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11:13 The Future
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critics derided Apple for not showing
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off the Vision Pro with a clear singular
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use case or killer app but unlike other
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headsets it's not a single-p purpose
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device it's not just a video game
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console or a virtual display the Vision
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Pro is its own computer and 8 months in
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I found it absolutely indispensable to
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my work and for entertainment here's
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why so to start I am far far more
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effective at writing wearing the Vision
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Pro it's not even close days where I
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write wearing the Vision Pro I am easily
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twice as productive I'm not entirely
0:40
sure why but I have a few ideas the Mac
0:43
has a very dense user interface I can't
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fit this much information in the same
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amount of screen space or field of view
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on my Vision Pro I carefully make use of
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about every single inch because the
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screen is all I have the entire world of
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my m
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has to fit within this two-dimensional
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rectangle on the Outside The Vision Pro
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is a clunky physical object but the
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inside experience of using it is the
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platonic ideal of an invisible user
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interface you aren't looking at a screen
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you're looking at your room slack and
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Safari just happen to be there with you
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the Vision Pro forces me to focus
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because it takes everything else away I
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don't feel like I'm using a computer I'm
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just using Safari I have access to all
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the same apps I could distract myself
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just as easily but I would have to
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summon the home view open an app and
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move my work out of the way so I try to
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spend as much writing time as possible
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wearing the Vision Pro now I usually
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need to end of the day at my Mac
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regardless because I need to take
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screenshots and put together article
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images and it can also be annoying if
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I'm writing about the iPhone that face
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id never works while I'm wearing the
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Vision Pro that can be another roadblock
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now you might think that I can get the
2:00
Best of Both Worlds by using Mac virtual
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display but in practice it's actually
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the worst of Both Worlds you see I
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already have a 4k monitor so using Mac
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virtual display doesn't give me any
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extra screen space or resolution it's
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the same as using my Mac except more
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complicated and this is the one and only
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time where the external battery and the
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connecting cable from my head really
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feels clunky when I'm sitting down at my
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desk now I am excited to try out the
2:31
panoramic Mac virtual display that's
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coming in a future update but I don't
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know that that'll really change much
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it's also worth mentioning that writing
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is only about 60% of my job I also
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produce the cultcast and these weekly
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videos but I can easily imagine a future
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where a more powerful version of The
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Vision Pro can comfortably edit podcasts
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and video and I look forward to that the
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Vision Pro is also transformative as an
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entertainment device but not in the way
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I expected it's changed the way I watch
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ordinary 2D content I can have a
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floating video player wherever I go I
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can just pinch my fingers and carry it
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around with me room to room I don't have
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to worry about putting earbuds in or
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hold my phone or worry about spilling
3:16
something on an iPad on the kitchen
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counter I can have a floating video
3:21
player above my sink as I do dishes or
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above my kitchen table as I'm eating
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pasta I can fulfill the fantasy of
3:29
watching TV while laying down in bed
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without the hassle or danger of drilling
3:34
a screen into my ceiling I can watch
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60-year-old television on a screen as
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big as my entire wall you might think
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that the killer Entertainment app would
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be the 3D immersive video and 3D
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immersive video is really cool for the
3:51
hour or so of content that Apple has put
3:54
out Apple has its own streaming service
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and its own production company I have no
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clue why there has been so little
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content or even a regular schedule if
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people knew that there was going to be a
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new short film to watch every Thursday
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they would have a reason to look forward
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to putting on their Vision Pro every
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Thursday 3D movies also sounded
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promising because in theory this would
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be the best way to rewatch those
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Blockbusters like Avatar Edge of
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Tomorrow gravity because you have a much
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brighter screen that can be as big as
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the original cinematic theatrical
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experience and Apple tv plus had a bunch
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of them licensed for about a month until
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they disappeared and I have no idea
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where I can watch them again division
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Pro is Far and Away the best way to
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watch TV shows and
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movies alone no one else can see what
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I'm seeing or watch things with me so if
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you live with your partner or family or
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close friends it will have much less
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utility as an entertainment device as
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the thing goes the best camera is the
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one you always have with you well the
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best TV is one you can actually watch
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when I have people staying over I'm
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always disappointed that the Vision Pro
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is a solitary experience I can't share
5:12
with any of them it's like if you have
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the best video game console in the world
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that can only play single player games I
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can imagine a Future Vision based
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product that's closer to regular glasses
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they would be smaller and lighter weight
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and less powerful but comfortable enough
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to wear casually around the house and
