Where did you get the 512 gb number for an extra $200? Everywhere I look I only see mention of 256 gb storage with no mention of an upgrade. I would love if I could upgrade to 512 even for $200. Is this a rumor or released by Apple?
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Apple Vision Pro Battery Supports Up to 2.5 Hours of 2D Video Playback
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Where did you get the 512 gb number for an extra $200? Everywhere I look I only see mention of 256 gb storage with no mention of an upgrade. I would love if I could upgrade to 512 even for $200. Is this a rumor or released by Apple?
From the looks of it, I'll bet you can have as many separate display windows as you want, arranged however you want and switch between them just by looking at one. RAM might be the only limitation.
I think you’re better off using XReal AR glasses than this joke of a 2.5 battery life device 🤷♂️🗑️
Reminds me of the Quest or Quest 2’s battery life when not plugged in. Can we get bigger batteries?
Robbietop proposed that scenario with their silly 'a 512GB AV with lenses and a battery will cost $5700'.
But Apple loves upgrade tiers and 256GB>512GB costs $200 on everything else.
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Isn’t it also possible to charge this continuously? I forget how it works it was launched so long ago. Or is this the only power source? The external battery?
Oof - need this clarified for sure. Having a USB-C port on the battery to plug in during flights and extended use was one of the main benefits IMO.
Except this article is about the capabilities of the Apple Vision Pro when playing 2D movies. Any 3D movies would be about half of that estimate, maybe even less, so maybe you would be able to see half of the U2 film…
So you use it for a few minutes then put it away? Outside of specific industrialized uses I don't see the appeal. I see the appeal of AR big time, having an overlay always available is going to be very powerful, but not when it's attached to a huge, heavy, sweaty contraption on your head which only gets a couple of hours of battery life. I'm definitely willing to give Apple the benefit of the doubt here that technology will get smaller, cheaper, and more efficient, but there are already guys in the market today with products which are much smaller and could be worn long term like Xreal's Air 2.
True Apple does, and yep that's the typical cost, but usually that's on their pre- preorder website review and it isn't on this one, leading me to believe in this limited release there really aren't any tiers... leading me to further believe it really is about developers only that just need enough to test their product and not store a lot of movies.
You can plug it in to recharge while using it, thought don't know at what rate it recharges while in use.
Huh? A couple minutes and put it away? Who would do that?
With respect Xreal Air 2... What is the image resolution? Comparable with Apple's AVP? Is the FOV comparable to AVP? What is the battery life? Are they including interesting applications whose focus is AR, rather than simple spatial computing (viewed here as multiple large virtual displays across one's living room)?
Why should people take the time to understand when it should be Apple's job to show us? There was pretty much nothing shown in the keynote (or elsewhere) of an app that wouldn't work just as well when in the fully immersive mode.
They showed Mickey jumping out of a poster and then jumping onto a chair. And that looked more like a tech demo than an app that will be available to customers, and even then you could have that poster and chair in a fully VR environment and all you'd be losing is some momentary wow factor.
Wait for the release.
"Why should people take the time to understand when it should be Apple's job to show us? There was pretty much nothing shown in the keynote (or elsewhere) of an app that wouldn't work just as well when in the fully immersive mode."
Curiosity. It's OK to flex it once in awhile, do a bit of research about the subject, and contemplate the possibilities.
I guess I just don't get it, you had specifically mentioned AR. I can see VR being used for short shifts, when I had my VR headset I could only stomach an hour or two. But AR, if done right, can be an all day thing. That's why comfort is king, and even though I'm sure the Vision Pro's specs are much better than the Xreal's (of course it's $3500 to $699), I'd still pick the Xreal all day long based on comfort.
FYI I'm not specifically advocating the Xreal's at all, I honestly don't know much about them, just throwing that out there that other companies at least are more aware of the comfort issue. I get that the Vision Pro also has VR and better specs, but you can still pick up something like the Xreal AR glasses and a Quest 3 for a third of the price and at least let each device excel in it's individual category.
The Xreal's have 3.5 hour battery life, but can use battery packs and/or a wall cable, so still very far away from all day use unless you want to carry multiple battery packs.
Yeah, it's software. MacOS can have 16 virtual desktops. At worst they could just make any particular virtual screen update when you look at it, and reduce the resolution and/or frame rate when it's not your focus.
It'll sell to "Top 1% income earners and gadget enthusiasts or YouTubers who want to make their review and flex in front of their friends, families, and viewers"
