The Apple Vision Pro & Our Dystopian Nightmare

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[@DerAnanasKing]

"the new reality filter removes all Homeless people from your vision"

[@Powersd451]

"We solved homelessness!"

[@JARV9701]

I think that would be good, we put one on every conservative and like a horse with blinders, they will stop complaining, then we can actually help those people without conservatives screeching at our ears.

[@DerAnanasKing]

@@JARV9701 so... what was it you said about horses?

[@kevinjohnanand]

Literally making up things to get mad at

[@slik_]

​@@DerAnanasKing this is the most meta comment I've seen in a voosh comment section this far

[@Lotofrageking]

If it costs 3’500$ I better be able to get isekai’d to a non dystopian society.

[@Mae_Dastardly]

An oncoming truck's much cheaper

[@Feefa99]

I remember 6 years ago that cost of iPhone X was 999 USD and that price is pretty much normalized today and depending on current models it's even costly. Tomorrow can be much more dystopian.

[@BleedForTheWorld]

My Pony Can't Possibly Be This Cute: Adventures In Another Land

[@hinasakukimi]

unironically the blue pill

[@TouringWolf42]

​@@BleedForTheWorld Wait, VR with my little pony? COUNT ME IN, HAHAHA

[@LeggendaryHobbyist]

"Technology makes life easier, art makes life worth living" damn that really resonances with me.

[@Goatchild90]

Me too

[@Creslin321]

Nearly all art you see today was enabled by technology. I don’t think technology and art need to be viewed as oppositional or even separate forces. Technology and art have always had a deeply symbiotic relationship.

[@bonthebunnycat667]

​@@Creslin321 Romantics disagree

[@isabelmcgaugh711]

@@Creslin321 Sure, I think the issue is when people see technology as a replacement for art, instead of a tool to enable it.

[@digaddog6099]

​@@bonthebunnycat667 how so

[@theresahe4181]

the dystopian future that vaush is describing totally reminds me of the future that's in the book ready player one where climate change, poverty, and war has left the earth and anyone not rich in depressing conditions. everything from school to jobs is done in the VR world allowing everyone to just escape the horrible conditions of their depressing reality.

[@BlueBlur24]

To me, Ready Player One is the new take on Brave New World because the big issues that have been laced around the world will be ignored because of things that keep us distracted and happy such as video games because our reality has gone to shit so we find a way to cope with it and stuff like VR minimizes the pain.

[@gabrielsatter]

The meta idea where you think there's anything original in that book and it in itself was designed by a tech geek to appeal broadly to out of touch nerds fascinates me.

[@renlevy411]

​@@BlueBlur24 Nah Ready Player One is not satire.

[@somerandombub]

@@gabrielsatter You're reading things that weren't stated. They didn't say it was original, they were saying they were reminded of it.

[@-sanju-]

The book has such an interesting premise. Shame that it sucks ass though.

[@arturo0727]

The fact that they price it at 3.5K, means that we are safe from corporate dystopia for the time being.

[@brutalistdude301]

I mean, aren't we already in a corporate dystopia? Isn't all existing society corporate dystopia? I mean, aside from random places where people mostly live in subsistence farming communities, and then it's agrarian dystopia with a flavor of corporate dystopia as soon as you reach the road. I think reality is just dystopian in general, and has been since we were able to convey emotion.

[@sunkcostfallacy2738]

​@@brutalistdude301 I think it's a spectrum.

[@piccoloatburgerking]

All new tech is very expensive when they're first introduced, give it time.

[@Crazywaffle5150]

Sadly loans exist and a majority of people are stupid.

[@YokaiX]

​@@brutalistdude301corporate capitalism rapidly approaching corporatocracy

[@charltonrodda]

As someone who lives in a rural area, I always struggled to find groups to socialise with locally. VRChat has allowed me to make friends and social groups who I meet up with, in a way that feels close to hanging out IRL, multiple times a week. When you compare it to talking on Discord or Zoom or something, there's just no comparison. I know it has a bad rep because of the creeps and weirdos, but it's also full of cool trans people and furries, and if you find the right people and hang out in invite-only instances and ignore the rest of the chaos, it's wonderful. I am worried about lock-down from the companies that control these spaces, though, and that's why I decided to join a company working on open source VR technologies, so no single company can own that space. I fear VRChat having a Twitter take-over moment, and I hope real alternatives exist before anything like that happens.

[@mattscatterty]

Oh man, VR Chat is great for neurodivergent people, too! The ability to control the level of sensory input in a social setting, let alone a club, is absolutely unreal. Being able to mute people, change my hearing falloff distance, balance audio levels, etc, all amazing!

[@doublinx2]

Are you able to share more about this company? Id like to see some effort to make a space in the whatever-verse without it automatically centralizing it into a platform again

[@void-creature]

The main thing that keeps VR chat safe from these techbro dickheads is that acknowledging its existence would completely invalidate all their weird metaverse bs, so they have to pretend it doesn't exist. But yeah, if Mark ever decides to just buy vrchat and turn it into meta, that would be grim.

[@dandypanda9523]

VRChat slaps, ive got a big group of drinking friends i party with on it every now and then and it's a great tome

[@Malignantt1]

VRC is fucking awesome

[@metalgearfan9802]

The disappointing thing is the form factor. If one company would be the one to finally make a vr/ar headset with a good format factor, I'd assume would be Apple. But it's just another super bulky, goofy looking headset. Wanted to see something like a significantly improved Google Glass design

[@thelordpotatoesorjtswagste1945]

​@@FrostXFire i was LITERALLY just about to say Big Screen lol. The quest 3 also is looking pretty decently sized too

[@deddrz2549]

Big screen Beyond has to be connected to a computer, but its form factor is amazing.

