Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is over, and while Vision Pro was a big focus with the announcement of its visionOS 2 update, it’s pretty clear Apple’s first mixed reality headset isn’t in a hurry to feature-match other XR headsets at this point, let alone Meta Quest 3. When Apple eventually does step down to the …
  • A (much) Lower Price
  • Mixed & Virtual Reality Games
  • Motion Controllers
  • A Stylus for XR Creatives
  • Social Platforms
  • All-day Ergonomics
  • fer0n@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    61·
    5 months ago

    Hard disagree on most of these points. Lower price seems obvious, but everything else on that list is optional.

    I’d love to see games & motion controllers, social platforms is basically games. “All day” ergonomics are a stretch and 99% of people won’t care about a stylus.

    I’d say less friction is more important: no cable, lighter headset. Maybe even glasses form factor before it can go fully mainstream.

    • CarlosCheddar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      5 months ago

      They should’ve waited until they could release something in the form factor of the Viture XR glasses. They could’ve probably figured out how to wirelessly show a Vision OS rendered by the iPhone or MacBook to some small form factor glasses.

      Instead they release a VR headset with pass through video that most people won’t really want to wear in public.

      • fer0n@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        Even if it’s not “mainstream” yet I think it serves a purpose and I’m happy they’ve released it. Also: no one should wear this in public.