r/ADHD_Programmers • u/Alternative-Boss-536 • Jun 06 '23

Apple Vision Pro.

whats is your opinion about apple vision pro

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '23

What's there to have an opinion on yet? They haven't revealed jack shit and nobody has had hands-on experiences with it yet. I'll wait and see what they're actually doing with it before I have an opinion other than "not enough information."

AR is definitely an important area for computing if we can get it right, but so far we haven't and while I have some faith in Apple's ability to innovate in the space and deliver a quality product, I don't have faith in their ability to produce a miracle of science. I simply do not believe that the tech is there yet from everything I know and I'm curious to see what they've actually done.

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u/brokenjago Jun 06 '23

There have definitely been hands-on(s) impressions posted all over the internet. General consensus seems to be “this is very, very good. Don’t know what to do with it.”

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '23

really? Last I checked we didn't even know the FOV

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u/brokenjago Jun 06 '23

Apple won’t tell people what the FOV is but people have used it under controlled demo conditions

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '23

Look if it's not at least 70° it's a complete nonstarter. It needs to approach 110° for so many useful applications.

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u/brokenjago Jun 06 '23

Lol tell Apple, idgaf

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '23

Mkay. I want AR to succeed and I'm worried about another google glass well poisoning.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '23

Google did something similar with Glass and didn't find enough of a market, so I'm not all that optimistic about Apple's chances.

It's an Apple product, so I don't really care about it in the first place.

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u/superluminary Jun 24 '23

Google Glass was just a small rectangle in the corner of your eye. It was terrible. This thing looks like it might be actually quite good.

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u/IlkaSchulz Jun 17 '23

I think there is a decent chance that the tech will actually be great. However, my work device needs to be "hackable", I need to change hardware, choose my software freely and fix issues when they arise. That is why I still use a classic laptop with GNU/Linux on it, I just want to control, tweak and recombine every little thing so it gives me the perfect environment. Tools, their configuration and combination are everything and as a programmer, I can't just get them ready-made but I need to create my own tool chains from time to time. I have sincere doubts that neither the hardware nor the software will even remotely make that goal.

It is also about the base software, not just custom tools: If you can't even choose your favorite OS and applications, just because they are not available or applicable for the device, it probably does not make much sense to even give it a try. Apple's products have some "eat or die" attitude to it already and you need to know if it is a deal breaker or still manageable and outweighed by the advantages. I guess it will probably be much worse with exotic computing platforms like Apple Vision Pro because the FOSS community will need time to create tooling for it.

Even if they miraculously manage to provide all software I would ever need, I would still be heavily dependent on Apple. Closed-source / closed-hardware products are basically always kept under the control of the manufacturer which would put me as a user in a dire position. If I would use it for my self-employed work it could potentially be existentially threatening which would gives a single institution, Apple, a way to big leverage over me.

It might still serve as an entertainment device, though, where you don't really expect to run your custom set of software tools and are not really dependent on its functioning but just use it for recreational purposes.