[@iMasterchris]

@@deddrz2549 Resolution of the screen is lower as well

[@dinodare1605]

Google Glass's form factor can't be used across your entire range of vision though.

[@linusmlgtips2123]

It's not goofy, you just aren't used to the design. You're not culturally normalized to it's design like you are with vehicles and clothing.

[@davitdavid7165]

I think sometimes whe should ask ourselves "why are people so addicted to escapism and how do improve the real world for a change?"

[@EroticInferno]

Big facts.

[@DropIt56]

That’d be smart, and that’s why we don’t do it. Also, escapism is a lot easier than actually fixing the systemic problems and making the world any better

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

People rather let their Escapes become Traps

[@Darkloid21]

I don’t think improving the world would change escapism. The fact is no matter how good reality is there are things you just can’t do in it. Even in the best of times stuff doesn’t go our way. Solving social issues isn’t going to make escapism any less likely

[@Darkloid21]

@@DropIt56 Stupid, narrow minded take.

[@ianking7511]

The real, physical world has literally never in human history been enough.

[@void-creature]

That's what we have Art for.

[@thekingoffailure9967]

Sounds like a skill issue

[@joelarmour8291]

VR has been huge for me. Being able to move/physicalise in the game means that I can actually enjoy playing games that I don’t really enjoy just sitting at a monitor, it also means I can exercise in a way that makes me feel comfortable and powerful and convenient and it’s the first time I’ve really been able to exercise consistently! I don’t play VR everyday or anything, but every couple of days for 20-60 minutes is my limit and it’s been awesome!

[@mattscatterty]

Oh dude, have you tried Pistol Whip on Quest 2 or PSVR2?? I've been hooked on VR fitness for 18 months since I got Quest 2, and I just tried Pistol Whip last night. HOLY SHIT! I felt genuinely badass, like I was actually John Wick. It was so fun that I didn't want to stop exercising. I highly recommend it!

[@WarsWorth]

@@mattscatterty VR is my favorite way to exercise

[@RedboneUnincorporated]

go outside and touch grass, dork.

[@mattscatterty]

@WarsWorth honestly, gameified exercise is just brilliant. It totally skips past the initial stages where exercise *isn't* endogenously rewarding, and goes straight to "this shit is fun and you're gonna feel good"

[@Juel92]

Yeah VR games is really the main reason I see for using VR. This is mainly an AR headset but I could see some cool usage for AR games as well. It would be cool playing a game where you go out into the world and you play it out in the actual physical world.

[@cattibingo]

Eat the pod & get in the bug

[@mogscugg2639]

Morrowind

[@ultraprincesskenny6790]

I see multiple practical applications for this. 1. resizing monitor instead of buying new ones. 2. Multiple monitor setup, again without buying new ones 3. Screen space, you wouldn't need dedicated areas to physical electronics, like if you live alone and don't want a big tv to take up space. 4. The usual VR stuff

[@chatboss000]

The monitor thing is nice and all but you can't share that with anyone unless they have another 3500$ headset. Great, you spent 7000$ to probably use a 3 monitor setup or one big one to watch movies (at 1080p because you're broke from the headset) I'm for more affordable and basic AR. Gimme AR glasses where I can put empty frames on my walls and fill them with pictures when I put a 150$ headset on. That's cool.

[@chatboss000]

Also unless they fix FOV the monitor thing is moot as well. You don't realize how much your peripheral vision is useful until you start having to turn your head to look around at virtual displays because your vision has bezels.

[@TheShicksinator]

@@chatboss000 who says I want to share it with anyone, I'm trying to work. Also it is supposed to sync with a MacBook so you could always just put what you're doing back on the MacBook screen to show someone.

[@TheShicksinator]

@@chatboss000 from what I've heard from the people who demoed it that's what the big fix for this one is. The screen is way closer to your face than on other rigs so you have peripheral.

[@TheMamaluigi300]

@@chatboss000 And frankly a regular VR headset would work decently well with a virtual desktop/cinema, just at a much lower cost

[@CobaltSpace]

I think part of the issue is that most of the marketing for VR is just very dumb. All the companies, except VALVE, are marketing it as a device as a thing to live in, instead of just a way to play games and try alternative social experiences. Also, VRChat has been helpful in combating my social anxiety.

[@void-creature]

This is honestly a great summary. The problem (as always) isn't the technology itself, but the way it's being presented. As you said, apart from valve (and the other explicitly for-gaming brands), it's presented as something that basically sticks with you 24/7, overtaking all forms of human experience. The tech itself is interesting, but the implementations that are being pushed for are borderline nightmarish.

[@EroticInferno]

I don’t think I’m ever going to like devices like this… I hate wearing glasses or having anything on my face that obstructs my “normal” vision. I even hate wearing sunglasses, but I do it to protect my eyes. I’m good with never having this or anything like it

[@yan_dj]

Am I insane or did it sound like Vaush was complaining about VR as a concept instead of about the Apple Vision Pro

[@Versace_sheets]

Problem?

[@RevolutionaryGuitar]

He’s complaining about escapism that we all do, rather than solving the real world problems that make us want to escape. It reminds me of that movie, ready player one. Everyone in that universe plays that oasis game because the real world sucks and people stopped caring about the real world problems. It’s very dystopian, just the thought of living most of the day in a virtual reality game to hide from the worlds problems which make us want to escape it with the virtual world.

[@dinodare1605]

@@RevolutionaryGuitar Non-VR video games are already used for escapism. Also escapism isn't inherently bad depending on how it's done. I want advanced VR because it seems fun above all else.

