Apple Vision Pro Review - Why does this EXIST?

Mrwhosetheboss
2 Mar 202425:21

Summary

TLDRThe Apple Vision Pro is a high-end $3,500 virtual reality headset with impressive hardware like studio-quality audio and excellent hand tracking. It focuses more on refining current VR capabilities over adding flashy new features. While it provides an incredible media viewing experience, lacks key apps, ties users into the Apple ecosystem, and doesn't properly support productivity workloads. It aims to get developers excited about VR over serving mainstream consumers right now.

Takeaways

  • 😊 The Vision Pro is very polished in small details, focusing more on refining basics over headline features
  • 👀 The facially-scanned avatars are creepy now, but represent progress towards true realism
  • đŸŽ„ The media consumption experience is incredible - like having a home theater setup anywhere
  • 😼‍💹 The Vision Pro isn't trying to sell itself to consumers yet, more aimed at impressing developers
  • 🔒 There are some concerning signals of Apple's walled garden and control
  • 😕 Critical entertainment apps are still missing at launch
  • đŸ‘©â€đŸ’» Using the Vision Pro for work tasks shows room for improvement
  • 😞 The headset can feel isolating and antisocial for those around the user
  • 😬 Prolonged use risks decreased attention span and constant dopamine-seeking
  • đŸ€” It's an exciting product with scary potential that no one really needs...yet

Q & A

  • Quel est le prix du Apple Vision Pro aux États-Unis ?

    -Le Apple Vision Pro est vendu 35 000$ aux États-Unis.

  • Pourquoi Apple n'essaie pas vraiment de vendre activement le Apple Vision Pro ?

    -Apple pense que ce produit n'est pas encore prĂȘt pour le grand public. Il est destinĂ© aux dĂ©veloppeurs pour qu'ils commencent Ă  crĂ©er des applications pour la rĂ©alitĂ© augmentĂ©e et la rĂ©alitĂ© virtuelle.

  • Quels sont les avantages du systĂšme de suivi oculaire du Apple Vision Pro?

    -Le suivi oculaire permet une interaction trÚs naturelle avec l'interface. On peut sélectionner et manipuler des objets juste en regardant.

  • Quels sont les inconvĂ©nients du Apple Vision Pro pour le travail?

    -L'Ă©cran dupliquĂ© de l'ordinateur n'est pas interactif. On ne peut pas avoir plusieurs fenĂȘtres ou Ă©crans. Le clavier n'est pas visible.

  • Pourquoi l'expĂ©rience multimĂ©dia est excellente avec le Apple Vision Pro?

    -On peut avoir un Ă©cran gĂ©ant, changer l'environnement, avoir du vrai 3D stĂ©rĂ©oscopique, un son surround, et ĂȘtre complĂštement immergĂ©.

  • Quel est le problĂšme de sociabilitĂ© avec le Apple Vision Pro?

    -Quand on le porte, on est isolé dans son propre monde. C'est difficile d'interagir avec les gens autour de soi.

  • Pourquoi Apple a crĂ©Ă© le Apple Vision Pro?

    -Pour donner un aperçu de la réalité augmentée/virtuelle du futur et motiver les développeurs à créer des applications pour cette plateforme.

  • Quels sont les risques du Apple Vision Pro pour notre attention?

    -On risque de devenir accro à la stimulation persistante et aux dopamine hits. Cela peut créer du stress.

  • Quelle diffĂ©rence avec le Meta Quest?

    -Le Meta Quest est pour le gaming, moins cher mais aussi moins puissant. Le Apple Vision Pro vise Ă  remplacer l'ordinateur.

  • Quelle est la conclusion gĂ©nĂ©rale sur le Apple Vision Pro?

    -C'est excitant mais pas indispensable actuellement. C'est un avant-goût prometteur de la réalité augmentée/virtuelle du futur.

