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Grumpy @Leo episode lol
Apple is doing the vision pro with an eye on the future ( regular type glasses) You have to build a base for those.
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Alex was wondering about using memojis in VR Facetime, there’s probably a security side to this. If this is to become a more mainstream communication method, don’t you want to make sure your virtual representation is actually you, and not somebody spoofing you? Hence the iris scan security on the Vision Pro, and the face scan on a device authenticated to you to generate your avatar.
Besides the interesting technology advancements in the Apple Vision, this is a very niche device and most consumers will not be wanting to spend $3500 for a device that is used maybe 30 minutes a day for a few months before they are bored.
I had a Quest way back and I had fun with it and was “wowed” by the VR tech, and then ultimately sold it after it sat unused for 6 months.
I think the fact that so much of the Vision experience ties the device to a specific individual means that this is not something they intend to be shared with multiple people. So even if you got one of these for your family, it seems like the intent is that only one person will be able to use it.
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The current iMac line has 24 inch screens not 21.
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Wonder if anyone will use it while walking around. Like with Pokey man Go.
Because I agree with Leo and think think Vision will be nothing beyond trying it in the Apple Store for me… I want to look at the Macs.
I continue to be very happy with my M1 Studio. I have 3 32" 4k monitors in a VESA mount, I love it.
I really wonder if they’re going to give the imac much attention going forward… as it’s so much more cost effective to buy a Mac mini and an external monitor. I got my parents a Mac mini and 32" Samsung display for Christmas, they love it! I almost got an iMac but it’s cheaper to do the mini and external display option.
I’m honestly super stoked about the AirTag sharing, as I get the AirTag following you alerts ALL the time from things that should be shared within the family… I’ll also be eager to give stage manager another try on my iPad
Talking of the bump for contacts feature in iOS 17, that was one of the very first things I did with my iPhone 3GS. It was a recommendation on MBW at the time, I think, Bump or something similar, which would exchange your contact details per BlueTooth when you tapped your iPhone against another iPhone.
It has taken Apple nearly 14 years, but they’ve finally sherlocked it.
Regarding the OS updates in general - I am wondering why exactly some of these ‘improvements’ are OS updates? Why is the bubble overlay even something that would be part of an OS update in the first place? It’s like requiring an OS update to provide new functionality to the Calculator app.
Apple has made every change an OS update. When Microsoft has to update Windows, they just issue the update file and it’s done. Apple has to make a production out of it and update the entire operating system. This is why, I think, that we are less enthusiastic about WIndows updates - because there’s less in them. They’ve componentized so much of it that they can update things individually without the need to update the entire OS. Whereas Apple needs to update the entire OS just to fix a calculator bug.
The ability to use the Camera app with Apple TV is another example. That’s an update to the camera app - why does it require the entire OS to be updated? For all of Apple’s vaunted technical wizardry and might - why can’t they just update an app without updating the entire OS?
I found the whole Keynote amusingly Apple.
The claims of supers speed with no actual test results of specific tests. The claims of price saving when the only reason the Intel Mac box was so expensive was down to Apple’s ridiculous over the top pricing. The claim that their new laptop was the world’s best laptop, yet it doesn’t even have a touch screen option.
Then your commentators drooling over the ski goggles, each of the 3 times I have bought VR kit, I have been amazed for a week, used it for a month and then stored it. I wouldn’t risk $3500 to repeat the same mistake again
Any of the trillion dollar club could have made this if the wanted to, it’s a market that has burnt Google, Microsoft and Facebook. I think AI will push Microsoft beyond Apple as the benefits and use cases can be seen and felt
I think Vision will be perfect for use in air travel… Bolt this thing on your head and no one will mess with you. You will be in your own little world. ( Oh wait…maybe it will be like being the first with a Walkman. Strangers would constantly be asking to hear what it sounded like.)
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I don’t think people are less enthusiastic about Windows updates because they are smaller and more incremental.
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Would be a bit of a waste of tech though
You’re not wrong, but people in general don’t like updates. Mac users don’t like updating their machines either. My point is that Apple’s model makes even minor fixes (like, for example, fixing a bug in the Calculator app) into major system updates.
I disagree somewhat. People like upgrades if they want the new features, and they like the reassurance that an update is keeping them safer from the bad aspects of the world. (Note I am using two different words here, upgrade vs update.) The problem has been that companies do ill advised things, usually to extract more money (such as HP bricking printers because they wanted to update their ink DRM.) People would perfectly accept updates that were fully backgrounded (not wasting their time) and fully reliable (not causing weird or unexplained failures.) The problem is building such updates are costly, and companies are not properly incentivized by anything silent or background.
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I would say, most people aren’t interested, at most they are a necessary evil.
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I love updates and upgrades. Updates help me feel secure, upgrades offer something flashy nd new to play with for just a moment. I agree it would be nicer if a lot of the updates were handled in the app store, shut down that app, restart it and boom good to go. But if it’s something that needs to reboot and doesn’t take an hour, I will usually restart my device as soon as possible so I can try the new shiny thing.
This has bit me in the A** before when I’ve updated beta software on both Windows and my iPhone and the device has stopped working until the OS was loaded onto the device again.
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But we aren’t normal users. I look forward to updates, being a cybersecurity fanatic, I’m more interested in security updates than new features.
But most users couldn’t care less. I usually get, “my PC/Phone wants to update, is it important?” Or, “it is broken since the last update,” meaning that the manufacturer has put in a new feature, which makes the device work differently.
I have one user who calls every time there is an update for his Headset software, everybody else just calls, when they stop working.
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