[@RevolutionaryGuitar]

@@dinodare1605 escapism is bad if we are using it to avoid real issues that need to be addressed and solved. Issues like famine, climate change, genocide, privacy violations, apartment buildings just exploding (like in that movie I mentioned), History being destroyed, etc. It also reminds me of Fahrenheit 451. People in that have parlor TVs on all their walls and use entertainment to escape everything, there is a nuclear war going on in the background and no one cares because no one cares about history or death or anything, entertainment is all that matters, it’s horrible. Again entertainment and escapism isn’t always bad but in these circumstances it’s very scary to me.

[@Victor-nl1bm]

@@dinodare1605 Yeah I don' t see the difference between vr games and flat screen already existent games.

[@darryljack6612]

I have no problem with the tech, my problem comes from the price. I would be willing to get it if it was maybe 2000 - 2500 dollars less

[@LordChevonlier]

VR Games are really cool. More of them should advertise as a way to move and work out or do cardio. I love games like Beat Saber and Pistol Whip because they make you focus on music and distract you from how uncomfortable doing something strenuous is. It's like playing an indoor sport. Instead, all these companies just want VR to be Earth 2.0 but it's just a capitalist dystopia with the creation of demand in an infinite space

[@RaccKing21]

I LOVE Swordsman on the PS VR2. I'm not really a console gamer, grew up with the PC, but getting to swordfight without clunky controls is soo good! They recently added bows, and it's really cool how my IRL bow skills still transfer to the game. I don't shoot my actual bow much due to a lack of a range, so it's nice to be able to do it without going outside the city.

[@dereinzigwahreRahl]

You actually can't move around a lot in VR, because your brain doesn't like it to see movement while not feeling any. VR is more static then screen-based games. Which is part of the reason it's not overtaking the market, besides the fact that plenty of people immediatly get sick using VR, even without it trying to show movement into any direction. This also means it's quite limited in the workout you can do with it. And I also wouldn't like to have one of those things on my face while sweating from a workout.

[@mattscatterty]

@dereinzigwahreRahl hard disagree, personally. I've worked out consistently and more times total in the past 18 months since I got my Quest 2 (and PSVR2) than I ever have in the entire 12 years of attempting to build a workout routine prior to VR. VR exercise is *endogenously* rewarding, it'sfun, so I keep doing it! Also, the nausea issues are overstated. There are multiple hardware/software/behavioural fixes to address nausea that are/can be implemented that reduce or eliminate nausea. I've had a few games make me a bit nauseated at first, but I've never once had that from a fitness game. And regarding the sweat, I'm getting sweaty either way, so the headset really doesn't bother me.

[@mattscatterty]

Oh man, I JUST tried Pistol Whip last night and it's ABSOLUTELY BADASS! I enjoyed it so goddam much. It was such a satisfying workout. I really feel it in my core, butt and legs. I went for well over an hour without realizing how long it'd been because it's so damn fun! Supernatural is also absolutely fantastic for a full-body workout. The music variety is insane and they add new playlists every day.

[@void-creature]

Workout isn't the only thing VR can excel at. Unsurprisingly, it's also AMAZING for building an immersive atmosphere, and games like "Into the radius" (a game inspired by Stalker) make excellent use of that. It really feels like you're actually *there,* in Eastern Europe.

[@MilkManCaravan]

I’m a fan of VR so the only thing that kinda pisses me off is that apple is probably gonna make some advancements in VR that is hidden behind a huge price tag

[@calebangell77]

Don't worry, apple doesn't make advancements.

[@Versace_sheets]

VR is for smelly people

[@squidward5110]

Vr will always and forever give normies headaches and nausea and thus will go nowhere

[@Greyinkling276]

Usually when apple innovates it doesn't take time for their competitors to do it cheaper. They really do just get by on the name most of the time. And everyone in VR is cheaper than them.

[@cavedweller333]

​@@squidward5110nah, there's been some promising research on why vr nausea impacts some people way worse than others, no tech yet, but seems promising

[@twincitiestara]

Vaush spends 11 minutes talking about why there's no point to AR, then suddenly multiple practical and/or fun and "cool" uses start to occur to him. There's a reason why this rig was introduced at a developer's conference. They want thousands of Apple devs to already be thinking about these things for the entire year before the product is even launched.

[@torgo_]

shout outs to all my homies who bought a PS4 just to play Bloodborne, and never bought another game on the system

[@magnus_cockstrong]

Tech bros are presenting emerging technology as a magical utopia while our society materially moves more and more towards an unlivable dystopia. That said web3 tech could be used as a secure, well organized, ubiquitously accessible system for collective self governance. It just won't be.

[@Jartran72]

You are overestimating actual web3 capabilities as we have them so far. I am an IT guy and I was really into it for a long time, but the fact that billionaires and huge companies basically control everything about it made me lose my interest. And it will always be that way... You can buy your way Intro owning huge pieces of crypto.. And NFTs were a scared for gullible idiots from the start.. Not to mention the hundreds of scams.. It had potential.. But humanity is incapable of having nice things..

[@chaserseven2886]

terminally online

[@magnus_cockstrong]

@@chaserseven2886 how so?

[@jaredblatterman6877]

The quest 2 is a great little vr system and it's only $300. I don't see this thing being over 11x better than that

[@Creslin321]

It’s apple, they sell overpriced stuff that their drooling fan base all immediately purchases lol.

[@kirbysthiccthighs]

THIS!!! i have a quest 2 and it’s literally so amazing- it does all this AND games and shit you can literally do anything you would do with a phone with the quest, but with an extra sprinkle of PC and console capabilities, too. i’m not spending an entire summers worth of pay (part time job) on some slightly altered apple product with a charge that will last even less time than an iphone 6 would now that the 14s are out

[@void-creature]

The main reason I will not buy a quest is because the list of Data faceb- I mean meta collect with it GENUINELY terrifies me. It's a shame really, but some prices are just too steep to pay.

