Comment by neuronic
3 years ago
By Gen3 in 5 years, people will begin to buy these like iPhones and then multiple people will be able to watch via SharePlay.
3D images are probably coming to iPhone 15 or iPhone 16 so the posts about "who's gonna wear this to take pictures" are already moot.
This is a developer/enthusiast focused niche release providing perfect beta testing grounds while technology will shrink this device to a smaller and more practical form factor.
In 3-4 years, the current Vision Pro will be the standard Apple Vision product with a smaller form factor while a new Pro product will have more advanced features and lose its external battery.
I also think that Apple Vision will be successful but Gen1 is not where its at for the vast majority of users.
Everyone thought 3.4k was just a rumor and it will be lower.
A good experience is still expensive and even apple only made it with 2h runtime.
It will take perhaps more or something really revolutionary.
After all you need 4 to watch anything as a family and people don't even mind watching movies on their phones!
Apple also has to believe for so long in this while not being successful with it (my guess).
> even apple only made it with 2h runtime
Using a tiny battery pack. I'm assuming (hoping) that you'll be able to use something bigger that provides USB-C power and get a correspondingly longer life.
It looked like an longer one and apple can't break physics. It has two 4k HDR displays build in and a M2 and a R2.
I'm really curious if they have overheating limitations.
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good catch about needing 4 of them for a family... will they implement multiuser in vision OS or you will have to buy one for each member as you are supposed to do with the ipads?
I have to wonder about a device that won't allow you to watch a 2-hour movie without running out of battery and having to plug it in. I guess Oppenheimer is a no-go.
Give it a decade, and the demand for immersive escapism will be greater than ever, if anyone can afford it, as western civilization continues its decline/collapse.