Technology

59991 readers

2301 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

396

Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2 (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 6 months ago by boem to c/technology

167 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ch00f 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Issue is that if I remember correctly the vive was an outside-in concept that required base stations to be setup

But that wasn't the complaint levied. They were literally complaining about needing to walk around.

And for many of that it is just fine to sit on a couch and still have a benefit from the technology.

But everyone knows the people watching at home on traditional 2D TV get the best view. Zooms on the players/performers, slow-mo recap, etc. I can't imagine the nausea of having your entire field of view warped across the court to see every special angle. Not to mention, until whatever VR app has a plug in for every thing you'd want to do on your phone while you're watching the game, you're stuck paying 100% of your attention to the sport.

Hell, even the people at the concert or sporting event spend half their time on their phone.

[–] kalleboo 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

until whatever VR app has a plug in for every thing you’d want to do on your phone

Isn't that the big difference with Apple's visionOS vs the other VR headsets? It's basically iPadOS, where you can run multiple apps at the same time and move windows around, without anything needing to know what else is going on, and everything uses the standard window and widgets toolkits. Unlike the Meta Quest, which is basically SteamOS where you're switching between Unity games that take over the whole device and they all have to re-invent the world with slightly different controls and everything.

[–] ch00f 2 points 6 months ago

If you are really super deep into the ecosystem and the AR pass through is that good, then I can see it working. On Oculus, I often find myself peering through the gap by my nose to see whatever notification or whatnot on my phone. Apple Vision can fix that.

Though you still have to contend with the comfort factor. It’s a lot to wear on your face when you’re supposed to be casually enjoying content for hours at a time. Heaven forbid you care about how your hair looks.