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  • Apple Vision Pro sequel stalls as work on cheaper consumer headset continues

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    omasou said:
    So I have a VisionPro and I don't really see a less expensive and less capable VR headset as a want. It will still have the same problems of weight, comfort, isolation, etc.

    I would really like a set AR glasses.
    I would definitely not want AR glasses. If I had the Apple Vision Pro, I would not be using it in AR mode, I would be using it in VR mode because that is what I’m most interested in. VR can’t work with glasses because it would not be possible to seal out the light.
    9secondkox2williamlondon

  • Apple Vision Pro sequel stalls as work on cheaper consumer headset continues

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    mark fearing said:
    I find it hard to believe that Apple thought that this first version would sell like gangbusters. They MUST have people connected to the real world who realize a $3,500 toy is off limits to the majority of the population. So I take it they went the Mercedes route - knowing they would sell less (Than Ford), but still have a good idea of how many would sell. Now the bigger question is - does anyone care about goggle based VR? And having tried them out for many years, I suspect it's a really tough sell to the vast majority of people. And the device rather quickly becomes an afterthought.  But hey, I'm open to being wrong here. I don't know. But my guess is Apple MUST have had a pretty solid idea on sales and that the 'shifting' to a cheaper set isn't a sudden thing, but part of the plan. 
    I’m not sure why you even had that thought. Of course Apple didn’t think that it was going to sell like gangbusters. This product was never marketed as a mass produced product that many millions of people would buy. It was mainly marketed to developers so that when they did have a mainstream product, there would already be an ecosystem in place for it.
    Alex1Njas99williamlondon

  • Apple Vision Pro sequel stalls as work on cheaper consumer headset continues

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    ssfe11 said:
    Sounds great. A more affordable version seems like a win win. Just like iPhone have a high end and a low end. 
    I guess so. I know that I wouldn’t want one. I didn’t buy the current version because it’s not good enough, not because it’s too expensive.
    williamlondon

  • Sherlocked by Sequoia: What apps Apple may have killed in macOS and iOS 18

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    sunman42 said:
    Let’s see:

    1Password - when they stepped onto the Electron bandwagon, I stepped off paying for any updates. 7.whatever still runs, if all you need is a password vault, which I use as a deep archive (for accounts I never use, but some vendor may still maintain my account) and a backup to Keychain Access. Speaking of which, what will Passwords offer that Keychain access does not?

    Grammarly: Never used it. After six years of rote learning of grammar, syntax, and composition in English in high school, at least until dementia sets in, I don’t need anyone else’s grammar interventions.

    Calculator: will have to see what it can do that I don’t do already with Kalkulilo.

    ChatGPT: As I emailed Tim Cook last evening, all I want from ChatGPT is a kill switch so I am never pestered to use it, for anything.
    Way too often, I click on an app and I’m asked for a password. Then, I feel like pulling my hair out. For this reason, I ALWAYS store all of my passwords and user names in a Notes file. That way I’m not screwed over when I have to inexplicably provide the password. This is also the same reason I NEVER use the password Apple suggests. I use my own set of words that I can look at and easily remember for the few seconds it takes me to get back to the login screen. Hopefully, this new app will solve the problem of Apple not having my password. If I’m doing something wrong that causes Safari to not remember my password, then I don’t know what it is.
    williamlondon40domiMisterKitwatto_cobra

  • Apple and OpenAI allegedly reach deal to bring ChatGPT functionality to iOS 18

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    This is very welcome news for me. I don't even try to ask Siri anything even remotely complicated anymore. All I use Siri for is to turn on or off my lights and other Apple related things and simple stuff like weather and sports scores. Like for example today I wanted to know "from which country is Ulanzi based in" and I already knew that there would be zero chance of Siri having any kind of answer. I asked ChatGPT and got a definite answer that I feel very confident is accurate.
    ssfe11williamlondonAlex1N