Outlines

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🍏 PrĂ©sentation du Vision Pro d'Apple

Le Vision Pro d'Apple est présenté comme un produit révolutionnaire mais pas forcément destiné au grand public. Avec un prix de 35 000 $, il manque d'une application phare ou d'un jeu de réalité augmentée qui justifierait son achat. Apple semble plutÎt cibler les développeurs, pariant sur l'avenir des casques comme futur de la technologie grand public. Malgré son potentiel monstrueux, le produit soulÚve des questions quant à ses implications. Certaines fonctionnalités comme les avatars de FaceTime et la qualité exceptionnelle de l'audio sont mises en avant, tout comme son approche minutieuse des petits détails plutÎt que des caractéristiques principales.

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🎼 ExpĂ©rience utilisateur et conception matĂ©rielle

Le Vision Pro offre une expérience immersive avec un design confortable bien qu'il soit lourd. La réalité augmentée grùce à la transmission vidéo est impressionnante malgré quelques défauts comme le flou de mouvement et la gamme dynamique limitée. L'interface utilisateur est intuitive, utilisant la profondeur et les ombres pour une interaction naturelle. Les performances de suivi de la main sont avancées, permettant une immersion plus profonde dans la réalité virtuelle. Cependant, des limitations telles que l'absence de sangle rigide et la qualité inférieure de la caméra par rapport à l'iPhone sont notées.

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🌍 ExpĂ©riences mĂ©dias et applications

Le Vision Pro transforme l'expérience médiatique en permettant aux utilisateurs de créer leur propre environnement de visionnage. Malgré la qualité inférieure de la caméra par rapport à l'iPhone, la facilité d'utilisation et la profondeur automatique des photos et vidéos sont appréciées. La disponibilité et la rapidité d'ajout des applications optimisées sont surprenantes, bien que certaines applications populaires manquent et que l'écosystÚme semble favoriser les produits Apple. La plateforme promet des possibilités futuristes, rappelant le lancement de l'iPhone, mais soulÚve des inquiétudes quant à l'écosystÚme fermé d'Apple.

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🔒 ProblĂšmes de contrĂŽle et expĂ©rience de travail

L'expérience de travail avec le Vision Pro révÚle des limitations, notamment dans la navigation et la saisie de texte dues à la dépendance à la vue pour l'interaction. Bien que la fonctionnalité de miroir d'écran soit pratique, elle n'offre pas d'avantages significatifs par rapport à un moniteur traditionnel. Des problÚmes mineurs liés à l'utilisation quotidienne, comme boire ou vérifier les notifications sur son téléphone, sont également mentionnés. Ces inconvénients soulignent les défis de remplacer les interactions physiques traditionnelles par des alternatives virtuelles.

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đŸ‘„ Implications sociales et prĂ©occupations

Le Vision Pro crée des expériences partagées uniques mais peut isoler les utilisateurs de leur entourage immédiat. Les difficultés de partage et d'adaptation du casque à différents utilisateurs limitent les interactions sociales. Cette isolation potentielle et la nécessité de résoudre ce problÚme pour intégrer les casques dans la vie quotidienne sont soulignées. De plus, l'impact du Vision Pro et des technologies similaires sur l'attention et la stimulation constante est discuté, mettant en lumiÚre les défis de gérer l'overstimulation dans un monde de plus en plus numérique.

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💡 Conclusion et rĂ©flexions sur le VPN

La conclusion met en perspective le Vision Pro comme un produit passionnant mais non essentiel, tout en soulignant les différences avec des produits comme le Meta Quest 3. Le potentiel du Vision Pro de remplacer éventuellement l'ordinateur est reconnu, mais les limitations actuelles et l'approche fermée d'Apple sont critiquées. La discussion se termine par la mise en valeur des avantages d'un abonnement VPN, en particulier Surf Shark, pour sécuriser et privatiser l'expérience en ligne, surtout lors de l'utilisation de technologies immersives comme le Vision Pro.