[@rorschachwatchmen4742]

@@void-creature you can use fake profiles like me

[@Mae_Dastardly]

vr's cool vr as a substitute for real life comforts and needs isn't

[@Thegr8MC]

When I was in one of my college art classes, probably 10 years ago, I said as part of a thesis paper, "Science makes it possible to live but art makes life worth living." My professor said that was dumb.

[@fl00fydragon]

The saddest part is there are massive sectors in which technology could grow to miraculously better our lives. for example transhumanist technologies could end diesease, disability and aging. However technological progress has always been linked to public R&D, thus in our neoliberal era that faucet is being dried and thus private corporations don't have the new "moonshot" or "50 years of R&D in semiconductor material technology" to make the next great thing, so they try to sell bullcrap. 10 years/5% GDP. That's what the US had to do to go from being unable of launching a rocket to landing on the moon, the technology derived from that has transformed our liives. Another "moonshot" in transhumanism would revolutionaize quality of life, lifespans and productiity and even give the US massive amounts of soft power (becoming a medical "lifegiver" for all ailments is one of the strongest ways to get allies without having to use the barrel of a gun)but the Us would rather waste money in useless weapons like railguns and the zummwalt and cut taxes for the rich than think slightly more long term than half a year.

[@shaneseem-sin3856]

My main problem with the ad is that none of the things they show are interesting. It's literally just "iPhone glasses". It doesn't show anything that vr enthusiasts care about, like more immersive games or liberation.

[@12107dc]

Art exists in vr though . Vr is a new medium that can bring you diverse experiences and new forms of art. "As we get older we learn that happiness is about overcoming adversity, having cool experiences, making cool friends, spending time with people you love" Every bit of this is stuff you can do inside vr in places like Rec Room or Vrchat. This all just seems like boomer brain talking down on the new medium. The worst parts about vr are the attempt at cooperate control. The communitys, art, and relationships found in it are where VR can really shine

[@mattscatterty]

THANK YOU! This was such a bad boom take from Vaush. It's like saying you can't be socially conscientious while still enjoying films. It's just bad. VR games are absolutely the art he was galking about too, which is bizarre.

[@X64813]

I kinda disagree here. VR is probably just for entertainment, but AR is immensely useful.

[@LordOfTime23]

I've not seen one useful thing in apples video

[@Jartran72]

It has potential..but humanity is rarely capable of archiving actual userin stuff

[@MrHat.]

What can this 3.5k pile of e-waist do that a smartphone can't.

[@jatsko3113]

Vaush also thinks AR can be immensely useful, you'll find this out when you finish watching the video

[@ValkisCalmor]

Microsoft has had AR goggles focused on business applications for seven years, doesn't seem like much came of it. They recently canceled its third generation. Edit: To elaborate, a major problem with this sort of thing is that it requires widespread adoption to merit investment in developing software for it, but nobody wants to buy an expensive piece of hardware that doesn't have any software to run. It's the same reason almost all VR games are either low-budget indie projects or ports of games that were designed for traditional hardware. The major exception that comes to mind, Half-Life Alyx, having been made by a studio that could afford to lose a ton of money attempting to make a "killer app" for their headset and didn't have shareholders who could tell them no.

[@matiaspereyra9392]

the one theorethical use case for these is like, to jack off in the darkness of a room facing away from the door so if you have a family that doesn't knock you are less likely to get caught, the price of avoiding awkward moments and unrequested talks about weird the weird tags you like might be a little steep for the teenagers that would really appreciate that

[@goon6932]

Finally someone sees the bigger possibilities with this stuff 😂

[@deddrz2549]

Idk what VR he's tried last, but newer headsets are much less likely to give people motion sickness, especially when most of the applications shown are gonna be AR so you can still see what's in your irl environkent

[@yslchristian]

The price means this is more oriented towards Enterprise use, similar to google glass which has a very small commerical market, but was used way more in enterprise. I think this will have a little larger commerical market but similar situation

[@AnimeGIFfy]

technology is also art. it can be as fun to invent technologies, as it is to consume technologies. it can be as fun to create art, as it is to consume art. different folks, different strokes. or whatever the saying is.

[@RunningOnAutopilot]

If it doesn't have haptic control the only reason to buy one of these is to keep it in a box never opened and resell it at a markup 20 years later when real AR is cracked

[@Versace_sheets]

Why would anyone pay a mark up for this dogshit product. Brand is the only reason, but I doubt anyone wants it. People pay for an original ipod because its nostalgic. No one will want this other then the rich

[@Hubris1998]

I'd rather get laser eye surgery for half the amount

[@young9534]

I bought a VR set and used it until the novelty wore off and now I barely touch it. I think I’d have a similar experience with this

[@itsez1129]

That unfortunately is due to the lack of games and the Vision Pro isn't even made for gaming, so yea

[@linusmlgtips2123]

That's just VR though. This has AR elements too. I couldn't tell you how comfortable this would be to wear this for 8 hours though.

[@jordand5555]

Lol this is so absolutely true for people who got a quest 2.

[@Creslin321]

VR sets make great exercise machines!

[@mattscatterty]

There are a buttload of fantastic games coming within the next 12 months for the Quest 2, I recommend checking out the last Meta Showcase, there might be something there for you! Also, if you ever want to do fitness, VR fitness on Quest 2 is mind-blowing.

[@Acolyte_501st]

The tech won’t be mainstream until they fan fit into regular sized glasses but this glimpse into the future is exciting. I’m relieved they understand the importance of seeing someone’s face and indicating when they don’t see you. Also presumedly it shows when you’re recording? Otherwise we’d get the issue from that one Blackmirror episode.

[@evelyncarr6421]

Watch more Black Mirror if you need to learn the lesson that companies will lie about their intentions and privacy policies.

