Comment by niho
3 years ago
The thing that amazed me the most with the presentation was that they never showed typing on a virtual keyboard. It seems like you need an actual physical keyboard to do any typing.
The keyboard was famously considered a make it or break it feature internally at Apple when developing the original iPhone. It is very telling that they haven’t managed to solve this basic HCI problem for the Vision. Steve Jobs would never have released this. I’m sad to say it, but this is not a “Pro” device. It’s a Prototype device.
Apple Vision Prototype
(And I’m sorry, but the eyes are creepy —- uncanny valley)
The dual-touchpad style VR keyboard like the original Vive has is probably the only usable virtual keyboard. Everything else is one by one, find and peck typing.
If you want to experience it, get a steam controller or a steam deck and use the trackpads on that keyboard. You get used to it very fast and you can get really usable typing speed.
It won't work for programming though because anything that needs more niche than basic punctuation would require chording or multiple inputs, which sucks.
The idea is that you'll use voice recognition instead of typing
Yeah. Lol. So I’m going to be talking my code? Will be super popular in the office.
“Hey Siri! Put that statement in an if-clause. …no, not that one. The other one. Argh!!!”
throws the $3499 vision across the room
They did show a virtual keyboard during the presentation.
I don't think it was virtual. Looked like a real keyboard on the table
Right before that, there was a virtual one.