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My take would be that it would be Apples track record of making software work well with the hardware, more seamlessly than either Samsung or Meta.

Just look at the virtual avatar they demoed compared with Meta’s. Apple went with a more professional looking avatar instead of a cartoony one.

Another app that was shown was a Birds Eye view of a basketball game. I’d love to be able to watch a sporting event live from that perspective (if I could stomach the entry fee for the experience).

I was on the fence about this product, thinking that there wouldn’t be many good use cases, but their presentation gave some activities that I’d want to try on the hardware. Whereas Meta’s presentation didn’t show anything I was interested in.

Apple is giving developers 6+ months to make even more interesting apps. I think there’s a good chance that this could be a successful product. But I should hold my judgement until I’ve seen the caveats of this device (ie comfort, battery life, display quality, etc). I’m sure we’ll see more in-depth looks in the coming months. We can judge it more fairly when these reviews come out.

>Another app that was shown was a Birds Eye view of a basketball game.

That was Disney’s presentation not Apples. Am I the only one who thought that part was Magic Leap level total fantasy BS?

I missed that it was part of the Disney presentation. In that case it may be just vaporware. Truthfully it would require a lot of infrastructure at the arena/stadium before it could even be realized. I’m not sure the sports team owners would be willing to pay for this expenditure without knowing the potential revenue it could generate. It’d also cannibalise some ticket sales, so it’s not necessarily a profitable move for pro sports.

If players position is already tracked adding avatars to it in real time onto a 3d visualization doesn´t seem that far fetched.

Some stadiums have cameras that fly over all the stadium but no idea if it was BS or not

Actually looks like this same thing was a Magic Leap demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IISMmjWOFoM

Although it appears to just be playing a human animated 3D sequence at the same time as a non-live video.

> Another app that was shown was a Birds Eye view of a basketball game

Is there anything specific to the Vision Pro in that feature? Couldn’t they just offer that as something that you could choose to watch on TV?

Yes.

When you watch live TV, you watch what one person decides you should be watching.

With eye and head tracking in the headset, you can watch what you want to watch during live events and eventually in interactive motion pictures/motion environments.

Literally no one wants to do that. That's why it's someone's job to do this.

This is just like how grocery stores have made us all become cashiers.

I'm not doing that, it's work, and I'm not going to do work.

This is already a reality with esports and yet most people prefer to watch someone else drive the camera. Someone who is really good at doing that and who can "predict the future" to never miss a key moment (aka, the broadcast is on a slight delay).

I don't see any reason live sports would be different here, do you? It'd be cool but it hardly seems "revolutionary", more like something you do once or twice for the novelty before going back to just not doing that.

> Is there anything specific to the Vision Pro in that feature? Couldn’t they just offer that as something that you could choose to watch on TV?

A TV wouldn’t be apt at creating a 3D-ish AR viewing experience. It also doesn’t have the controls to navigate such a scene easily. What I’m looking for is like a holographic 3D display of the game on my table top.

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