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·
    11 days 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·
      11 days 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·
        10 days 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.