Comment by quitit
12 hours ago
Not really, because this misses the premise of why the device itself is useful.
VR/AR headsets are useful for working on and demonstrating many things that we've had to compromise to fit into a 2D paradigm. Being able to be present with that 3D model has clear advantages over using, for example, a mouse with a 2D equivalent or a 3D projection.
Having to justify how the 3rd dimension is useful is probably a conversation where one party is not engaging in good faith.
The segway analogue is also pretty poor considering how useful self-balancing mobility devices have proven to be - including those which only possess a single wheel.
These are nice words that don’t reflect reality.
By most accounts the Vision Pro hasn’t even cracked a million sales. And that’s the best productivity-focused headset on the market.
You can say that this is a really amazing paradigm shift but if it was people would be lining up to buy it.
You posit:
> Why would I be paying all this money for this realistic telepresence when my shitbox HP laptop from Walmart has a perfectly serviceable webcam?
I gave a pretty straightforward answer for why this feature would exist in this product. People sometimes on this forums ask legitimate questions.
It's pretty clear you weren't, rather you're seeking an opportunity to merely push some tired agenda, likely tied to some personal vendetta, and you're doing a pretty piss-poor job of it.
I think what you’ve done is basically told me that I’m wrong because I’m arguing in “bad faith” because I’m a third dimension denier. But I didn’t see from you an actual example of even a mildly popular 3D computing use case.
You’ve told me it’s a major paradigm shift but can’t describe what or why that will come about.
I think if this was even a niche representation of the future we’d see companies with 3D-oriented software like Autodesk jumping all over this the Vision Pro specifically, but they’re nowhere to be found.
Let me rephrase a little more: why am I buying a Vision Pro over a VITURE for 10x less money? Take a look at reviews and feature set of that device.
You can just wear that product on a standard webcam conference call and look relatively normal.
I have no vendetta here, I just think that full immersion VR was the wrong play for productivity and general computing. That paradigm works best for immersive content like games and movies, but even that is a niche.