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by citizen_friend 784 days ago
Maybe, but phrasing it as a lack of content sounds like you’re waiting for a new game cartridge to come out. A more interesting criticism is what tools or workflows you can’t do.

> helmet

The exaggeration tells me this isn’t really something you want to examine.
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phmqk76 784 days ago
Of course it can replicate existing workflows and show existing content. The exciting potential of this class of device lies in the immersive experiences that exist only as demos. This is content that must be tailor-made for VR/AR/XR. Honestly, I own a Quest 2, and I barely use it. Not because of the resolution, but because the immersive content just isn’t there. There are demos, but nothing I can sink my teeth into. Apple is in a prime position to change that, it they don’t really even acknowledge the problem.
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citizen_friend 784 days ago
I'm specifically comparing with quest. Yeah they have a few media apps, etc, but AVP is a complete operating system (with printing).
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djur 784 days ago
The Vision Pro straps completely around the head and weighs more than many bicycle helmets. Where's the exaggeration?

The comment you were replying to said "without the content _to make it shine_". The implication here is that being able to do the things you can already do, except with a large set of goggles on your head, is not a sufficient selling point for the product. Apple clearly wants to sell the Vision Pro as a new way of computing, not as an entertainment product. Microsoft felt the same way about Windows 95, I'm sure, but that didn't stop them from including content meant to convince people that their new expensive "multimedia PC" was worth the investment.

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citizen_friend 784 days ago
> Where's the exaggeration?

It's just clear you're not interested in AR/VR so your criticism of AVP carries less weight. Nothing would satisfy you. If you actually held an examined one of those you would know how incredibly tiny it is.

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djur 783 days ago
You're making several unfounded and false assumptions here. There is also no world in which I would accept the proposition that a pair of goggles that covers half the face and juts out past the tip of the nose is "incredibly tiny".
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