The largest question that they are not talking about is: will porn apps be allowed? Two very different futures depending on how that question is answered.
This (well not porn specifically but related) is my biggest concern about the Vision Pro. They are trying to bill it as a computer (like the iPad) and while I am sure for a lot of people they will be able to do most of their work and play on this device, I am worried about how closed it will be.
I love my Apple devices, but I find it very frustrating that even with how powerful the latest iPad's are that as long as it remains a closed platform I will never be able to do my job (writing code) on it and I worry the same will be true for this device.
I am excited about the vision pro personally, but it slightly annoys me that the people that they need to court to make this a success (developers) can't do their job on the device itself.
But I also find myself on the flip side and the closed platform is part of why I choose Apple also.
There is historical precedent for platform winners being the one that had the support of the porn industry. See: Blu-ray vs HD-DVD and others.
The question here isn’t whether you think Porn is a unique application of AR/VR, it’s whether Apple would allow it onto their curated App Store.
I guess that isn't a porn app but neither is a web browser, technically. Are people installing first party porn apps on their other devices?
Even then, VHS could do the same thing, drop quality more, and fit EVEN MORE on a tape.
It seems pretty clear to me, ignoring licensing which was a huge issue, that beta was designed for recording TV shows while VHS also had movies in mind.
The other major VR device manufacturers have a similar approach; you get the apps and content through their stores. Sony, Facebook, Google, etc. are all similarly unlikely to have official porn support; Steam is perhaps the most likely (as they permit at least some adult gaming on their store).
I suspect you'll see plenty of porn apps in jailbreak / sideload world. Quest already has 'em that way.
Edit: Actually with ai gfs and all that crap there are many dystopian places devs could take this.
If anything I would think it would be the opposite, that girls have it the hardest as boys expect all females to look exactly like they do in movies, billboards, porn, etc. Versus males which tend to be not great, but not nearly as bad.
Anyways onto Apple Vision Pro... I do think that porn is an interesting question, I doubt Apple will do it. But whoever does will probably do WAY better purely because porn has been the reason for so many media format wins over the past century.
Is the GP violating conversational rules or just voicing an opinion perceived as unpopular?
I really don't think porn is what causing people to think that sex is a shameful act when it is perfectly natural.
Sure there are some valid discussions around porn and body image but so is there with advertising, movies, etc etc etc. It isn't like porn is the only thing pushing the "perfect" body image.
No, you can thank social media algorithms on YouTube and TikTok pushing "influencers" like Tate.
They get fed a stream of essentially shitbag instruction videos and individuals trying to be a "role model". They specifically garner audiences of young men.
porn on the other hand has been around even for us millennials and older, we turned out fine. What we didn't have was the Tiktok and Youtube algorithms.
Apple Vision Pro does both. Even when you're using it for AR use cases, you're seeing reality as captured and processed by the AVP.
I was speaking from a purely business perspective, from Apple’s point of view they should do this to sell systems.
For society, I think this is probably terrible.
as for official app store apps, I highly doubt it