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Highlights

Apple didn't really want you to buy the Vision Pro, focused instead on doing all the little things really well

The Vision Pro avatar scans your face and creates an animated version, ahead of last year's metaverse avatars

The Vision Pro hardware feels airy and doesn't get clammy or sweaty like other headsets

The user interface icons are beautiful, gaining depth when looked at

Shadows on interface windows and floor create an extra layer of immersion

Hand occlusion is phenomenal, cutting out parts of objects your hands would cover

For media, the Vision Pro lets you escape into any digital world imagined

Lack of major apps like Netflix and Spotify limit Vision Pro usefulness when traveling

Strong Apple ecosystem lock-in makes Vision Pro best for mainly Apple users

Companies deciding what you can record with your eyes feels intrusive

Working in Vision Pro adds little productivity value compared to monitors

Vision Pro hardware has kinks to work out, like missing your mouth when drinking

Sharing the experience with others in-person is cumbersome and lonely

The Vision Pro could exacerbate attention span and boredom issues

The Vision Pro is exciting and scary; no one really needs one yet

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this is the Vision Pro and apple doesn't

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really want you to buy it almost every

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tech product that has ever come out you

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know that the company has first thought

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what's the selling point either a key

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problem that it's fixing or just a clear

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reason that you would want to buy one

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and so almost consistently when you get

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a first generation product in a new

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category it's still going to have those

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one or two key selling features cuz

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they're necessary for it to be a success

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but then it's also going to be

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incredibly Rough Around the Edges

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because the company has prioritized

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those as opposed to making sure that all

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the little granular things are right but

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with the Vision Pro maybe the biggest

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product in the company's entire history

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I think it's kind of the opposite I mean

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Apple are masters of marketing you know

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how they carefully curate the sprinkle

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of new features that each and every new

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iPhone comes with to make sure that

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you're always wanting to keep moving up

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that ladder if this company wanted to

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they could absolutely sell you on this

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product but I don't think they're trying

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to The Vision Pro released in the US

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only with a

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$35,000 price tag it has no real killer

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app it has no Blockbuster augmented

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reality game and instead of those one or

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two key headline features it actually

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focuses instead on doing all those

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little things really well the things

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that far fewer people are going to

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notice and far fewer people are going to

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buy it for why well I think the only

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reason Apple has made this product is

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for developers that they're placing a

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bet that the future of consumer Tech is

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veering towards headsets and so by

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making one absolutely banging piece of

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Hardware that sells devs on this vision

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of the future and by banking on the high

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confidence that people already have an

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Apple product succeeding it's going to

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make those devs start scurrying to build

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apps for this platform potentially even

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making it the default VR platform before

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most of its competitors have even

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properly taken a stab it that said we're

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now a month into launch I've been using

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this for work for play for travel and

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this product scares me both in terms of

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its monstrous and I mean monstrous

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potential but also with its

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consequences so let's start with the

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good like I know that a lot of people

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are saying the FaceTime is weird the way

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this headset scans your face and creates

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this avatar for you feels creepy and

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uncanny valley and I don't completely

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disagree with that but in my mind it's

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not a bad thing see if you plotted a

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graph of the realism of a character

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against how acceptable they look you'll

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get this people are completely okay with

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something that's distinctly unrealistic

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it actually becomes even better when

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that character gets more detailed and

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the animations improve but then as soon

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as you hit a certain point of being

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close to real but not quite we hate it

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it's creepy it feels possessed and if I

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had to pinpoint where the Apple Vision

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Pro avatars currently sit it is around

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here so as far as actually using this to

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join a business meeting or FaceTime your

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mom I don't think she'll be best pleased

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I think she'll tell you to take that

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bluming helmet off or once but as a

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Showcase of progress I think this is a

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big deal that on this graph we've pretty

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much Leap Frog all away from here to

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here this is so far ahead of even last

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year's metaverse avatars that it

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genuinely makes them look like a prank

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and yes we are at an uncomfortable stage

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right now but we had to get here at some

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point on the way to True realism so why

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not get it over with with a us only gen

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one product and also it is really

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freeing now that you can actually video

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call someone without needing to get

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dressed up without needing to hold

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anything or find a surface to prop your

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phone up with and knowing that they can

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hear you with genuinely studio quality

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audio it sounds better than this mic

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here and see you front and center at all

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times it's meant that I've been able to

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talk to people while cooking while

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packing bags while walking on the street

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and I feel the same way about this whole

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eyesight feature you know the way that

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other people can see your eyes through

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the headset right now it does not

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achieve its objective of making it less

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socially awkward to film in front of

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people I'm wearing one of these around

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London on planes in Ubers coffee shops I

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have never had as much side eye in my

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entire life you can tell that every

