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  • Spatial Audio head tracking on Apple TV automatically resets when you get up from the couc...

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    hucom2000 said:
    Beats said:
    What a mess. It calibrates according to the user looking in a direction for a certain amount of time?

    What if user is talking to someone? What if they’re looking down at their iPhone? What if they’re in the kitchen?.....

    If the user is sitting off to the side and not directly in front of the TV will the objects follow their assumed panning? (Admittedly this would be cool).
    For example you’re on the left side of the room. Batmobile speeds off to the left in the movie. It sounds like you’re gonna be ran over. 

    I’ve wanted a TrueDepth camera array for Apple TV for years pre-Spatial Audio and the lost benefits are compounding. The camera would have solved these problems.
    Not everyone has their Apple TV sitting smack center below the TV. I for one have it hooked up to the projector above me. This approach from Apple allows for a totally flexible placement of the Apple TV.

    I know this.

    Where you referring to my camera array wish? It would sit on top of the TV in the center. I thought that was obvious. It would also be non obtrusive since it’s nearly invisible unlike the Wii sensor bar and the Kinect. 

    It would fix a multitude of problems while providing a sh**ton of extra features like AR, social media(like Animoji Karaoke), Games, extra Fitness+ features, FaceID, head-tracking and user location, health and the list goes on.
    williamlondon

  • Spatial Audio head tracking on Apple TV automatically resets when you get up from the couc...

    BeatsBeats
    What a mess. It calibrates according to the user looking in a direction for a certain amount of time?

    What if user is talking to someone? What if they’re looking down at their iPhone? What if they’re in the kitchen?.....

    If the user is sitting off to the side and not directly in front of the TV will the objects follow their assumed panning? (Admittedly this would be cool).
    For example you’re on the left side of the room. Batmobile speeds off to the left in the movie. It sounds like you’re gonna be ran over. 

    I’ve wanted a TrueDepth camera array for Apple TV for years pre-Spatial Audio and the lost benefits are compounding. The camera would have solved these problems.
    williamlondon

  • Apple unveils macOS Monterey at WWDC 2021

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    chasm said:
    Beats said:
    As usual, tvOS is abandoned. I don’t even remember a tvOS section.
    The tvOS got a few mentions, but to be fair it is mostly stuff also coming to iOS, and of course they did JUST invest the Apple TV with substantial new hardware features,. don't forget. I cannot even begin to tell you how happy the new remote's ability to both turn on my atv as well as the TV **and** switch the TV to the Apple TV imput all with a single button press makes me. Almost as happy as that mute button!!

    They did specifically mention that Apple TV will be gaining the SharePlay feature (which itself encompasses multiple abilities), including being able to "throw" the album or TV show/movie you are group watching up to the Apple TV while the discussion/FaceTime part remains on your iPhone or iPad. Also specifically mentioned was the forthcoming ability to control Apple TV via Siri through your HomePod mini speakers, and set them up to be your "soundbar."

    Also specificially mentioned was a new feature that combines favourites from different accounts to provide families with a list of possible options that cater (as much as possible) to everyone's tastes (ideal for a family movie night), and (finally) Spatial Audio support using AirPods Pro or Max with the Apple TV.

    So not a huge list of features (unless you count each different thing SharePlay can do), but not nothing.

    I mean, iPhone gets yearly updates and they didn’t use that as an excuse to skip mentioning iOS 15.

    My last gen Apple TV 4K was also able to turn on/off my TV and select Apple TV as input with LESS buttons. This new update seems like a step back.

    That HomePod Mini update is strange. I thought logically, that feature was supported day 1.
    williamlondon

  • Here's everything new coming to tvOS 15 in the fall

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    I want to literally cry. Since around 2016 I’ve been patiently waiting for a full fledged Apple TV + game console.

    With Apple giving Apple TV lousy software and hardware updates and tvOS being removed from the WWDC keynote, this feels like iPod in 2014 all over again. Slowing excitement and an overall feeling of hopelessness for one of your favorite Apple products.

    I really hope the “homeOS” rumor is true and will replace tvOS. Though that seems very odd.

    5 years and I’m still hoping for an Apple TV Pro.....
    williamlondon

  • Apple unveils macOS Monterey at WWDC 2021

    BeatsBeats
    As usual, tvOS is abandoned. I don’t even remember a tvOS section.
    williamlondonasdasd