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Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought (nymag.com)

submitted 9 months ago by psychothumbs@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 131 points 9 months ago (3 children)

They bought themselves into a beta test/focus group. Apple still doesn’t know what this will be. It might be a Newton MessagePad. Or it might be the iPhone.

[–] nikt@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Apple is great at polishing and packaging things that already exist. The iPhone was a better Blackberry, the iPod a better MP3 player, the iMac a better all-in-one PC… I have a hard time thinking of stuff they truly pioneered. The Newton maybe? That did not end well for them.

If I had to bet, the Vision Pro will turn out to be a burnt pancake, but long term I have no doubt that something like it — something that augments reality one way or another — will become a thing. And in the meantime Apple has pockets more than deep enough to survive a failed Vision Pro.

The backlash against them trying to innovate is kind of dumb though. They aimed high for a change, and taking risks like this should be lauded not laughed at.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

The problem is they didn't aim high enough. AR/VR lives or dies on software. And for what they launched, it barely has the OS, and apparently that thing, although very polished UX wise, on security it's a swiss cheese. And few people has the pockets to develop apps for it.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They are still failing, in 2024, to put touch capability into their computers. This isn't a company that does innovativion well, and it hasn't been for over 15 years. It's totally fine to scoff at this attempt.

[–] dontwakethetrees@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I really don’t see touchscreens on laptops to be something to judge a company’s innovation on. I work in communications and I can really only think of two coworkers that personally own touchscreen laptops.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I have zero interest in touch screen on my laptop. It is not standard on Windows and has yet to show any really benefits.

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

There was quite a different reaction to the iPhone when it launched, so I'm pretty confident it's not the latter.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's 100% not anything like the original iPhone. Say what you will, it will never be that.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I just meant as successful. They’ve had several. The original iPod. The iPad. They’ve also had duds. The newton. The HomePod. The Pippin. Ping