They said it works with ShareTime (or whatever they call it) so that multiple people can watch the same thing at the same time, collaborating on documents or watching movies. This does sound a little dystopian, though.
It makes no damn sense!
Compels me, though.
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If the form factor more closely resembled something like Google Glass, I could see this taking off big time, even at the high price tag. As things stand now, I donât know who this is for.
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The battery will get better over time. For now, at least, if youâre going to be using it over an extended period, presumably youâll be relatively static and so can plug in. I can see how detaching and reconnecting every time you go to the fridge or bathroom could get irritating.
Presumably you will be able to hook it up to a USB power pack for additional juice on the go.
They should equip the thing with a USB outlet detector, so you know instantly where they are in any room.
Itâs very niche.
For those of you who didnât watch todayâs presentation:
One more thingâŚ
Theyâre dropping the âHeyâ from âHey Siriâ - so you just say âSiriâ - and allowing follow-up commands without having to say âSiriâ again.
This is going to be a disaster.
I donât know who is the market for this. But I also remember Steve Jobs saying about the iPad that no one wanted an iPad until they made it then everyone wanted an iPad. I wonder if this will follow that same path.
For example, I can see, say, someone living in a small apartment (or parentsâ basement) wanting one to have the big screen experience.
The small apartment/parentsâ basement crowd is well known for having $3,500 lying around for a wearable monitor.
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Especially during Rays games.
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One thing I remember from my time in apartments back in the day: people in shitty places often had the nicest cars outside.
You guys donât have a burner computer just for watching porn?
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That thought occurred to me. But the cost, battery life, and most importantly the form factor is going to be a big turnoff for a lot of people. So is needing to put in special Zeiss glass inserts or whatever the fuck if you wear glasses. There are a lot more caveats than the original iPad had.
Out of everything they showed today with the Vision Pro, I think the productivity angle has the potential to be the most transformational. If they lean into that:
- Make a separate product, the Vision Mini or whatever
- Remove the battery and the onboard M2 CPU. Make it so that it only plugs into your Mac and let the Mac do all the heavy lifting
- Remove the gesture sensors
- Remove the speakers
- Reduce the size/weight
- Reduce the cost by up to half
I think that product would fly off the shelves.
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As I said: amateurs.
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Back in the early days of the interwebs one of the radio hosts here would hide his virtual stash in a folder named âfantasy hockeyâ.
Basically a fancy monitor, per moriartyâs comment above.
I agree that all of your points make sense. Itâs clearly not ready to be worn on the hoof, so youâre going to be tied to a power outlet anyway, why not embrace that?
My only quibble would be that I think youâll want to keep the onboard computing power for media/games, so you arenât tied to a Mac for these. Buses, trains and planes mostly have USB ports in the seats these days, so you can shut out the world and enjoy your journey. If I was still globetrotting like I used to, Iâd absolutely have one of these for those long haul flights.
ETA: One additional feature. Instead of the goggles displaying your eyes, you should have the option to black out the lenses and display a text message. That way, when someone bothers you, the AI will produce a list of responses you can scroll through to choose to be displayed to the outside world. Yes, Iâm thinking very much of T1 with this idea.
Conversely, a game streamer I once watched used to keep all of his footage and other project files in a folder called âhorse pornâ.
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In the same vein as this, I once saw a comment from someone who claimed to live in a very conservative neighborhood, so he changed his wifi network name to âFBI Van #4â.
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The motivation behind removing the onboard M2 is simply cost reduction. My mythical product wouldnât be a standalone device so it doesnât need that much processing.
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