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by jfoster 625 days ago
The visual quality of the Apple Vision Pro is extremely far ahead of any other headset. I generally don't like Apple products and I think they made plenty of mistakes with Vision Pro, but the visual quality is exceptional for our time.

I wouldn't advise anyone to buy it, but I would strongly encourage everyone to try it out in an Apple Store.
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solardev 624 days ago
Wish they'd just release a set of basic wired glasses with those displays, for tethered usage with a Mac. I don't need the AR/VR crap, a battery pack, etc., but I'd be very happy with a set of high-res glasses that act as external monitors.
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jfoster 623 days ago
Nice idea. I would probably almost go for that.

I wonder how much they could cut from it to make the device you're imagining more appealing from a cost & weight perspective...

1. Front-facing display

2. Battery

3. LIDAR (might need some other tracking to replace it, unless the cameras are enough?)

4. Eye-tracking

5. Wireless module

6. Less processing power

7. No SSD

I think it would lose some "wow" factor in the process, but probably be a much more pragmatic device for everyday usage.

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solardev 623 days ago
> I think it would lose some "wow" factor in the process, but probably be a much more pragmatic device for everyday usage.

Yeah, exactly. I'm really hoping Apple tries that instead after the failure of the Vision Pro. It's the opposite paradigm: Not "complete computing device in a headset", but rather "just an eye-worn display and nothing else". It doesn't even need any fancy tracking, just basic gyro stabilization so the windows don't shake, like the VR mode on phones already have (e.g. for Google Cardboard). They don't even need to be aligned to anything in the real world.

Other companies are making glasses like that, but the displays aren't very good – IMO that's the limiting factor.

I've tried many AR/VR devices over the past decades and it's just not a use case I can see most people ever wanting, myself included. But "portable private monitor with a giant canvas" is an itch that still hasn't been scratched :( It's less sexy in some ways, but it's also something I'd probably use every day.

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