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Nearly a year since launch, Apple’s Vision Pro still searching for a killer app
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No, they don't need those apps, they literally just need one app, a well working remote desktop one.
They will never be a workstation because you will never get the amount of power you can get into your desktop, into your ski goggles. They could however, function as a perfectly good wireless monitor solution for an existing desktop. Strip out some of the processing power, make them smaller, lighter, and more comfortable, like the big screen beyond, and then tailor MacOS and iOS to use them as remote displays that let you put windows anywhere and you have your killer app: monitor replacements.
That’s one of the things it does… connect to your Mac and get big virtual monitors for it. Major selling point imo
Yeah but for $3500….. no one’s going to pay that for a monitor replacement. Get it to even $1000-$1500 and I’d bet you get a lot more interest.
Thats iphone prices nowadays
That's why I specified a "well working" remote desktop app.
IIRC the Apple Vision's RDP is limited to a single remote monitor, at least it certainly was at launch and from googling around it seems like that's still the case which is just absurd.
You have the power to place an infinite amount of windows anywhere in 3D space but Apple only lets you place a single monitor somewhere.
Compare that to the $500 Quest 3 which supports triple monitors OOTB (on Windows or MacOS) and has third party apps that can upgrade that to whatever your headset / PC can handle.
But for either headset to be an actually true, all day, monitor replacement, they need to get a lot smaller and lighter. They're simply too hot and heavy for 8 + hours usage right now.
Right but the software is not optimized for it.
I meant workstation like a thin client that connects to better hardware. I did describe software and not hardware.
Fair point then