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" if you thought Apple TV+ was largely an effort to compete with Netflix in selling subscriptions to access large quantities of low quality shovelware entertainment, you were no smarter than all the analysts!" That's right!  ---- I think that there may be a market for spatial video that does not require writers, actors, and expensive production. Think of all those unable or unwilling to travel but who might enjoy an experience in foreign, exotic, or simply different locales. I would enjoy a walk through the Scottish highlands, a stroll through the streets of Paris, Istanbul, Beijing, or many other city. I would like an experience that puts me in a canoe in the Boundary Waters, or on a raft in the Grand Canyon. Such videos do not require a story line, a narration, or other intrusion, only the ambient sounds. 

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My experience with the Vision Pro has been a positive one and has improved as I have become more familiar with it. I made my order online on the morning that orders opened. The Light Seal that I was fitted with has worked flawlessly. The Zeiss optical inserts I ordered (readers 1.5-1.75) have also functioned flawlessly. After reading this article, I tried the Dual Loop Band; however, I found it uncomfortable and cumbersome to adjust. The Solo Knit Band is a remarkable bit of engineering, which allows the user to easily adjust it with a slight turn of a knob. It holds the Vision Pro on my face comfortably and securely and makes it easy for me to put on and remove the device. Like a new pair of shoes, the more I use it, the more I like it and the more comfortable it is. Of all the words published about the Vision Pro, I have seen few descriptions of the actual experience of using one. So here goes. I use my AVP between 1 and 3 hours every day. With it, for example, I can position a virtual viewing screen in the middle of my living room. I am currently watching a Foundation episode each day. The experience is vivid, expansive, and beautiful. I find that I turn my head slightly from one part of the screen to another part depending on the action, but the screen stays fixed in my field of vision. I can pause the video and with the battery safely in my pocket I can get up and walk around the room and even behind the screen, which looks like a large sheet of frosted glass. I can even take a tape measure and measure the screen, today it is 6 feet by 12 feet. While I am up I might as well get a mug of coffee from the kitchen, which is a neighboring room. The cameras on the VP accurately allow me to see and navigate my environment. I see the cat napping on the floor, I pour some coffee from this morning’s pot into my mug, then I get some soy milk from the refrigerator (I like my coffee white), and I put it in the microwave to reheat it for a minute. When I look back through the door to the living room, I see the huge screen still positioned there with the paused episode visible. I return to my seat with my mug of coffee and before restarting the episode, I activate the cinema setting and the room goes dark around the screen and I am in a theatre. I also use the AVP as a monitor for my computer, and that too works beautifully. My appreciation for the device grows daily.

Hopefully you wrote this post in the AVP. 

Appreciate you writing of your experience. 

I did while mirroring my computer to the AVP since I have yet to pair a keyboard to it and since I don't have a need to do so.

My experience with the Vision Pro has been a positive one and has improved as I have become more familiar with it. I made my order online on the morning that orders opened. The Light Seal that I was fitted with has worked flawlessly. The Zeiss optical inserts I ordered (readers 1.5-1.75) have also functioned flawlessly. After reading this article, I tried the Dual Loop Band; however, I found it uncomfortable and cumbersome to adjust. The Solo Knit Band is a remarkable bit of engineering, which allows the user to easily adjust it with a slight turn of a knob. It holds the Vision Pro on my face comfortably and securely and makes it easy for me to put on and remove the device. Like a new pair of shoes, the more I use it, the more I like it and the more comfortable it is. Of all the words published about the Vision Pro, I have seen few descriptions of the actual experience of using one. So here goes. I use my AVP between 1 and 3 hours every day. With it, for example, I can position a virtual viewing screen in the middle of my living room. I am currently watching a Foundation episode each day. The experience is vivid, expansive, and beautiful. I find that I turn my head slightly from one part of the screen to another part depending on the action, but the screen stays fixed in my field of vision. I can pause the video and with the battery safely in my pocket I can get up and walk around the room and even behind the screen, which looks like a large sheet of frosted glass. I can even take a tape measure and measure the screen, today it is 6 feet by 12 feet. While I am up I might as well get a mug of coffee from the kitchen, which is a neighboring room. The cameras on the VP accurately allow me to see and navigate my environment. I see the cat napping on the floor, I pour some coffee from this morning’s pot into my mug, then I get some soy milk from the refrigerator (I like my coffee white), and I put it in the microwave to reheat it for a minute. When I look back through the door to the living room, I see the huge screen still positioned there with the paused episode visible. I return to my seat with my mug of coffee and before restarting the episode, I activate the cinema setting and the room goes dark around the screen and I am in a theatre. I also use the AVP as a monitor for my computer, and that too works beautifully. My appreciation for the device grows daily.

I am one of those who gave the M1 iMac a pass waiting for a 27 inch or larger iMac to replace my 2017 27” iMac. However, I could not resist getting the M3 iMac even though I had to give up some screen real estate. I have no regrets. The machine is a work of art, a fast work of art, a quiet work of art. For example, It handles my Steam library with ease. 

“…Apple's next stop on this path takes us into a more intimate, immersive experience.” I am of an age when travel is an unlikely possibility. Therefore, I hope Apple Vision Pro will deliver a virtual travel experience. I would gladly pay for a hike through the Scottish highlands, a stroll through Parisian streets, paddling a canoe through the Boundary Waters, or a walk through Machu Picchu. I only ask that there be only ambient sound devoid of narrative, commentary, and music.