Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision Pro headset

Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by danieldk on Friday June 09, 2023 @02:26AM (#36254051)

That's a skeumorphic anchor to get people comfortable with a new technology.

Not just that. It also makes the Vision not just an ill-defined VR product, but also a 'MacBook Air or iPad for on the go with far more screen real estate'. This pitch resonates with pro users who are not necessarily interested in VR. The initial reaction of Apple-using friends/family is: I'd probably buy this as a replacement for a MacBook + external screen. It also makes the pricing more acceptable - it's about the same prices as a non-mediocre spec'ed MacBook Air + Studio Display.

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by tsimionescu on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:59AM (#36254737)

> The initial reaction of Apple-using friends/family is: I'd probably buy this as a replacement for a MacBook + external screen

Then I believe they misunderstood the presentation, since this device is not a replacement for a MacBook, since it just can't run the same software. And even if it could, it would be much, much slower at it, since it has to spend huge compute resources on constant refresh of two 4k+ screens plus advanced vision algorithms to process the camera input and overlay the 3D graphics onto it in the expected locations.

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by sebzim4500 on Friday June 09, 2023 @06:24AM (#36255759)

For the significant portion of users that spend $2k on a macbook and then use it as a webbrowser 99% of the time I think this could work great.

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