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single person you walk past is trying

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their absolute hardest to not turn and

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stare at you but also that that's

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exactly what they want to do I've had

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people call me all sorts of things like

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take off that headset you I'll let you

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fill in the blanks but the point is

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right now you look like a donut wearing

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this in public and that's probably

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partly because the eyes need to be

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brighter and the outer plastic area gets

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lots of Reflections but I do think that

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the main thing is just the fact that

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it's new the idea of this is not

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currently considered acceptable but as

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an actual concept I do think that

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eyesight is a super intelligent solution

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to the problem of others being

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completely unaware of what you're

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looking at like yeah it's kind of a

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waste of battery and yeah you could just

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stick some LEDs on the outside a green

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one to let people know that you can see

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them and a red one to let them know

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you're recording but this does at least

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make those interactions feel a little

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bit more humanlike at least you know as

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much as they can when you've got a 200

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in screen between

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you now at its core the Apple Vision Pro

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is a virtual reality headset it's not

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dissimilar to products like The Meta

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Quest but for me at least it does do

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more of the fundamentals right than

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anyone else it's it's cushioned but Airy

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it doesn't get clammmy or sweaty yes the

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headset is heavy and I do think Apple

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should have added in the option for some

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sort of rigid strap like basically every

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VR headset comes with just to take off

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some of the clamping force from the

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front of your face and yes if you pay

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attention to it you of course can tell

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that this whole pass through thing is a

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video feed that you're watching as

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opposed to your real eyes seeing the

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real world with the motion blur and the

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Grain and the occasional sign flickering

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and the dynamic range and of course the

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headset's camera stabilization not being

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as good as the stabilization of your own

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eyes but no one has done it better than

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this the resolution the latency the

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color signs so much workers have to go

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into this and it's a lot harder than it

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seems It's like shooting a video all the

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time but with higher Stakes because all

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of a sudden you can't have sudden

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changes in exposure the perspective has

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to match that of your eyes there needs

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to be none of the Distortion that you

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would normally get with wide camera

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lenses like this and also there can't be

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a delay between when things happen and

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when you see them and Apple has done all

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of those things in a proficient enough

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way that in most lighting conditions

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your brain can just tune it out and

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genuinely convince yourself of the

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illusion that you are placing digital

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objects into your real world and that is

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a massive achievement and that is

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complimented by the fact that the user

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interface is beautiful icons for example

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are completely flat until you look at

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them and then the various different

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layers separate and you get depth

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there's no dark or light mode it is all

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about glass here which makes it even

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more immersive because you're seeing

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bits of your room or your sky or your

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scene behind your apps oh and the

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Shadows I love the Shadows how the

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windows cast a little bit of Darkness on

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the floor how letters cast Darkness on

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your walls and the Hand occlusion is

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absolutely phenomenal most headsets like

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this they can place objects within the

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room that you're sitting in but that

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illusion breaks the second you lift your

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hands up cuz your hands will appear

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behind the window that the headset is

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trying to make you think is sitting 3 m

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from your face but this scans your hand

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hands in real time at all times such

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that anytime you Eclipse a window it

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cuts out a little bit of that window

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around your hands so that your hands

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still appear like they're in front it

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isn't perfect but it's good enough so

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that as long as you're not staring at

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your hands the illusion is maintained

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using the Apple Vision Pro is kind of

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like that pipe dream we've always had of

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using transparent phones all the perks

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of that how unbelievably cool it feels

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but none of the cons like the fact that

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you can't see your apps properly or

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Reflections interfering with everything

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oh and the interaction model the way

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that your eyes are used to highlight

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things in your hands to select them I

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think this is going to get copied a lot

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I think it's going to become the

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industry standard so quickly that in a

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few years time it will just be well of

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course this is how headsets work and

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while of course the idea of big tech

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companies monitoring your eye movements

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is particularly scary it feels like

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apple has well addressed this issue

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essentially the ey tracking happens on

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one layer of software that exists

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completely on device so let's say you're

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on Tik Tok and you're looking around Tik

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Tok does not see these hover effects

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they do not see the room you're sitting

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in and there's no way for them to access

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your persona all that stuff runs offline

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and your Vision Pro only tells the app

