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I’m not sure if Wired remembers that the iPhone went on sale over a year before it even supported third-party apps…
@kfury for me, it’s not that there’s no killer app it’s that there’s no killer use case. I remember watching the iPhone debut keynote and immediately sensing the potential (just browsing regular web sites remotely seemed amazing). For the Vision Pro, the keynote was focused on how you can do what you already do with a headset on but didn’t answer why I’d want to do those things (email, chat with friends, TV, etc.) with a headset on. I love it for the tech but I’m not sure why I need one yet.
@infrequentbrilliance I have a few in mind but I guess we’ll see.
𝕂𝕚𝕂𝕚 @kfury @infrequentbrilliance I definitely have a few use cases in mind. Doing away with dual monitors in any setting, and any destination? Traveling thousands of miles away from home with a “multi-screen” setup with all of my documents visible before my eyes? Immersive entertainment options away from home?
I’ll wait a generation. The G1 Apple Watch was pitiful compared to G2 or G3, but I’m definitely going to lust for the Vision Pro.
@ZeKik @infrequentbrilliance Yeah. My Vision Pro will be a janky relic in 4 years and I freaking can’t wait.
But there isn’t a single janky outdated Apple device that I don’t feel was glorious and worth the money for what I got out of it at the time.
@kfury just to be clear, I’m not saying there are no use cases. I’m saying in the keynote, Apple didn’t present any (at least that are compelling to me). I’m sure developers will create some amazing apps but many may also wait to see how many people purchase the device first.
@infrequentbrilliance I’m really curious how it will turn out, but my feeling is an early use case will be fostering a more focused and productive environment for people who produce better work in a distraction-free and inspirational environment.
@infrequentbrilliance …and immersive POV porn of course.
@infrequentbrilliance @kfury IMO Apple are releasing something at this price point maybe a couple of years before it’s consumer-ready because they want developers to find (and build) the killer app. For example, a lot of people buy iPads for drawing, but it took 5 years for Apple to introduce the pencil — before that people had to make do with non-pressure-sensitive 3rd-party styluses. Developers built the niche that Apple happily expanded into.
@infrequentbrilliance @kfury Yep, I can see some niche use cases, but I’m not sure what the obvious applications are. (Although a glasses form factor suitable for being out in the world could be tremendous.)
@michaelgemar @infrequentbrilliance @kfury
That's literally been the tech journalist hype train promise for over a decade now. We can see Apple really isn't close to that kind of sleek-frame AR yet.
@SomeGadgetGuy @infrequentbrilliance @kfury Certainly not yet. Then again, presumably one way to get there is to build hardware as close to the desired state as possible, and iterate as the tech improves.
@michaelgemar @SomeGadgetGuy @infrequentbrilliance Historically when Apple launches a new product they either aim to get the form factor right and evolve the tech inside over time or they get the tech inside right and gradually bring the form factor to the ideal.
Most of Apple’s recent products (iPhone and iPad, for example) led by form factor first and rapidly iterated the tech. I think Vision is the other category. The tech is astounding and the ID will improve.
@kfury @michaelgemar @infrequentbrilliance
I'm replying directly to the comment about glasses form factors. Mixed Reality is something different and decently mature already.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that tech journalists have been promising AR glasses from apple were right around the corner for over a decade now.
According to tech journos, Apple had patents on this idea long before Google unveiled Glass.
Seeing the bleeding edge of XREAL and TCL, we have a ways to go before we can balance size with optics and processing power against battery life.
The vision pro is good evidence that Apple isn't close to sleek glasses.