This first version of the visionOS product line is not the one that will be the 'iPhone' moment.
We are looking at the device that will be ready for these app in the next 5 - 10 years which by that time the device will be smaller that this first version.
Probably going to be called 'Apple Vision' in the form of AR glasses.
Otherwise, it just seems like a confirmation of their reading of the tea leaves.
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Correct either way.
Not unless someone figures out the contact lens or the direct brain uplink.
You mean it’s not a device that’s significantly more expensive and less capable from a feature perspective than the competition at launch (aka the 1st gen iPhone)?
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It bodes well that Kara Swisher seems to really like the device and she's one that has tried all the headsets and been fairly skeptical. Using hands as the primary control seems like a pretty big breakthrough. The default of mostly pass through of the surrounding environment sounds like it also addresses the nausea.
You're right at this price point it's definitely a gen 1/dev device. Gen 3 is where it'll likely get interesting, assuming some killer applications are created.
Bahaha, reminds me of the time when I first got the PSVR and my friend comes over. We're playing an FPS demo that came with it (PS Worlds? I think). It's this scene where you're in the passenger seat of the car, shooting up people on motorcycles that are shooting at you. Anyway, I'm standing off to the side watching the TV when out of nowhere, my friend punches me in the face.
I happened to be standing exactly where the NPC driver was sitting in the VR world and my friend wanted to try punching the character.
Having said that, I haven't met that many people that get nausea from wearing sunglasses, so at the theoretical limit there is some level of quality that seems at least almost universally accepted.