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the minimum amount it needs to know how

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to function and I got to say darting

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around your headset with your eyes like

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this and manipulating a room with a

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pinch of your fingers when it works it's

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pure Wizardry yes there's work to be

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done on it and I still do personally

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find it a bit less satisfying than a

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phone screen partly because your phone's

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inputs are detected more accurately and

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partly because just hitting something

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physical it gives you something back as

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opposed to tapping and prodding and

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poking stuff in midair but the skeleton

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is in place in one go I think app has

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already set the precedent for the future

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now I've had some pretty major issues

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trying to use the Vision Pro for work

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I'm getting to that but one thing is

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undeniable the media experience you can

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get from this is oh my goodness part of

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it is the screens on the inside they're

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crisp the blacks are really black the

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colors are vivid and the brightness is

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super high all of that matters but it's

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much more than that for those of you who

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haven't managed to put one of these on

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yet let me describe it to you imagine

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you're in your living room you're

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sipping a cup of tea and you're reading

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a book and you decide you know I fancy

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watching something right now so you put

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your Vision Pro on you drag in a

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high-end OLED TV screen to whichever

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angle you find the most comfortable yes

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even lying down looking directly up you

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make that screen as big as you want like

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literally 200 in if you're into that and

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you hit play you want to darken your

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surroundings you don't need to go find a

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light switch your headset can do it you

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want to change of scenery you turn this

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dial and you phase in the surface of the

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Moon or literally any seat of you're

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choosing within a cinema and maybe the

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most underrated aspect of the whole

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thing is the 3D because each of your

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eyes here has its own screen any 3D

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movie this can create that effect and

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the way this thing represents that 3D

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content is it hands down the best

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experience I've ever had if I could pick

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between watching movies on this or going

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to the cinema on my own and wearing

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those cheap glasses that darken and

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already not that bright projector even

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if I was getting paid to go to the

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cinema I would pick the Vision Pro if

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you're on a flight in a cramped economy

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cabin put some good earphones in your

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ears put this on your face and you can

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genuinely Escape it's probably actually

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only a matter of time before someone

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makes an app that allows you to

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literally escape to a first class cabin

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but whatever digital location you choose

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whether it's a desert or a United States

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national park you genuinely feel like

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you are in your own world your own world

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where there isn't a chance that anyone

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around you can see anything you're

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watching which is kind of weird at first

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when you're typing in passwords and you

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see that it's not censoring anything but

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the power of this product is it's as if

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you could pick up your high-end 80-in TV

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your Apple TV box your surround sound

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system and you could pack them into your

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ruck sack and be able to take them out

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at any time you want without worrying

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about plugging them in or positioning

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them that's how powerful and unique a

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proposition this is I also thought the

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cameras are pretty interesting like how

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good is this versus an iPhone well not

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quite as good which is a little sad

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since the Vision Pro has both more space

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and a higher price bracket but I guess

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it just wasn't Apple's priority here

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it's different its photos are

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significantly worse than iPhone photos

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and its videos are slightly worse but

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there is something very easy about

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taking a vision pro video the fact that

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it's always ready to record the fact

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that it's carried by your face so both

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your hands are free and the spatial

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aspect every photo and video you take on

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this has automatic depth it's kind of

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like portrait mode but instead of being

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compressed into a flat 2D image you can

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actually experience that depth not a

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mind-blowing camera but a cool one and

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finally the apps consider in how new of

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a platform this is I've actually been

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quite surprised by both how many apps

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there are that are well optimized for it

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and also how quickly they get added it

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feels like every time I boot the thing

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up there is something new to explore you

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can DJ and mash up songs you can look at

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and take apart fully to scale 3D models

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you can play augmented reality games

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there's no one killer Apple feature and

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there are some very notable gaps too

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like an augmented reality Maps app or

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some kind of Blockbuster immersive game

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but this is such a strong base to build

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on that my mind is already spinning at

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what something like this could be

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capable of in just a few years it very

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much reminds me of you know in the first

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iPhone launched how Steve Jobs got on

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stage and he talked about how they were

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launching three groundbreaking things

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and then that all of those three things

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were actually just one thing this is

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that all over again it's like a dozen