[@YourLoyalDeserter]

The actual tech here isn’t any closer to making that a reality though. It’s just cameras facing out and then and a bad deepfake version of your eyes being put on a screen for others to see.

[@kevinjohnanand]

@@evelyncarr6421 Lmao do you guys get all your politics from TV shows?

[@evelyncarr6421]

@@kevinjohnanand You don't need to act out like that, Kev.

[@RevolutionaryGuitar]

@@kevinjohnanand art has a good way of portraying politics. Just read the terms of service on any social media and look at what the government has access to, it’s everything. Privacy doesn’t exist anymore.

[@Arachnebyte]

He usually has bad takes when it comes to technology, but he eventually does bring up what is probably the best criticism around 9:40. "But I struggle to understand what this can offer you, that a monitor can't". Although he pretty quickly shoots himself in the foot by talking about how cool and useful AR could be less than a minute later. This is a VR/AR device. It has AR.

[@matiaspereyra9392]

well for once he's talking about the actual product, it gives you nothing a screen couldn't whilst with AR in general (on a scale where you can safely expect most people to have access to something like what google lens was trying to be, with a battery life beyond 2 hours, that you could carry around like you carry your phone) you could do cool shit now i don't think his examples go past a cute gimmick but he's not contradicting himself either

[@TheShicksinator]

I mean that's why I'm into it. Portable gigantic monitor setup seems awesome.

[@matiaspereyra9392]

@@TheShicksinator that's a phone my guy, in fact your phone is gonna have more battery life and you are not gonna look like a clown, if you are talking more like a computer, there's laptops and even those phone docks, want them to be bigger? get your face closer, that's literally what you'd be doing with an AR/VR headset

[@TheShicksinator]

@@matiaspereyra9392 yeah but then there's ergonomics to consider. Also getting your face closer to a laptop doesn't really give you more screen real estate to work with. By that standard why does anyone have ultrawide/multimonitor setups when you can just get your face closer?

[@TheShicksinator]

@@matiaspereyra9392 of course the enhanced screen real estate of a VR space is illusory, but it does work

[@jano867]

I'm going to have to disagree with you about not liking vr. Vr is a very fun new way to experience games and when the headset starts at $350 instead of $3500, its a new way to experience gaming in a relativly affordable market. Apple Vision Pro is overpriced and no one is disagreeing with that but your take on vr in my opinion was wrong.

[@mattscatterty]

I'm so damn happy to see all the people in the comments calling out this almost objectively bad take from Vaush 😅 I normally agree with Vaush, too. What platforms have you used? Quest 2 got me into the VR game, and I love it. PSVR2 has also been absolutely amazing!

[@genghisdingus]

10:12 "Nothing is faster than using your hands" -Vowsh

[@dreadedworld8864]

We've had VR goggles for like 8 years but "tHiS iS vIsOnArY"

[@linusmlgtips2123]

It's not just VR and mixed reality

[@twincitiestara]

My whole living room is built around a large-screen media experience. These things would allow me to get the same experience while living in a two-room hotel suite. When considering all the ways modern home and office architecture is built around the needs of our tech, all of which will be displaced, $3500 is a fucking bargain.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

The Scorpion chair looks like something the villain from a Star Trek movie would use as his captain's chair

[@ash12181987]

I just don't see VR being a wild change in how I'd do things, that makes my life easier. Which is what made me get a smartphone. I could see it having some advantages for some things. Like, maybe for some kind of system to assist in controlling a thing remotely? Maybe for driving a car, to give you a better HUD or more spatial awareness?

[@chrisharris1522]

How about if your car brakes down in the middle of nowhere and you can connect with a mechanic who can see what you are seeing and guide you in how to fix it in real time, would that be useful? The possibilities are endless

[@ash12181987]

@@chrisharris1522 ...No it wouldn't, unless it like, somehow makes the necessary tools materialize out of the aether.

[@DonkeyDongs]

Just like the Black Mirror episode. Walking around a bland building, people sitting still on bland open couches, all wearing headsets, in their own worlds

[@MAJORp121]

I'm not even mad about the high price, the tech is pretty revolutionary. Its also kind of a "beta" that's targeted towards developers and enthusiasts. There are rumors that a $1,500 model coming later next year. What I'm excited for is the 3rd or later future versions of this device. When its smaller and even faster and cheaper. It is a revolutionary device, it really is. The beginning of a new era, so to speak. These things have to evolve over time. The original iPhone didn't have the App Store. The Vision is going to have kinks and issues that will take time to work out and build on. I'm excited to see how other tech companies try to out do Apple and each other as they all get into this space.

[@ihavenoname4139]

Why pay $3500 for alternate reality when you can just do drugs

[@rogerbabin8175]

I wonder if Vaush realizes that the gamecube was just a box delivery vehicle to play games that should have been available elsewhere as well.

[@Juel92]

Even if it were way cheaper I don't think too many people would be buying this thing. At least not for now considering how limited it's actual usage does seem. If they start putting some awesome looking AR stuff in the marketing though with a competitive pricepoint then the Wall-E/Idiocracy reality is here.

[@andyprompt]

Vaushs takes on tech are literally boomer awful. Especially for someone who literally makes his living doing something that a boomer would bitch about

[@stardust3176]

This is just the Google glass part two. We’re getting close to that SAO movie. If this lets me have a dragon I’ll take it

[@G-u-z-i-o]

Well, to be fair, he said he cares mostly about AR (same, tbh) and not VR - but this headset is literally designed for AR. They didn't mention "the metaverse" once in the presentation. If it was a VR-first device, it'd have probably costed 5 times less because they wouldn't need all the AR sensors and stuff.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

When they say $3,499, and you hear $34.99..

