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This depends heavily on whether you consider a computer with any NPU to be an “AI PC” or whether, like Microsoft, you have put a baseline down. If you use Microsoft’s requirement for 40 TOPs, you get Apple selling exactly zero capable AI PCs… there is so much conflation and chest thumping going on in ML at the moment that it’s hard to get an idea of who makes what and whether (and how much) it matters.

spheric said:

tiredskills said:

What I see as the primary reason for a guest mode is showing another person what the Vision Pro is all about.  Restricting apps and all that jazz is a relatively minor part of that, what the Vision Pro could really do with is a Demo Mode, where it walks a user through a few impressive functions, the same sort of stuff that is scripted in the Apple Store in-store demos.  

Gosh no. I absolutely despise when products shit a demo mode on their interface after I've already bought them. I'm a customer, not a salesman. 

Something that could grow out of this guest mode is great for my eventual primary usage: studio use with copious virtual real estate, several monitors for tracking, mixer, analysers, synched video track, as well as plugin interfaces placed virtually among the hardware in the studio. 

Having a second set of vision Pro to hand to a customer and being in the same space for would be great.

No need to be all down on a demo mode. Particularly if it’s something one can choose to download or not. Yes, I hate bloatware but I can see why some would want a demo mode. This is an entirely new computing paradigm and knowing what will be interesting to someone else is often difficult. Thinking of Ford’s old adage “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

All of my Apple devices have a folder labelled crApple filled with barely useful/used default apps.

Otherwise, great use case scenarios! Still waiting for something for me…

MacPro said:

I need to try out the Vision Pro.  I have always assumed that requiring reading glasses would make it a PITA; I know they offer lenses, but I am just dubious about how well that would work.  I have 20/20 over two feet and need correction for less than two feet; even 1.5 magnifiers work for me. I don't even need a prescription. Has anyone in a similar position tried the VP?

I have 30/20 with reading glasses that vary between 1.5 and 1.75 and tried it out. Works great!

“I’m shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.” Captain Renault

Did anybody assume it was going to be otherwise? Fast and loose is the M.O.

mikethemartian said:

Is USB really a resilient interface? I recently worked a contract where test stations in production would often start reporting errors in the middle of the tests because some of the equipment was connected using USB and it would intermittently disconnect. This is compared to HPIB/GPIB which is old, bulky and slow but extremely robust.

I have found that USB (and HDMI) are far too flaky in mission critical work, and so I just try to defer to Thunderbolt and DP for as many needs as can be filled by those pieces of tech, despite the increased costs. My peace of mind and smooth workflow are worth it to me. So much so that I try to avoid USB and HDMI even for more regular avenues of life… excepting TVs and consoles, of course.