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incredible new technologies all

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happening in one product the key

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difference being that now instead of

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apps running in two Dimensions they're

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running in three dimensions fully taking

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into account the space that you're

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operating them in like you know that

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phone app that plants a tree every time

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you stick to your work goals well what

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if that tree gets planted and grows in

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real time on your actual desk or like

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Pokémon go all of a sudden that original

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trailer for it you know the one that

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looked like pure science fiction that is

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actually possible now I don't know about

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you but that well that would get me off

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the sofa and if you're enjoying this

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video then a sub to the channel would be

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the

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awesome but it's not without issue

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issues so let's go from the smallest to

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the biggest one of the first things

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you'll notice is the app situation while

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like I just said there are lots of great

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ones there's no Netflix there's no

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Spotify there's no YouTube we're talking

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apps so ubiquitous that they're like the

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first things you would think to install

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on any new machine if they're not

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already pre-installed but here it's not

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just that you're not getting customade

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Vision Pro apps these companies seem to

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have specifically decided to not even

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allow you to use the iPad versions of

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their apps which is the default for

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Vision Pro and yeah you can use the

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websites but then you can't download

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your movies or songs like you can on the

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apps which pretty much renders Your

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Vision Pro useless while traveling

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unless you primarily use Apple TV that

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is and that actually leads me on to my

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second concern it's not a secret that

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Apple are the masters of lockin they

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don't just want you to use their phone

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they want you to have their watch their

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home speaker their Mac Pro wheels and

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they are the best company in the world

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at achieving that Apple ties each one of

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their products together so seamlessly

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and at the same time basically ignores

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the ex existence of competing products

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which when you combine those two things

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together creates the Apple Universe a

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universe in which you use your Apple

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airdrop to send files and you watch your

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Apple TV shows and you use apple

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shareplay and FaceTime to connect with

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your friends everything just works and

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you feel like you're living in an apple

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commercial until either you or someone

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Close to You tries to use something

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that's not apple and then it all breaks

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down and there's been a couple of times

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while using this Vision Pro where I have

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felt like I'm not sure I want that on my

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face because when you put this thing on

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it's a lot more than just using another

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Apple product your vision in the most

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literal sense possible becomes Apple's

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Vision you see what Apple has decided

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you see I noticed this for the first

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time when I was watching something on

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Disney plus and I wanted to send what I

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was looking at to drisha the Apple

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Vision Pro blocked me from doing that

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you try and record a quick clip of your

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scene and it blacks out the show and I

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understand why like the same reason you

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can't screen record a TV show on your

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phone for piracy reasons but this is my

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vision there's something that feels

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incredibly intrusive about companies

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deciding what you can and can't do with

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your eyes like if I was watching a movie

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in my living room on my own TV and I

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want to pull out my phone to record a

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quick clip of that scene it might be

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frowned upon by Netflix but I can still

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do that but all of a sudden on this

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being told that I can't that I have no

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choice I just felt my first twinge of

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that dystopian future that a lot of

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people fear one where companies are the

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ones in charge of your free will and you

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notice this apple level of control in

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lots of other areas too like this thing

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refuses to let you both screen record or

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take video when you're in low light why

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not just try like I can see the view

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from my headset and I think it looks

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fine but Apple doesn't want you to and

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the only reason I can think of is that

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they don't think it would be a good

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enough looking video and it may poorly

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represent the Apple Vision Pro online

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but that's on me if it's a poor looking

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video I should be able to make that

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decision the fact that the thing is

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portless apart from the power connector

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so if you want to send files to anything

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Wireless oh and what's the easiest and

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best way to wirelessly send those files

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to anything Apple airdrop got it you

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want to video call your Android buddies

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there's no WhatsApp app I mean yeah you

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could set up a zoom meeting but really

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this is designed for FaceTime and you

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know that absolutely awesome ability to

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sit yourself in an actual Cinema and

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pick your seat from everything I can see

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that's for Apple TV content only and

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there's absolutely no reason why that

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needed to be the case why not enable

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this feature for all content I'd love to

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watch my YouTube videos that way too

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instead of in Safari what I'm saying is

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that there's no one thing that's

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outwardly wrong here it's just there are