[@fixieroy]

I mean. Lets be honest. The headset is pretty cool. It would sell like hotcakes if it were $500 and could connect to your PS5/XBX

[@AggroAggron]

Whats crazy is that this technology already exists for like $375, it's just not Apple Branded

[@7TheWhiteWolf]

With 2 4K screens per eye? Stop lying.

[@AggroAggron]

@@7TheWhiteWolf No but do you really need a PLUG IN PAIR OF GLASSES THAT DO THE SAME JOB AS SCREENS?

[@BlitzkriegOmega]

Imagine if we get to the point where motion sickness is considered a disability because you're just expected to wear these headsets 24/7. Why bother fixing the world when we can escape from it (if you're rich)

[@HierophanticRose]

Similar to my Huion tablet. It has brought me endless fulfillment; but not because it is sitting comfy, it is because of what I do with it.

[@spencerjoplin2885]

Every Apple store will have these on demo, which will solve the “can’t try it before paying $$$“ barrier.

[@mattscatterty]

Oh man, absolutely. That's such a good point. I've aleays said Meta and Sony should try to setup demo booths/units in stores if they can for Quest and PSVR2. Let people actually *TRY* it first.

[@TheYahn]

The main thing I like about AR is that it is the only interface which has the potential to allow the body to move freely, an instant change of position, type of seat, head angle, location, with no fuss. This may not be important for other jobs but working in motion graphics and 3D I spend waayyy too much time locked up in a chair because I need a proper big screen and often a beefy PC next to me. Other than that I’m sure it would be amazing just walking through parks whilst being productive or working remotely, taking that meaning to the next level whilst bathing in the sunshine, enjoying fresh air and bird chirps all day if you choose to…

[@TheYahn]

and what's that, a low battery warning? pack a bunch of power bricks next to your lunchbox and you're good to go Lots of options for a portable keyboard + mouse/trackpad too already, both of which will surely get simulated virtually or upgraded to something better at some point down the line.

[@TheYahn]

Seemingly dystopian looking on first sight and without strong personal boundaries I agree but hey, at least "the matrix" could be powered by people having the choice of taking a break whenever, Wherever and with whomever they choose to, moving around as we were born to do.

[@renardleblanc5556]

Will the Apple Vision Pro cure the blindness in my right eye? Funfact: the luddites smashed textile production equipment because factory working conditions were so intolerable. @9:15 I remember when my family got our SNES, which we paid for using the insurance money from our NES being stolen. When we got our Gamecube, I was overjoyed at how much better it looked than our 64. (When we got our N64, it was... well, at least it was better than the playstation0... or the "FX Chip" games on the SNES, a la StarFox). I remember going from the GameBoy Spinach to the Gameboy Advance, (I skipped the GBColour), and that was astounding... it was like an entire Super Nintendo in my pocket! (The GBA Micro was definitely my fav model). The nintendo Wii felt like... it was *just* a Gamecube with motion controls and a less cool Zapper light gun gimmick. Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be.

[@chrispitchforth621]

I'm a VR nerd, in VR groups. Everyone hates this.

[@Lantern_Light]

I wouldn’t mind living in vr exclusively while my body is in a pod. If it were socialist.

[@rorschachwatchmen4742]

You mean communist

[@meenky]

kind of unbased. i actually love vr and it's practically my favorite medium for gaming now. actually being able to move your arms and interact with your items / weapons is insane. ar/workspace tech probably won't ever be as efficient as just using your computer screen n peripherals but vr is a whole new way to play games. plus it's relatively cheap, at least less than a console plus the pc that u might already have if ur really into pc gaming already

[@dorkking100]

Vaush, sometimes it is important to escape from local conditions. I live close to the artic circle and in the winter I often vr when it is to cold to go outside.

[@xenathcytrin202]

OK, I agree with you that just the headset alone, really might as well get a much cheaper and higher resolution monitor. Vr games tho are a totally different matter, practically a whole different medium from monitor games. Just like movies didn't replace books, and games didn't replace movies. Vr games won't replace regular games. I think there will always be things that screen games can do better than vr games, one of which is that you don't always want fully immersion into an enviroment, that can in many cases be pointless to the experience or outright detrimental. But what vr games do they can do very well, which artistically I think we're only scratching the surface of. The apple vision is dumb, in part because it is so expencive, and in part because it is trying to be a replacement for a traditional computer, which it is bad at because it isn't that.

[@mortadelusmaximus]

The Wall-E meme becoming real

[@VitalVampyr]

They just need to make the iChair to go with it.

[@reeceball]

“You can select and scroll with your eyes.” Me: *has nystagmus*

[@EverythingGeek]

Idk why people think the worlds going to end just because people dont spend time with each other in person. Like humans will still be social it will just be in a new way through technology. Like personally i dont see that as a big deal. Its like how parents back in the day thought gaming was going to ruin the world because kids stopped going outside as much. But as you see earth didnt stop spinning its all good.

[@curvingfyre6810]

Vr for gaming is fun and good actually. There is a big line between web 3 bs and vr gaming.

[@curvingfyre6810]

Its literally a way to get gamers to stand up and move, with a minimum price of entry a good bit cheaper than a good 4k uktrawide curved monitor.

[@curvingfyre6810]

And thats before we get in to the game designs that are inaccessible from a 2d screen. The idea that there is no art that can be delivered only from a stereoscopic 3d experience, using realistic motions to interact, is asinine. Its very clear vaush has never actually tried it.

[@mattscatterty]

Absolutely! Fuck Web3 BS, I am so sick of that association with VR! VR gaming is amazing. VR fitness has legitimately changed my life. Have you tried Pistol Whip??

[@curvingfyre6810]

@@mattscatterty I got half life alyx as an intro, then fallout 4 and skyrim VR because I can mod them to last literally forever. I cannot afford most games lol. If it's been cracked though, I'll get around to pirating it.

