The Apple Vision Pro has been out for 6 months, but why did people buy it and how are they using the company’s flagship spatial computer? Five folks from across the US share what their experiences with the device have been like so far.
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0:00 6 Months Using the Apple Vision Pro
1:15 Thoughts on FaceTime and Personas
2:04 Life With The Vision Pro
3:12 Improving the Vision Pro Experience
4:30 Favorite Part of Owning a Vision Pro
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@pigeon-fd5zq
August 3, 2024 at 10:43 am
Fake review not telling dark side of this device this causes fast eyesight loss and severe brain headache that’s why Elon musk reject idea making of this device
@philipsigglekow7828
August 3, 2024 at 11:06 am
An amazing product ahead of its time this is Meta x 50
@zero11010
August 3, 2024 at 11:38 am
Dude uses this to edit content?! Of all the YouTubers who got this that’s the absolutely only person I’ve heard say they would use it for editing. That feels … less than believable.
It’s basically an iPad on your face. No one I’ve heard of is intentionally using an iPad to edit (when they have other options).
@zero11010
August 3, 2024 at 11:41 am
Still never heard anyone talk about using it for productivity because no one wants to wear it for more than an hour or two because it’s uncomfortable. Using it to write an email is fine. Using it to work for an 8 hour day? No one does that.
@user-sz8ce8lg4f
August 3, 2024 at 1:18 pm
I do. Sounds like one or two people do in the video
@zero11010
August 3, 2024 at 1:29 pm
@@user-sz8ce8lg4f You’re saying you wear your vision pro for 8 hours a day? One person mentioned the generic word productivity with no other details. Another person said they would edit video on theirs (I’ve not heard of ANYONE intentionally doing this).
What kinds of software are even available on this to assist with your work? There’s no real computing power. So, you’re … what … using it for web browser interfaces for the software setups you use? I don’t want to pry, but I’m trying to get an idea for the kind of work you do and what kind of impact the hardware would have on you.
I’m a software engineer. The fundamental IDE I would need to write code doesn’t exist for them. I could … do web interface stuff for some of my work. Certainly email and slack. But, for real work this would just function as a $4,000 monitor set up for my macbook pro.
@zero11010
August 3, 2024 at 3:18 pm
@@user-sz8ce8lg4f What do you do for work? One person vaguely said they “use it for productivity” but didn’t specify.
How many hours do you spend using this for work when you’re using it for work?
Literally every single video I’ve seen about it specifically says it’s uncomfortable to wear for more than an hour or two.
There also are minimal apps on it to actually get work done. So, the best use case for productivity is to use it as a $4,000 monitor for a separate macbook pro or whatever (which costs another 3k+).
The channel 6 Months Later just released a video on it today. They also said it’s not useful for productivity.
@zero11010
August 3, 2024 at 3:27 pm
@@user-sz8ce8lg4f What kind of work do you do with it? And, for how many hours a day? What are the primary apps you use to accomplish your work?
@smittyvanjagermanjenson182
August 3, 2024 at 6:31 pm
Not everyone is the same. Comfort levels are case by case and I’ve met people in VRchat who practically live there. The Vision Pro has its audience of power users I’m sure.
Me being a Quest 3 owner I can go without using it, or maybe a few hours at a time. Sometimes it’s nice to spend stormy/blizzard day with VR.
@jaketyler2041
August 3, 2024 at 11:49 am
This is super cringe seems fake people just reading from a script
@HAWAI_MAKHLOOQ
August 3, 2024 at 11:53 am
Love this channel ❤
@jackwt7340
August 3, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Naked people have half of the gender characteristics, the other half of the gender characteristics need to be expressed in clothes, shoes and hair, beard.
This is the Jehovah’s design to prevent humans from wearing no clothes, especially to prevent man from wearing no pants.
@FSK1138
August 3, 2024 at 12:14 pm
6 months later no one cares and you realize you should have got a quest 3
@TheBachuki07
August 3, 2024 at 12:53 pm
Sure. And stream Netflix at 1080p in a web browser.
@smittyvanjagermanjenson182
August 3, 2024 at 6:24 pm
@@TheBachuki07the difference in AVP and Quest 3 are: there’s more Owners watching 1080p Netflix and playing VR games than there are AVP owners watching 4k content. Millions more.
@Phoun
August 3, 2024 at 12:37 pm
Mostly hype and would be a waste of money for most people. Apple has a huge base that just wants something that is easy to use and simple, this is not that and probably will never be.
@Lruiz3865
August 3, 2024 at 1:43 pm
4:35
We have another victim of Apple’s capitalism
You really think have something that no every ppl has makes you “exclusive”? What a fool
@profX-27
August 3, 2024 at 1:48 pm
not the guy in the top hat saying that facetime in a vision pro is “too weird.”