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definitely the classic undertones of

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things being built for the Apple users

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as opposed to things being built to be

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the best no matter what app you're using

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and as someone who has just recently

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switched over to a Samsung phone I

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definitely feel like I am at the butt of

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that joke but even more bothersome than

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that is that the Vision Pro Pro is not

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particularly great for work at least not

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my work while it is very cool that you

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can mirror your laptop's display and

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make it bigger and place it anywhere and

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it's extremely thoughtless in how you

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start the feature you just stare at your

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laptop screen and hit connect it doesn't

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really add anything it's not like my Mac

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suddenly enters the virtual realm and I

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can start interacting with Final Cut Pro

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through my headset it's just a screen

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within a screen you can't suddenly add

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in multiple monitors or turn your

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existing monitor into an ultrawide so I

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can't have my video editor open on one

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screen here and then the preview window

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over here which would be a value ad and

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working in this is not higher resolution

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either you still get a better resolution

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out of a good quality Monitor and yeah

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you could say good quality monitors are

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expensive but if you can afford one of

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these you can definitely afford one of

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those when I'm scripting while your

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MacBook screen does reappear within the

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headset your keyboard does not so it's

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very hard to read meaning that unless

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you're an aade touch typer writing is

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about to get significantly slower and

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that's not even factoring in the

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slightly more fundamental issue that in

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most computers your input device is

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independent of where you're looking like

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most people don't look at the mouse for

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example your hands just do it whereas

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here because the entire system

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navigation is your eyes while sometimes

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it can be way less effort sometimes it

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can be a lot more there are times where

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it feels like your mind is being read

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where like you're typing something and

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you think of the letters you're trying

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to type and as you do that your eyes

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naturally move to those letters and the

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vision just knows and it feels like

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magic but at the same time I think we

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naturally as humans we're always

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thinking of the next thing so you will

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notice that by default your eyes will

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want to move on to something else as

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you're entering the last digit of your

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PIN for example that is not really going

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to fly here because the Vision Pro

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requires you to be looking exactly at

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that input which leads to all sorts of

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weird situations where let's say you're

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deleting a bunch of text or trying to

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click the undo button many times if you

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try and look up at the text that's being

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selected Your Vision Pro is no longer

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selecting the delete key and so often

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times you will just stop deleting

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there's actually a whole load of small

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Kinks like this that clearly do need to

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be figured out in the second gen like

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trying to drink The Vision Pro camera's

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point of view is not quite the same as

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that of your eyes so sometimes you miss

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your mouth you get a notification on

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your phone and you want to check it well

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tough cameras don't Focus nearly as

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close as your eyes can so I guarantee it

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will be a strain the field of view is a

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little smaller than you'd expect so you

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don't get the full peripheral vision

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that you're used to there's a fair bit

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of sound leakage so while you do have

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complete privacy with what you're seeing

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everyone in the room will hear it which

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is especially amusing for a headset like

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this since it's the only thing they can

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experience don't get me wrong the

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hardware is incredible it's better than

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anything I've used before but it's just

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when you try and put something on your

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face like this naturally it's competing

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with your eyes and that it still isn't

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quite up to scratch with and that leads

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me onto I would say the biggest barrier

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towards this hitting

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mainstream it's kind of lonely in here

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and that's not to say that shared

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experiences don't exist like if I'm

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FaceTiming a friend and I have them on

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one side and then a movie that we're

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both watching at the same time using

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share play over here it is actually the

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best experience I've ever had catching

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up with people long distance but it's

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the people who are right in front of you

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who feel it every time I hand The Vision

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Pro to someone to test it genuinely

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feels like they've disappeared into

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their own world they'll be standing and

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prodding the air not really paying

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attention to you or even able to hear

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you properly and yeah the whole pass

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through thing exists the person is

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somewhat aware of the room and who's in

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it but you know they may well have

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literally planted a screen in front of

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your face talking to someone wearing one

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of these feels a lot like talking to

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someone who's doing this and that's if

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you can actually get it to work with

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other people when you order a Vision Pro

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there's a very Advanced fitting process

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that makes it essentially custom made

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for you this is why you almost

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definitely should not try and import one

