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Re:Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right by archagon on Friday March 15, 2024 @06:19PM (#39721294)
Having tried the VP out for a week, I categorically disagree that VR is going to have remotely this level of impact on humanity. Having to wear something on your head to compute is fatiguing and isolating. You can’t bring your existing peripherals and audio equipment unless they’re proprietary and wireless. Passthrough video is nauseating and blurry even at the highest refresh rates. The paradigm is also intrinsically inaccessible to the blind and disabled.

The immersiveness for entertainment is neat, but this seems like a relatively minor use case in the grand scheme of things. And with gesture based controls, gaming is pretty much a non-starter.

Do you really envision a future of families hanging out together on the couch, each member with their own VR goggles…? Halfway through my return period, I realized that I much preferred reality.

FWIW, I love my Quest for the occasional gaming romp, but little else.

Re:Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right by sumedh on Friday March 15, 2024 @09:29PM (#39722511)
> I categorically disagree that VR is going to have remotely this level of impact on humanity.

This feels like a comment from Blackberry or MS making fun of the first iPhone.

Re:Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right by archagon on Friday March 15, 2024 @09:38PM (#39722562)
Having actually tried the thing, and having used VR for several years before that, I’d like to think that my opinion is not just a simple knee-jerk response.
Re:Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right by sumedh on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:02PM (#39730551)
We should revisit this comment 10 years later :)
Re:Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right by jordanpg on Friday March 15, 2024 @10:56PM (#39722948)
100% agree. Until this tech has the same form factor as a pair of glasses and no wires it will be stuck in the realms of gaming and porn. Not a small market, perhaps, but hardly a seismic shift in life on Earth.