@kjw-vw6xr
August 3, 2024 at 1:53 pm
Just a fancy, expensive, and experimental accessory for Apple Echo system users…😮
@Thrivetribe47
August 3, 2024 at 2:13 pm
This new crew is weird for the lack of better words
@Nalot56
August 3, 2024 at 3:03 pm
This panel sucks. DEI AF.
@RudieObias
August 3, 2024 at 4:55 pm
You needed to edit this comment? Too many big words? 😂
@Nalot56
August 3, 2024 at 4:59 pm
@@RudieObias meh. You’re not very interesting. Go back under your rock.
@MrGelowe
August 3, 2024 at 3:39 pm
Thought it was dumb prior to release, in the early days, and still do. If you need a tethered battery pack at all times, why not offset some of the computing to the thing in your pocket rather than the thing you need to wear on your face? I really wish Apple went with like Xreal type glasses and computing being done elsewhere rather than going with putting everything on your face.
@smittyvanjagermanjenson182
August 3, 2024 at 6:21 pm
Apples design philosophy dictates that all components are built as close together as possible, to mitigate latency. Off loading the processing into the battery pack would be the opposite.
@MrGelowe
August 3, 2024 at 7:32 pm
@@smittyvanjagermanjenson182 Unless it is adding latency and lowering audio quality to audio by removing moving a wire. Maybe Apple should try something new in VR segment, like not strapping a computer to the face. Might be too much to ask of Apple to fix the existing problem in VR space… you know create powerful hardware that actually can be used for long periods of time.
@dmtsza
August 3, 2024 at 4:06 pm
Yeah, this thing must be good to replace your 3D TV to watch a 3D HD-DVD. Wait, VR is better than 3D glasses, right? No? Bummer…
@frankmaclow2709
August 3, 2024 at 4:18 pm
I will buy one when it will be smaller, lighter and less expensive
@kartikyadav7421
August 3, 2024 at 7:33 pm
By the time we might not survive. Maybe!
@felix_five
August 3, 2024 at 5:39 pm
I’m an Apple fan but this is next level weirdness of Apple fanboism. I think each and everyone in this video convinced themselves to buy a Vision Pro and are still trying to find a use for it.
@smittyvanjagermanjenson182
August 3, 2024 at 6:18 pm
Have you tried one of these systems, AVP or A Meta Quest 3? They have multiple uses cases when it comes to entertainment value. The only off putting thing about them are the fact that both are quite large at this stage. Smart raybans with displays and interaction will be wildly popular wearables.
@eyeDavid
August 3, 2024 at 5:41 pm
I’ve had it since launch and still every time impressed. Entertainment is a most case but mac pairing has been game changing and looking at your photos and videos is pretty next level. I just feel sooo dumb wearing it by people. Doing the dishes has never been the same though lol
@smittyvanjagermanjenson182
August 3, 2024 at 6:13 pm
The best part of this video is that guy who was wearing Meta Ray bans and saying he’d prefer something more like them. Thats Apples competition 100%. Thats actually the product that gets produced because of these Quest and Vision VR systems: AR smart glasses.
@EnronnSierra
August 3, 2024 at 6:14 pm
Who says we are in a recession?
@AndreiBelski-fs6ot
August 3, 2024 at 6:53 pm
Pricy gimmick, that’s it. Thanks god the hype already is gone 😅
@TimCooksEar
August 4, 2024 at 1:56 pm
It really isn’t a gimmick… It can do myriad of things both for work and play and is an incredible experience. If you live near an Apple store, I would definitely recommend doing a demo of it.
@MVIVN
August 3, 2024 at 7:30 pm
For me, as someone who’s been using VR headsets for years, I liked the hype around it because I thought it would result in an explosion of new VR apps and experiences for ALL vr headsets, but it hasn’t had any noticeable impact at all. Meta and the Quest 3 still seems to be the epicentre of all things VR at the moment, no one even talks about the Vision Pro at all anymore. Plus, they’ve taken way too long to launch it in other countries so people around the world who were eagerly anticipating it have lost interest.
@MobileDecay
August 3, 2024 at 8:14 pm
Who wears a top hat seriously? 🤔
@scottlawton4819
August 3, 2024 at 8:35 pm
I didn’t hear any productive uses for it. Maybe expand on that??
@TimCooksEar
August 4, 2024 at 1:47 pm
Since they didn’t, I will. There are plenty of enterprise apps on the visionOS App Store, including the Microsoft Office Suite, Box, and Apple’s iWork programs. There are also a ton of compatible apps which are ported over from iPad. And of course you have Mac Virtual Display, so you can use any Mac app in the AVP
@Andru
August 5, 2024 at 12:56 pm
I mentioned several during the interview, but they didn’t end up including them here in the final cut of the video!