[@goon6932]

Imagine it getting to a level where you can really take profesional virtual kickboxing or swordfighting lessons or sth, with Ai monitoring your form and teaching you... gamers will get from nerds to thr biggest badasses in town

[@ProjSHiNKiROU]

Vision Pro confirms the Apple product bingo: Super high price, being a second or late mover on things, “privacy” in marketing, new kind of microchips

[@angeltorres7048]

And an actually very impressive product that's executed far better than the competition?

[@zachary9385]

I think VR can be awesome when it comes to gaming. However, it gets weird when companies basically try to make it replace real life.

[@rorschachwatchmen4742]

Yeah vr in gaming is cool and so I the google maps thing where you can explore from home

[@AlkisGD]

Someone at Apple watched “Sight” by TheCGBros and thought, “I wanna make this product. I want this future to become reality, eventually.”

[@emachine310]

I like the idea of augmented reality. It seems useful to the handyman in me. Like if I need help unclogging my sink, I can throw on a headset and have an experienced plumber see what i see and help guide me. Also the example Vaush used. Like construction workers mapping out electric lines and water lines during construction so if you have have to make repairs you see a projection of what joints are where and what lines go where. Like that you can get right to work and not have to guess where you need to smash in the dry wall

[@mrgonzalez8838]

The only reason I would like these tech advancements is for video gaming. I can see how this would be an issue for some people who struggle with time management.

[@Remedy462]

Virtual reality is coming, whether anybody likes it or not. It's happening.

[@RhodokTribesman]

You're a dork if you're thinking it's replacing the monitor anytime soon.

[@piccoloatburgerking]

@@RhodokTribesman He didn't say anytime soon, he didn't even talk about a timeframe. Learn to read.

[@Hoellenmann]

The thing VR gave me was motivation to do sports, I play beat saber and am pretty high rank. This game made me look like I do sports, I think buying my Valve Index was one of the best choices I've ever made. But you are right, it's "just a delivery thing" and it was way cheaper "only" 1080€.

[@mattscatterty]

I love Beat Saber, but OH MAN I just tried Pistol Whip last night and I couldn't stop! I genuinely felt like John Wick while getting exercise, it was fucking mind blowing. I couldn't stop exercising because it was so damn enjoyable. Pistol Whip on PSVR2 is a revelation.

[@willmosse3684]

@@mattscatterty I’ve got Pistol Whip on the Quest 2. It’s a friggin good work out man 😂

[@Argumemnon]

I've never had any interest for 3D and VR. The thing for me is that it doesn't make anything more convenient than lounging around and clicking on a mouse.

[@thatwasprettyneat]

I agree with almost everything you said about the Apple Vision Pro and my politics are very much to the right of you.

[@themetalgamer9864]

8:54 I feel like this vindicates my identity as a Nintendork. I haven't bought any non-Nintendo consoles since the PS2 (and even that was my parents, so if we just include my own money, I've never bought a non-Nintendo console), because they just didn't appeal to me. But Nintendo has always marched to the rhythm of their own drum with the DS, Wii, Switch, and even Wii U though it sold poorly. Like, I don't just remember Mario Galaxy; I remember the Wii. I don't just remember Mario 3D Land, I remember the 3DS. Maybe I'm just jerking myself off as a Nintendork, but I feel like this is why we're more passionate about our brand than others.

[@walterl322]

11:59 don't miss it, Vaush posed a very existentially important question

[@mathieuleader8601]

that scorpion styled chair reminds me of the 90's X-men cartoon villain's Mojo's walking frame

[@MarianneExJohnson]

I think the idea of direct brain connection is tremendously over-hyped. It will never be able to do more than a fraction than what people are envisioning right now, and even those few things will probably require a lot of practice by the user before they become proficient with it. I can see it having a future for controlling prosthetic limbs, but for a home entertainment system? Nah.

[@itsez1129]

You can achieve basic controls even with old techs for example EEGs, however the whole field is still in its infancy so who knows

[@letmechangemyyoutubename1554]

Never is a strong word. Forever is a long time. Seems odd to me to make such a certain prescription on a field that has hardly even started to emerge

[@dinodare1605]

@@letmechangemyyoutubename1554 "Forever" is never going to happen, the species will be dead before half of the tech that people fantasize about is developed.

[@dereinzigwahreRahl]

@@letmechangemyyoutubename1554 Considering we are still moving with high speed to the end of civilation, never isn't that strong of a word for a technology that is in the far future.

[@letmechangemyyoutubename1554]

@@dereinzigwahreRahl yeah sure, but banking on that is a silly attitude. I could just as easily say that with how long it may take, a giant space rock is more likely to smash into earth than us figure out BCI. Long story short; I think the preamble "provided the human race does not go extinct, ..." should generally be implied when talking within the scope of things that are possible for humans to achieve

[@spluff5]

In the official ad for the thing, they dont really show it doing anything a smart TV cant do.

[@dreamerfrostbite2066]

I honestly have zero issue with escapism and VR, what I do have a problem with is the price and obsession with it.

[@7TheWhiteWolf]

$3,500 and you probably can’t even use it on your PC or Steam Library. You have to buy everything all over again on Apple’s Garbage Store.

[@DBxSnowman]

"The Bloodborne Box" is unironically what I considered the PS4 since the game came out. Well, the "Bloodborne-Persona Box" until I found out Persona 5 isnt a Playstation exclusive anymore. So now, since From seems like it's genuinely not porting it on purpose despite overwhelming demand, it's not just that - it's most likely "Miyazaki's/FromSoftware's Sony Royalty Box". Dont see any other plausible explanation (for sure not "the inability to allocate resources or more workload". I mean, they made Elden Ring ffs.)

