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Apple is pretty much forced to move from an M2 to a later model chip because the M2 goes out of production. I doubt anyone would need to upgrade. It is just that Apple runs out of M2 chips at some point.
Now I have! I'm gonna give it a shot. It's a hell of a bill but I'm hoping it will be as life changing as people have been saying. Picking it up tomorrow, but I have to wait for my prescription lenses before I can really try it.
And yes I did get AppleCare+. I always do.. and have never used it lol 🫣
Congratulations! 🥳
Hope you’ll reply back with your thoughts!
I guess thats semantics. It’s good, but you can still tell its augmented reality; the viewport is small (no 180 degree field of view), etc.
What the processing will be for is full artificial worlds, not just overlays onto the real world or high definition video playback which is what most of the vision pro stuff is currently.
I absolutely recommend anyone who is interested in one to give it a try. There is almost no way to transpose someone else’s experience onto your own perceptions in this case. HOWEVER, if you don’t already have a goal in mind (a “use case”) and are not a developer or tech junkie, definitely wait on the next generation of hardware.
I point to exhibit iPhone (iPhone 3G was leagues up on the OG and only came into its own, hardware-wise, with the 4) and exhibit iPad (iPad 2 was a different beast entirely) and those were meant for mass market consumers out of the gate. “Right now, it’s an early-adopter product. People who want to have tomorrow’s technology today—that’s who it’s for.” Tim Cook, on the VisionPro
I point to exhibit iPhone (iPhone 3G was leagues up on the OG and only came into its own, hardware-wise, with the 4) and exhibit iPad (iPad 2 was a different beast entirely) and those were meant for mass market consumers out of the gate. “Right now, it’s an early-adopter product. People who want to have tomorrow’s technology today—that’s who it’s for.” Tim Cook, on the VisionPro
Well it didn’t take long for me to decide I’m not keeping this, lol. It’s a very cool device with a lot of insanely cool technology, but I can’t get over the weight of it on my face making it uncomfortable to use, and the very heavy tunnel vision effect.
I intended to use this pretty much entirely for software development, but I’m finding that my regular monitor is much easier to look at and use than the virtual one in the headset.
My hope was that I could take it outside and sit at a table and put up a big virtual display, and while I can definitely do that, it doesn’t feel like I’m outside because of how much the cameras make everything around the monitor so dull and dark in comparison. It just feels like I’m looking at life through a phone camera, which I guess I am, but it doesn’t feel like “reality.”
I’m sure all of this will get better in time so I’m looking forward to seeing V2 when it comes out. For now though, with how much this costs, I can’t justify it. I know myself well enough to say this would just sit on a shelf 99% of the time, like my Quest 2 does.
If the AVP already has such a powerful SOC, I wonder why we still need a Mac to enable the virtual display.
It should be able to launch a Mac virtual instance from within VisionOS, no?
That would be the killer feature. The AVP is lighter than a MacBook, almost half the weight. It's a mobile workstation! A lot of people would spring $3500 for this feature alone. Me included.
It should be able to launch a Mac virtual instance from within VisionOS, no?
That would be the killer feature. The AVP is lighter than a MacBook, almost half the weight. It's a mobile workstation! A lot of people would spring $3500 for this feature alone. Me included.