It's not just Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube that don't have apps for Apple's Vision Pro at launch. New App Store data indicates the new mixed reality

I left the headline like the original, but I see this as a massive win for Apple. The device is ridiculously expensive, isn’t even on sale yet and already has 150 apps specifically designed for that.

If Google did this, it wouldn’t even get 150 dedicated apps even years after launch (and the guaranteed demise of it) and even if it was something super cheap like being made of fucking cardboard.

This is something that as an Android user I envy a lot from the Apple ecosystem.

Apple: this is a new feature => devs implement them in their apps the very next day even if it launches officially in 6 months.

Google: this is a new feature => devs ignore it, apps start to support it after 5-6 Android versions

    • jarfil@beehaw.org
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      10 months ago

      I don’t think I’m mixing anything, buy just in case:

      • VR: shows only virtual stuff, totally isolated from IRL
      • AR: IRL seen as usual, with some virtual stuff rendered onto it
      • PVR (Passthrough VR): cameras record IRL, then show it inside a VR environment

      Oculus is VR, Magic Leap is AR, Vision Pro is PVR.

      Regardless of mode, any head mounted display has to overcome user sensory input capabilities to fool them properly and not induce explosive vomiting.

      Vision Pro is less likely to be used on the exterior, because unlike Magic Leap or HoloLens which let you see everything outside of the rendered area, the Vision Pro may record more, but will only show the rendered display area.

      Yet going back to the “walking with headphones” example, some people seem pretty happy to put 400g on their heads just to not hear oncoming traffic, so I wouldn’t be surprised if someone put 600g on their head just to see all people rendered as sheep (just an idea).