FWIW, it appears you can connect its power brick to a charger while it is powering the AVP. I saw several YouTubers using it for extended sessions with this technique. A few were carrying a large USB-C power bank (in a backpack or another pocket), connected to the AVP’s battery. In this capacity, the AVP pack remains mostly full and the power bank drains. Which can then be replaced without shutdown - effectively making the AVP’s battery a UPS for the external power supply.
It’s far from certain that people will always want that kind of experience. If you want the software screens to “overlay” reality, then something like Brilliant’s Frame, which projects an image onto optical lenses, may be sufficient. And if you want to be fully immersed, then you can wear opaque goggles over them
Yep…I’m looking 3-5 years out and getting any significant reduction in size or weight is unlikely…batteries might improve a bit but if so it will be evolutionary, not revolutionary.
I think it is strange that you would make such a presumptive assumption. I have so many expensive hobbies w/ steep-learning curves you would have to assume I have a very indulgent wife (I do… nonetheless, I recognized I need to let some go… :-).
But you couldn’t give me a Vision Pro. I simply am not interested in anything it does. When the games of Douglas Adams couldn’t hold my attention, I concluded I just wasn’t a gamer. But that didn’t stop me from buying more computers that I have fingers, and teaching myself to do useful things in a half-dozen computer languages. I’ve really wanted to find time to get into Swift (not a fan of Objective-C).
Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. Also, note the article frames this is a “gift” instead of a “cool thank you card” just for the purpose of inciting outrage.
I’ve had the VP for a little less than a week now, and it’s even more exciting than I expected —and even more frustrating too. For example, I can’t get it to connect with my main email server, and can’t figure out the reason yet. It connects to my gmail addresses quite easily however! I haven’t taken it out to shoot landscape panoramas yet because I’ve been suffering a bad cold all week, However, even with my cold, the VP turned out to be much more comfortable than I initially feared, once I adjusted the double strap properly. This is something that my demo session totally neglected, and it seems to me Apple Store personnel could reduce the return rate dramatically by showing every new purchaser how to get the right fit with the double strap. Now I can leave it on for hours with no strain or pain.
As expected, a Bluetooth keyboard is a must, and it makes text entry just a tad slower than on my iPad. Apps such as 1Password work even faster than on my iPad, and install very easily.
I understand that that’s the case now. But I suspect that in the future, the Vision will become far less isolating than the iPhone, as we will be able to sit down on a friend’s couch and catch up with them instantly, from anywhere in the world—for one out of many possible uses.
By the way, the demo was very impressive. I do wear glasses (progressives). The Apple Store employee who did the demo took my glasses into the back, had me scan my face for the light shield size, and then the Vision Pro came out with the proper inserts. The demo was perfect for me - eye tracking was perfect, my vision correction was perfect. If found the fit very comfortable with just the solo knit loop (I believe that’s what the head band is called) for the 30 minute demo; I was never uncomfortable, I never had issues with vertigo. My biggest issues were when I tried “typing”, but that was my fault - I was trying to go too fast and was looking away from the key that I wanted too fast without making sure that my pinch gesture was recognized. Once I realized that and slowed down, the typing was just fine, too. It was hard to recognize this because I couldn’t both look at the keyboard and at the Notes app to make sure that what I was typing was what was showing up in the app.
The Alison Sheridan article was not all that valuable to me - I’d say that this product should be demoed with proper vision inserts and the right light shield.
I still won’t buy it, but Apple really has made a very impressive product.
