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Apple Vision Pro Battery Supports Up to 2.5 Hours of 2D Video Playback
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Nope. It will either be a new product added to a very successful mix of products OR another product fail on the pile of products Apple has tried before that did not sell at a level to keep going. Apple has launched both types before and will launch both types many times in the future.
To hit home runs, one must endure some strike outs. And you don't know if the next swing is at least a base hit until you take the swing.
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Oh great as movie are getting to be over three hours you'll have to pause the movie while you recharge your Vision Pro. Apple this this is barely a beta product and your releasing it like a completed product. You know it's going to be probably four years before the real finish Vision Pro is released. This is just a paid beta program releasing it now.
Under cover of its Vision Pro headset launch date announcement, Apple has revealed that the external battery supports up to 2.5 hours of 2D video playback, half an hour more than it offers in "general use" on a single charge.
Apple quietly updated its product page for the device with the extra detail, qualifying its claim of 2.5 hours of "video playback" based on tests "in conjunction with an Environment, using 2D movie content purchased from the Apple TV app." Environments let users transform the space around them, and Cinema Environments can turn a room into a personal movie theater.
The company defines "general use" as performing tasks that include video playback, internet browsing, spatial video capture, and FaceTime.
This is the first time Apple has said anything about the Vision Pro's external battery pack being optimized to run for longer when watching 2D video content, with Apple previously saying only that the battery lasted two hours on a single charge. Apple also previously said the Vision Pro could be used indefinitely if the battery was itself plugged into an external power source, but that text has been removed from the Vision Pro product page.
Apple says Vision Pro users will be able to watch movies and TV shows from Apple TV+, Disney+, Max, and other services on a screen that feels 100 feet wide with support for HDR content. Elsewhere, within the Apple TV app, users will be able to access more than 150 3D titles.
Pre-orders of the Vision Pro start on Friday, January 19 and the device goes on sale in the United States on Friday, February 2.
Article Link: Apple Vision Pro Battery Supports Up to 2.5 Hours of 2D Video Playback
How the majority of use cases will go:
-Bring home VP, configure, set up, adjust, etc.
-Watch some spatial videos, maybe part of a movie, looks cool, etc.
-Maybe try an app or two. Also cool, but don't think will use all the time.
-Remove VP from head, set on coffee table, check email on phone.
-Go eat lunch.
-VP sits mostly unused for remainder of ownership.
The end.
-Bring home VP, configure, set up, adjust, etc.
-Watch some spatial videos, maybe part of a movie, looks cool, etc.
-Maybe try an app or two. Also cool, but don't think will use all the time.
-Remove VP from head, set on coffee table, check email on phone.
-Go eat lunch.
-VP sits mostly unused for remainder of ownership.
The end.
Completely different level of tech and Components
Let's be realistic. The feeling of immersion is something that happens the moment you put the headset on... not something that's only achieved after 2.5 hrs. What percentage of people are going to wear one for longer if they could?
According to AI, the average person uses their VR headset for about 6 hours a month with each session lasting around 30-45 minutes. Additionally, a survey in the US found that users of Sony PlayStation VR spent an average of 49 minutes in each session.
I'm not suggesting a 2.5 hour battery life is ideal, rather recognizing the why and questioning whether or not it's an actual issue. You're just complaining to complain.
This is the most concerning part of the article. If this is no longer the case, then that is a huge blunder and will stop this thing dead in its tracks. Did Apple realize that they can make more money selling multiple battery packs for your $3500 headset with outdated chips?
Just the act of carrying it around along with your other things during travel would be a pain.
The battery life isn't that important at all. Frankly it should be the least of anyone's concern. This isn't a portable product. You can't walk around with it, let alone use it away from power. Just plug it in. There is also a strong indication that most people can't handle more than 30-40 minutes of use at a time, so again the battery life is not even a factor.
I am sure Apple has a reason to have the Vision Pro battery only 2.5 hours. Keep calm, wait for Apple’s explanation, make a decision based on it and be happy with your decision 😊 Life is too short for being unhappy 😊
Is that from V?
Holy Crap! I had forgotten about that series. That was awesome when I was a kid.
I find the technology very impressive, but I don’t really see the utility as a general purpose platform. I think we’ve already seen what it can do. Vision Pro threads remind me of the early Watch threads. People were fantasizing left and right about what it would do. In the end, when it launched, it was pretty much just what they’d shown us. And most of those fantasies still haven’t come true either. I don’t think Apple is holding back any WOW features, especially considering the absence of a launch event.
I’m definitely curious to try one, but I’m not going to go out of my way to do so either. I’ve been an Apple/NeXT guy since I got my first Apple IIc back in the 80s. I’m somewhat surprised by my own lack of enthusiasm for Vision Pro. As I’ve gotten older, tech has become less inspirational and more dystopian and destructive to our social fabric. Vision Pro and, to be fair, other VR headsets, kind of give me the creeps.
I don’t think Apple has done a good job of conveying to the average consumer why they’d even want, much less NEED, this product. The price is quite prohibitive. I also don’t believe that most people will want to wear heavy/bulky goggles for any length of time.
I do see utility for specific tasks. I can imagine an architect designing a house and then using Vision Pro to walk through it. But that architect is not going to spend endless days designing the house wearing goggles all day long. I just don’t buy that at all. I also think it’s telling that no one is using the Quest for any of this stuff. Apple diehards insist it’s because the Quest isn’t good enough, but any sensible person knows that’s ridiculous. After all, most of the world gets its work done on Windows. 😜
Ridiculous price + no clear utility + heavy goggles = unlikely success
If one isn’t keeping it on their head, why are they buying it? It’s the only way to use it.
The use case that I am thinking is killed by this is the one shown in the product debut where somebody is sitting on an airplane and suddenly the airplane cabin disappears around them and they are in a vast virtual landscape watching a movie on a virtual giant screen. If your flight is more than 2.5 hours it s going to kinda suck. This battery life is worse than a Dell laptop.
or "battery life that will get you through the early evening"
yeah... 2.5 hours is not great if you are on a long haul flight. unless you have access to power.cable in the office, battery in the plane and vacations
And where are you going? To the couch? Because it’s certainly not the bathroom or kitchen…
We laugh, but many things that industry tries actually works.
1. VHS
2. Online payment systems
3. Video streaming
Wait, this is concerning… I wasn’t worried about the 2-2.5 hour battery life at all because I thought it was confirmed that you could just plug in while sitting down and recharge / continue to view your content. If they’ve made it unusable while charging, that would be a problem.
Hope they only took that mention away because the verbiage was confusing, not because they nerfed functionality. It was a little misleading, kind of like saying “the iPhone has infinite battery life — as long as it’s plugged in!”