photography guy

So glad I left Adobe more than a decade ago. 

It's really annoying/sad that Apple dropped Aperture. It was a fantastic pro alternative to Photoshop/Lightroom/Bridge (all of which were extremely useful tools!). I know that Apple folded a lot of Aperture features and functionality into Photos, but it's not the same thing. Honestly, keeping a pro-level photo app seemed like a no-brainer, especially as a discounted package option (like FCP and Logic) with the purchase of any MacOS hardware. Or Apple could sell a "Pro Bundle" from their app store. I think Apple lost a lot of pro photographers when they dropped Aperture. Perhaps their thinking was that with the increased use of iPhones for photography, there just wasn't enough of a market for a pro-level photo app. And yet, I think there really was/is a market for a "pro" version of Photos, with more granular level of control, remote shutter and camera settings for other digital cameras, where your iPhone/iPad could be the interface/viewfinder for your Sony A7, Canon 1D studio setup.

The biggest challenge will be getting the weight down, and integrating the battery into the Vision itself—perhaps in the headband? This would provide more balanced front-to-back weight distribution. Though that might get uncomfortably warm after a long session. Then again, that might be a good reminder to then remove the Vision and go touch some grass while it charges.

If they could get the weight down to 400-450 gm and get the price down to $2,000 (definitely not likely during this current tariff war, but perhaps after the dust has settled), I'm certain they would sell like crazy.

Yes, Apple devices HAVE been cracked by third party companies, but that is despite Apple's protections, not with Apple's assistance. I mean, it's fine to provide whatever data they have access to when given a court order to do so. I think they've been pretty cooperative with law enforcement in that area. But to build a back door—perhaps in the form of a law enforcement keycode—into all their devices and/or OSes would be a fundamental design change. It would be a fundamental rebranding. And it would kill the company... Because if you build a back door, anyone can exploit it. Not just law enforcement. That is the problem that Apple faces. And it's why Apple has to refuse.

It's like when you're building a house, and you have one entrance at the front, so that you have full control over who enters and exits your house. Along comes a tyrannical government saying, "We want you to build a back door to your house, that only we can enter, and we super-serious pinky-promise that we won't abuse that access. Oh, also, don't tell your guests that there's a back door where we can enter at will and peak in on them anytime we like—which we totally won't do, as per our aforementioned super-serious pinky-promise. Also, we REALLY don't appreciate the commenter calling us tyrannical. That hurts our feelings! We're not tyrants! We just want to protect the children!"