It’s so far ahead of the competition it’s not even a competition anymore.
But it is also still a hot and clunky pair ofblackout goggles you strap to your head.
In a way, it’s a public prototype.
Using Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset to take meetings while working from home.Apple
Therealversion of Vision Pro is a pair of glasses that does all this and more.
But even so, is this how we want computing to evolve?
Which is odd," app designerGraham Bowertold Lifewire via direct message.
Using Apple’s Vision Pro headset.Apple
“It’s not a ‘product’ in the way Apple usually releases them.
It’s more a possibility.”
The Vision Pro is clearly a super-fancy VR headset, but Apple never placed it as such.
Using apps on Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset.Apple
And yet it’s possible for you to still work on Excel spreadsheets.
If anyone is qualified to invent a new computing paradigm, it’s Apple.
It also makes the only smartwatch worth using.
But Spatial Computing isn’t just a new way to interact with a computer.
It fundamentally changes the nature of computers and the world around us.
Vision Pro = Isolation
When was the last time you left home without your phone?
The sense of disconnection is surprisingly deep, a kind of separation anxiety for a gadget.
Except that, it’s not for a gadget.
It’s for the sense of connection it brings and the ease of quickly distracting ourselves.
And that’s just a screen we keep in our pockets.
You see apps, remote friends, and all kinds of overlays all the time.
That’s a very different idea of computing.
“A lot of people have waited a long time for this product.
But it’s still one step forward on the road to VR.
The most common reaction I have read online is that it seems creepy.
“I also think that the actual things people use this headset for will be things they do alone.
As soon as you’re interacting with someone in person, the headset is coming off.
This is an isolating machine, even as it tries to mix the real world with the virtual.
Or perhaps it will be more like the phone.
AR at this level could be a transformative technology.
It could make our interactions with computers and each other seamless and ambient.
In which case, why not just use a Mac?
