Why did they develop a UX Stage Manager that wastes 28% of the iPad's display with irrelevant UI gimmicks so that some kid can use an iPad like a Mac mini that's actually cheaper?
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Anyone who has used a VR/AR headset will probably confirm - you aren't going to be wearing these for extended periods of time as they just aren't comfortable for all day use yet.
No matter how nicely made they are.
That doesn't mean the device is useless. But the battery capacity is probably "enough". You can just get a bigger battery for it if required anyway.
Stage manager isn't always on screen if you run things full screen. But its there if you drag in from the side.
All you need to do for proper stereoscopic 3d is strap two laptops to your face. I mean what's not to like?
You bring up great points I don't disagree with, although I already mentioned this would be good for certain industries, although a VR headset literally 1/10 the price would do just fine in these situations. You are making a case for VR/AR, I'm not debating that (although it's not like the VR/AR market has exploded or anything), I just don't think a $3500 clunky headset is going to make a difference outside of VERY specialized industries such as a surgeon performing surgery remotely. I get it, this is something which will get cheaper and more comfortable and Apple is positioning itself at the forefront and letting developers develop applications and consumers develop use case scenarios, no argument there.
This market isn't going to truly come alive, at least as something for the unwashed masses, until it's comfortable and cheap enough to make sense, even if it's only for an hour or two of use. It's not like this brings anything particularly innovative to the space, we already have VR/AR headsets out there for much cheaper and really not that much clunkier. Sure Apple's is ultra refined and wins on pure specs, I just don't think your average mom and pop cares much about that. Maybe Apple is banking on the consumers who don't care about the cost, I'm just not sure they can sustain the "$699 mac Pro wheels" model. Anyhoo we will see, it's interesting to see it unfold for sure.
For VR yes, for AR there are some pretty light and small glasses out there. That's why I think VR and AR might be better served, at least with today's technology, with 2 separate devices.
Depending on the application, those might be more advantageous. I thought it already supported those?
It’s supported those from the beginning because Apple always intended that it can be used as a Mac display. Robbie is complaining for the sake of complaining.
I’m not really into the whole fandom thing, but I can understand loving what a product empowers you to do, and I can understanding being frustrated when a product doesn’t let you do what you want (under the constraints of technology and cost)—but this is different—for some it’s more of an active vendetta.
And I understand the root of the concern about addiction and over-isolation etc. I think many of us share the same root concerns. But there is a difference of where we place blame. In the case of “device addiction”, there are basically three objects on which people can place blame—the content deliverers, the device by which they are delivered, and the users themselves. Personally, I think devices are the least to blame of the three, and should have no blame at all because they’re just lifeless tools which are used for many positive things, not just addictive content. It’s the same situation as people blaming smartphones. That’s just the first thing that people see, but the addiction is above and maybe under the screen, not the screen itself. If any blame is to be placed outside of the user, it should be directed at the content companies whose business model is addiction and anti-transparency about it—namely, many social media companies (I don’t think social media is in itself bad, but some of these companies’ practices are pretty shady). It doesn’t matter much what the device form factor is, if one is addicted to that content on a physical personal screen or a virtual one, and isolating themselves on it.
Where the form factor does come into some relevance is in isolation. People isolate themselves on a physical screen simply by focusing their attention on it. But unlike a screen, headsets of course can potentially block your eyes from the world completely (in full immersion/VR mode). But the walls of a personal office or cubicle or bedroom does the same thing, and those aren’t bad things. So there are actually two issues that are getting clumped together when they are actually different—addiction and isolation. Addiction is never good, but isolation is sometimes good sometimes bad. If we were always connected people wouldn’t be as functional and productive and sane. It’s about knowing when and how much social interaction/isolation you need and being able to easily choose between them. VR-only headsets, while they serve a purpose, are not super convenient because you have to take them off to be interactive with the real world. But AR, if done well, ideally with see-through glass, but at least with a solution like EyeSight, again if done well, are much more convenient because they mostly give you the same interactions with the real world that you could have using a physical screen, except that you look odd (although what is considered odd can dramatically change over time). Obviously for a serious conversation you would want to take off the headset, just like you would turn off a screen. But whether AR or VR headsets, both are just tools.
And as a side note- headphones isolate ears just as headsets isolate eyes. People abuse headphones to over-isolate themselves, but obviously headphones indisputably still serve a good purpose. Some headphones even have pass-through though, just like AR pass-through, but as far as I know, don’t have an obvious visual indication when pass-through is on, which I think would be nice.
It was an issue? Haven't read that anywhere. And this was while we had Internet, forums on sites like this one.
Battery is just fine today as it was back then...for the majority of people. You know, for which Apple designs their products.
Surely if there is one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that this product is absolutely not designed "for the majority of people."
It is designed for me however, and I'm absolutely delighted about that.