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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by detourdog on Friday June 09, 2023 @08:48AM (#36257078)
The Pencil is not a primary interface for iOS it is a specialized device that provides greater resolution than a finger. People love to try to point out how inconsistent and hypocritical Apple is and the criticism is usual unfounded, not thought through,...
Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by veidr on Saturday June 10, 2023 @12:01PM (#36271667)
That isn't what I was trying to say.

I was saying that Apple tends to ignore the specialized/higher-precision option initially, focusing on the majority of the market that may not need it.

But then they introduce it later. As I suspect they will do in this case, too. But that leaves an opening (maybe, temporarily, if they can capitalize on it) for competitors that do support more specialized input devices.

If you wanted to draw diagrams or use handwriting input, Android had a huge advantage at first, ... until it didn't.

Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by detourdog on Saturday June 10, 2023 @04:18PM (#36274650)
Sorry I misunderstood. I agree Apple focuses on the general problem without trying to solve all the exceptions. Once they are comfortable with the working principles that start filling in the gaps.

It took me 3 days just to really feel I understood what the Vision Pro video demonstrated. I was very uncomfortable watching the initial video. The first feeling was voyeuritistic as if I was spying on the user. The second feeling was the horror of actual people using them in isolated squalid environments. Eventually I rationalized that the demonstration was really about hand/finger/eye tracking in space. The "spatial" interface was the most special thing they demoed. The rest of the demo was hardware power and the ergonomics.