute measure of success goes, Apple can wait effectively forever. It doesn't need to be profitable out of the gate, as the company has a stack of money that would make the most covetous dragon jealous to weather the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune with little or no impact to the company as a whole."
https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-02