@jasonswitzer1748
August 3, 2024 at 9:47 pm
If it doesn’t come with that dude’a top hat as an accessory, I’m not interested.
@CaptainBearPants
August 3, 2024 at 9:48 pm
He looks like that dude from modern family
@jjbonta
August 3, 2024 at 11:06 pm
I’m all for the future of XR and I love that Apple joined the space even though this headset is questionable at best for the average consumer. I just don’t understand why technological improvements get so much hate, even with a company like Apple.
@sashogs
August 3, 2024 at 11:19 pm
Got one, love the vision os but I’m going to return the face brick!
It’s like a fancy looking brick on my face, vision os (Vision OS 2 even better) is great which is what these people are really talking about but I can’t get immersed or remain immersed because of the weight of a brick on my face unless I get a nerdier headstrap like a halo. So going to return it until we get a vision air or vision pro 2 without some of the gimmicky tech like the front lcd display and hopefully using lighter materials. The battery brick and it’s cable is annoying but I rather have an annoying brick in my pocket then on my head! So I’m ok with that surprisingly.
@joelface
August 4, 2024 at 12:31 pm
I also like that you’ll be able to easily replace the battery several years down the line without having to do surgery on the headset as well. And they could easily release a high capacity battery at some point as well, etc. I get your complaint about the weight, but you should definitely consider a better headstrap first.
@TimCooksEar
August 4, 2024 at 1:50 pm
There’s a bunch of 3rd party headbands which can help minimize the discomfort, check out the Open Face System, or the Anna Pro
@Sciesdraspsp
August 3, 2024 at 11:22 pm
all these people sound like they have never experienced VR at all to begin with …
@djh-816
August 3, 2024 at 11:50 pm
Yikes..
@rosariodagosto6484
August 4, 2024 at 12:33 am
A Complete garbage vision pro nothing great waste money apple just advertised it so much for their pockets true……….
@FFCVenom
August 4, 2024 at 2:31 am
All the hate comments haven’t even seen the video. They’re mostly positive about the device. Only price and certain features need to get better. Wait till this thing is in the third version. You don’t wanna know how good it’ll be.
@mike3.0tt18
August 4, 2024 at 4:41 am
G4YS
@aieousavren
August 4, 2024 at 7:29 am
Love love LOVE Mr. Steampunk Top Hat over here. Amazing.
@gao1812
August 4, 2024 at 8:34 am
Their faces wearing AVP:
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@AmazingVibes1000
August 4, 2024 at 11:06 am
That’s good only to watch P movies and cm.. 😅
@user-kx6rp4nm2n
August 4, 2024 at 2:20 pm
It’s such a shame you can’t choose and customize your persona to look exactly how you want it😡. Instead, it’s just based on your real face. HUGE dealbreaker for people who are ugly like me and want to use VR as a way too escape that. The Meta Quest 3 on the other hand, allows you to choose everything about your appearance. You can be as hot and pretty of a girl as you want, which is pretty much the main reason I even use the Quest in the first place, ngl. While the Meta avatars do look a bit too cartoonist in my opinion, I still MUCH prefer them over the restrictive personas on the AVP
@Ray__E
August 4, 2024 at 2:25 pm
The Meta Quest 3 is leaps and bounds better than the Vision Pro for much cheaper in my opinion.
@domlarry
August 4, 2024 at 2:52 pm
What a rubbish product 🗑
@xmatharux
August 4, 2024 at 3:45 pm
‘Real owners try to justify how they spunked 3.5k on overpriced gadget and show off to friends’
@X139T
August 4, 2024 at 7:07 pm
I’ll be buying one when they make the broke people one
@raemill4089
August 5, 2024 at 12:21 pm
If this thing isnt for you, that’s cool, but hating on people that do like or have it is just so lame. I’m too grown and comfortable to worry about what it looks like in public. I’ve had it on a plane and it was fantastic. Also took it on vacation on a cruise ship and it was fantastic there too. I’m also grown (cough…old…cough) enough to remember how people thought the early adopters of cell phones looked like morons from a dystopian future. Same went for the AirPods. This too shall pass.
@sasstewart1222
August 5, 2024 at 4:08 pm
I have one, i do a podcast and write about it. But right now, for about 95% of non-tech enthusiasts, they are better off waiting until it matures more and gets to a sub $1500 price.While the tech is impressive, its more a novelty than productive tool (at this point in time). Give 2-3 years.
@jacobterry4191
August 5, 2024 at 4:48 pm
I stopped watching at 0:21