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if you live outside the US because you

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likely won't get it fitted properly but

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anyway for me the one I have it fits

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great and the light seal and the eye

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tracking Works incredibly but I haven't

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had a single smooth handoff every single

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time I take this thing off to hand to

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someone else to try there's always some

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sort of issue that crops up whether it's

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because their eyes are further apart on

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their head or they normally wear glasses

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or the strap won't tighten enough for

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the size of their head it's so

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cumbersome to actually show people

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things that after a while you just don't

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bother and that's a little sad now that

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isn't specific to the Apple Vision Pro

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it's the same with all headsets but I

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would say that that is why even though

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we've already had multiple VR

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revolutions over the last few decades

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none of them have stuck so far it's

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always been an incredible party trick

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it's always blown everyone away when

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they first try it but then it gets

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forgotten again when people realize that

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they can't use it to connect with the

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people who are close to them so if Apple

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really does want it to stick this time

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around that is the key problem they're

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going to need to solve solve and you can

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tell they're trying okay I do also worry

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about what Apple Vision Pro and products

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like it are going to do to our attention

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bans I don't think it's really an issue

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in the state that the thing is in now

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since it's going to be a few people

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using it for a few hours a day mostly

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for quite specific specialized tasks but

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bigger picture it could well be I mean I

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see it in myself when I have periods of

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spending lots of time with my tech like

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all day scripting on the laptop or

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gaming on the couch music while in the

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gym filling every little Gap of time

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with a quick video to watch I feel

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incredibly on edge I feel antsy and I

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think it's because my body is used to

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persistent dopamine hits and it just

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wants them to keep coming and that is

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not good for you it's counterintuitive

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but too much stimulation can quite

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easily lead to a persistent feeling of

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stress and I've actually a couple of

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times started to get physical symptoms

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from that and the only thing that has

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ever helped me is to lock my phone away

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in a box for a few days and completely

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forget it exists I always think back to

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a quote I read over 10 years a ago that

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boredom is the precursor to creativity I

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think it's actually really healthy to be

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bored once in a while because it's what

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grounds you but this I think this is the

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opposite of that this is anything you

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want in the entire world brought to you

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and being able to experience that in the

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biggest way possible this is effectively

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an anti-boredom device so what's my

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overall Take On The Vision Pro well I

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think it's very exciting it's slightly

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scary and no one really needs one I've

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also seen a lot of comparison being

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drawn to this meta Quest 3 which people

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are rightfully saying does a lot of what

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this does in fact honestly features wise

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this is more and the price difference is

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wild

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3,499

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499 but they are two very different

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propositions like The Meta is great for

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gaming it's got a more mature ecosystem

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the hardware is basically subsidized

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because meta wants it to be a mass

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Market product apple does not I think

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the Vision Pro is one day aiming to

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directly replace your computer it's more

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powerful than the meta the screens are

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sharper and more contrasty this whole

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Outer display thing it's trying to make

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it a more socially acceptable lifestyle

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product but it's also pretty clear that

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Apple knows that that time isn't now and

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they know that the best thing this can

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possibly be in its current form is just

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a high-end Tech demo that excites the

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people that they need to excite but it

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does that pretty well one more thing

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about the Vision Pro is that it has made

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me more so than ever glad that I have a

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surf shark VPN subscription I've been

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using this in all sorts of places around

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the world connected to varying degrees

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of Wi-Fi trustworthiness and so knowing

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that I can have a consistent internet

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experience that I can watch the TV shows

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that I want to watch that I can browse

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not just privately in this but also

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securely anywhere is a big deal and surf

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shark in particular is much more than

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just a VPN it can mock your GPS location

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as well as your internet traffic so

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let's say you're playing Pokémon go and

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you want to catch a Pokémon in Japan you

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can now do that from your bedroom and

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save yourself about $11,000 in flights

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it has a kill switch which means if you

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want to make sure that you're secure at

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all times you can set it up so that

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anytime your VPN connection drops it

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automatically Cuts your internet

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connection and honestly like a thousand

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more features finished off by the fact

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that with the code boss it's less than

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$3 a month for an unlimited number of

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accounts with three extra months for

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free and a 30-day money back guarantee

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