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 nologic01 on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:02AM (#36254314)

I never had the same feeling about tablets. If anything, I am still somewhat surprised that they have (in relative terms) flopped. I was really expecting much more widespread use given it is quite a sweet-spot form factor (small and lightweight to carry around to far more places than a laptop yet offering a good fraction of the laptop functionality)

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by irrational on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:24AM (#36254480)

I was listening to a famous shoe designer give a talk today. While telling a story, he mentioned in passing that he no longer uses paper but does all his design work with a stylus on an iPad. This guy has to be in his 60s or 70s. I was kind of surprised.

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by sangnoir on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:52AM (#36254683)

> I am still somewhat surprised that they have (in relative terms) flopped.

I am not - Apple's "Post-PC" vision was clearly not viable to me, despite initially out-selling the entire desktop industry initially. The "What is a computer" ads were cringe.

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by coffeebeqn on Friday June 09, 2023 @09:25AM (#36257493)

They never stopped their PC lines so I don’t think they believed it either.

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by Al-Khwarizmi on Friday June 09, 2023 @04:01AM (#36254746)

In my view it's the opposite: the worst of both worlds.

If I need to do work involving lots of typing, precise clicking or sitting for a long amount of time, I'd rather use a laptop (or desktop). And for less demanding stuff, the smartphone (which I'm already carrying everywhere by default) is enough.

The tablet sits in an awkward middle and I don't really find much use for it.

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by nologic01 on Friday June 09, 2023 @05:35AM (#36255426)

I think the tablet market share agrees with you. We've also got touch sensitive notebook screens that removed the edge from a pure tablet experience.

Which is something important to keep in mind when discussing VR adoption. A few people getting overly excited (or overly dismissive) is not necessarily a good predictor.

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by mavhc on Friday June 09, 2023 @06:38AM (#36255864)

Tablet is for playing touch based games and watching Youtube

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by pmontra on Friday June 09, 2023 @05:10AM (#36255234)

Phones got larger. 6" or 7" phones are normal now, they are always with us, no need to also buy a 8" or 10" tablet.

As a data point, I do own a tablet. It's mostly a mobile TV screen: a TV Headend client for broadcast TV, NewPipe for YouTube and VLC to a shared disk on a server at Home. Not having to sit in front of a fixed TV set it great. My TV is mostly forgotten in a corner of the living room.

I rarely bring the tablet with me outside home. When I do it's with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Example: I'm on vacation but I need some sort of work connectivity in case nasty things happen. Ssh works better on a 8.4" screen than on a phone. That doesn't happen every year luckily. My laptop is larger, weights more and I'll cry if it breaks or gets stolen. Damage to the tablet will only piss me off a bit.

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