[@bebopsplat1347]

As someone who really loves VR gaming, I hate to see this become what VR is. To me, VR wasn't about being able to have a monitor on my head, it allowed you to interact with games that no other format could. But if something like this is someone's introduction to VR it will give such a limited first impression. It will present VR as something that just puts a monitor in front of your eyes rather than on the TV, while a true VR gaming experience is so much more than that. Playing half life Alyx was a gaming experience like no other, and now millions will only know VR for being a TV they can put in their backpack and that makes me really sad.

[@ff-qf1th]

The only thing compelling about this for me is having a personal IMAX- Sorry, no, a computer monitor doesn't come close. But everything else about it gives me the ick

[@appleguyforeternity]

1:49 Vaush just summed up the entire NYC subway system

[@Grace-tg4oy]

I'm blind in one eye and have bad peripheral vision, so this would suck so much for me.

[@ToonamiT0M]

This tech looks like it could have interesting uses in numerous industries, but as a consumer product it is sad and pointless.

[@kohai-kun9261]

The AR stuff you talk about at the end sounds a lot like the world in Scarlet Nexus. Underrated gem of a game IMO, unsure if it'd be your cup of tea, given some of your media takes, but the aesthetic and delivery are absolutely phenomenal IMO. Anyone reading this, go play Scarlet Nexus rn. It's probably the most Anime piece of media you've yet consumed, but it's a good time.

[@br9374]

Just had a conversation with my 65+ father about this... so long as we have to wear some goggle contraption, virtual reality will never move past video gaming. We imagine Star Trek.. automatic everything, intuitive controls and an all-knowing computer voice from the void. We imagined holograms. Until then, it's only slightly more neat as what Nintendo's Virtua Boy was. Incrementally neat.

[@Creslin321]

I played the Virtua Boy…I think it’s probably way better than that 😂

[@br9374]

@@Creslin321 Oh, most definitely. Cool ideas, great strides, but still ultimately a waste of time and money. We're getting closer. But again, this stuff will be dusty relics in a box. We'll see it again 30years from now and think, "Aww that's cute what they were trying to do there."

[@mattscatterty]

Hard, hard disagree. I've had many incredibly rewarding experiences in VR. I also have done VR fitness x3 per week almost every week (aside from injury) for the past 18 months since I got my Quest 2, and I have never in my entire life been able to stick to fitness like that before!

[@br9374]

@@mattscatterty sooo pretty much a video game. Or game adjacent. I imagine DDR would be interesting in VR. What I'm getting at is practical use.. you and I can plug in and do that, great, but if you expect people to plug in for board meetings like they're trying to advertise, I think you'll be disappointed.

[@mattscatterty]

@Br VR is far, far more than just incrementally more neat than the Nintendo Boy. Not only are the gaming experiences often mind-blowing, VR fitness has legitimately changed my life and will result in me living longer with a higher quality of life. VR has expanded the experiences I am capable of having! AR isn't my jam personally, and I'm certainly not rich enough to buy into the apple ecosystem haha but even then I can think of good uses for a lighter form of AR in the future.

[@SillyVixen420]

Your thoughts on "art vs technology" are really interesting. One of my first thoughts when I saw the thing was flipping the screens around to make a killer fursuit with animated eyes.

[@revenge3265]

The only thing dystopian here is that price

[@xavier84623]

How do they keep fearless inventing things that are worse versions of things that already exist?? It’s visionary.

[@SleepyPossums]

Apple Vision is meant to be an AR and VR headset, Vaush’s ideas at the end are entirely possible with further development of this. I get the fear of disconnection but this is a new tool and I’m excited for it.

[@AProbablyPostman]

If this can't make my house a House of the Dead level I ain't even remotely interested

[@jamessderby]

I can't wait for the metaverse to take off tbh, fuck going outside. yeah it's expensive now but this tech is going to become way more accessible in the coming years.

[@goon6932]

Metaverse is a fail, we need unreal engine 5 based fully responsive multiplayer virtual reality worlds. Like being outside without all the annoyances like weather, dangers, stupid people

[@takke9830]

I genuinely love VR in the context of community built spaces like vr chat. Not only is it a good tool to train yourself if you have social anxiety, but it is also a great thing in general. same with 3d art in vr for example. or art in general. It isn't bad just cause big corpo think they can turn it into just another pay to win scam. That already happened to games. doesn't mean video games as a whole are bad. Ppl need to stop blaming the technology for how it's used. cause unlike the AI art bs, Vr is at least an actual tool one can use to make worlds come to life that'd be impossible to build irl. Ppl recreate their favorite fiction worlds, unique worlds, fantasy worlds and more. they even built botw's great pleateu fully being playable for free on vr chat. where you can stand in the world of your favorite game yourself. I don't think it's fair to dismiss all of that because big corporations are trying to carve out their own pay to win copy of that. Ppl love vr chat but hate the metaverse for a reason. cause Vr chat IS the metaverse without all the corporate bs. We already have one. and it's 10 times better than Marks cheap copy of it. Vr is great as a tool for things such as virtual escapism and creativity, ways to bring ppl far apart together as well as creating community in a virtual space despite how alienated society is in our system. I made real friends there. and I appreciate that. and I appreciate vr chat for helping me develop confidence in the real world as well. Vr is not all bad. it just depends on where you look at. and who you'll buy from in that regard. either getting it used for 200 to 300 bucks or overpaying 1000's for a inferior product just cause there's an apple on it.

[@angeltorres7048]

Lol. Apple's headset is the best so far, by a huge shot. Don't know where you're getting a superior product for 1000 less.

[@yitzchakscott-thoennes]

one of the Vanguard guys was in Canada and I saw on flash by on their screen that "3500 USD" was trending in Canada :)