Re:Native visionOS platform support
by willtemperley on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @03:12AM
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You probably didn't see the comment I was replying to. I should have quoted:
> Hell would freeze over before Apple conformed and contributed to an existing open standard.
This is patently false given the fact I posted.
Re:Native visionOS platform support
by furyofantares on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @07:10AM
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I don't see how you can say it's patently false. Do you have any proof that hell didn't freeze over before then?
Re:Native visionOS platform support
by freedomben on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @11:19AM
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An excellent comment for it's humor value. (not to ruin the humor with an explanation, but this is a masterful use of sophistry as it's logically sound, but clearly not a serious argument).
Now to add to the unhelpfulness in what I hope is a humorous way, we in fact have some evidence that hell did freeze over:
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/01/08/260735693...
Re:Native visionOS platform support
by jbverschoor on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @07:36AM
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Ahhh Khronos. Lovely Fahrenheit where Microsoft strung SGI along to make Fahrenheit fail (now Open Scene Graph) and incorporate the IP in Direct3D..
Shitty tactics.
It's a miracle they actually allowed Microsoft to be a member of the Khronos group.
I should try an make an image of Fahrenheit's beta cds some day.
In this context, what’s relevant is OpenXR. Apple’s visionOS does not natively support OpenXR, the open standard developed by the Khronos Group for cross-platform AR/VR development. Apple has not indicated any plans to adopt OpenXR, choosing instead to promote its proprietary frameworks such as ARKit, RealityKit, and PolySpatial for spatial computing on the Vision Pro.
What Apple is finding, however, is that there’s virtually no consumer or developer appetite for visionOS / Vision Pro.