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they could enable two or more people in
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the same room to see what the other
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person is doing the net effect is that
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it becomes a shared experience just as
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easily as I can turn my phone around to
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show someone else a funny video we could
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watch the same show or movie or same
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things together now let's talk about
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gaming big companies aren't going to put
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tens of thousands of developer hours
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into a product that only a few thousand
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people might play the economics of that
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just don't work out so aside from the
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odd one out like what if all the games
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on the Vision Pro are going to be ports
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of old games or independent hobby
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projects from people who may or may not
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even have a real Vision Pro to test
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their games on a prime example of this
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is a game called zombies
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arvr the menus are incredibly clunky the
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game crashes and needs force quit
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constantly all of the zombies are
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completely identical If This Were an
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iPhone game it would be one of those
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crappy Java Games that used to litter
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the App Store 14 years ago but the
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simple fact that it's an augmented
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reality makes it one of the most
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terrifying games I have ever played a
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friend who's really into zombies was
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eager to try it out and in less than a
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minute screamed so loud that a dog in
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the room also freaked out and bit their
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hand which I can imagine only elevated
7:04
the immersion of the experience I knew
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that not every big VR game would be
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ported to The Vision Pro within a year
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but I never knew the selection would be
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quite this sad there's a few games from
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Apple arcade that have been ported to
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spatial 3D but if you've played a lot of
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Apple arcade games you know that their
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brand of artsy fun isn't exactly what
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people buy an expensive VR headset to
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play I have two true truly immersive VR
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games on my Vision Pro job simulator and
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about by peal are both pure VR fun but
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neither of them are challenging games
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with a wi condition or a high score
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they're more of a playground experience
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both of these games are also ports not
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original titles job simulator is 8 years
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old The Vision Pro as powerful as it is
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is not being developed for as a serious
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gaming console I really really want a
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full 3d racing game like the asphalt
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series I can play Asphalt 8 airborne on
8:05
a bigger screen than I can anywhere else
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and I do frequently but it's not 3D so
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it's still basically the same experience
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as playing it on a Mac or a TV or an
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iPad there's just enough to show you
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what's possible but not enough to really
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satisfy Gamers now let's talk about
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photos The Vision Pro is the best way to
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look at your photo like Library Bar None
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images and videos look crystal clear and
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absolutely gorgeous you can look at your
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library on the biggest screen imaginable
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you don't have to constantly rotate
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between portrait and landscape there are
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never black bars from watching a video
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in the wrong aspect ratio panoramas
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totally envelop your field of view
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looking at an immersive Panorama photo
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truly feels like traveling through space
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and time people have been taking taking
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panoramic photos ever since iOS 5 not
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really knowing what they're for I mean
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they don't look that impressive on a
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tiny phone screen and it's not like
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anybody can just print out an 18x 45 in
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print this is what they are for you need
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to look at one of your own panoramic
9:17
photos inside a Vision Pro if you have
9:20
children take a panoramic photo of your
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kid's bedroom so that in 10 years you
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can go back and you will cry you will
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cry a lot spatial photos is a NE feature
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of vision OS 2 that intelligently
9:34
converts any 2D image into full 3d it
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works so well it's like magic I have no
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idea how it happens but it's another
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thing that needs to be seen to be
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believed because I can't show you how
9:46
good a 3d effect is through a 2d video
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but it's incredible if you have a
9:53
carefully curated photo library you need
9:56
to look through it on a Vision Pro I
9:58
have two access accories that I want to
10:00
call out the Comfort head strap by Anna
10:03
pro has been a total game Cher this
10:06
strap attaches to the bridge of the
10:08
Vision Pro and it lets you use it
10:12
without a light seal you have your
10:14
entire peripheral vision back it's a
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GameChanger if you like to use your
10:18
Vision Pro in AR mode as I usually do
10:21
and at only $35 or $4 it's a steal using
10:25
it without the light seal also means
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that I can scratch my my face I've also
10:30
been using the fusion keyboard by Mako
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you can type on it like a slim portable
10:36
Bluetooth keyboard or you can swipe your
10:38
fingers over the keys like a trackpad
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for when you need Precision input the
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trackpad quality isn't great and the
10:46
keyboard isn't much to write home about
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either so I would never use this as the
10:50
one and only input device on a computer
10:53
but the Vision Pro already has eye
10:54
tracking as the primary input method
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this is a great secondary input method
11:00
when I'm on a website that needs a
11:01
Precision cursor and when I don't need
11:04
it it's just a keyboard it means I don't
11:07
need to carry and keep and charge a
11:10
separate Bluetooth trackpad so what does
11:12
this all mean because it doesn't matter
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how much I love the Vision Pro if nobody
11:16
else buys it and the product line is
11:20
discontinued it's a possibility but I
11:22
don't think that's going to happen
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rumors suggest apple has a maximum
11:26
manufacturing capacity for the whole
11:28
world for the first year of only around
11:31
400,000 units and I suspect apple is
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selling just about all of them because
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Apple clearly hasn't felt the need to
11:40
advertise The Vision Pro on TV Beyond
11:43
its initial ad around its launch in
11:45
January the lack of advertising suggests
11:48
to me at least that Apple doesn't need
11:50
to sell any more than they already are
11:53
when the Apple marketing machine wants
11:55
to sell you a product you will know
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because you will not not be able to
12:00
avoid it the Vision Pro is undergoing a
12:02
slow and steady roll out I feel like I'm
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one of the first television owners in
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the 1940s there aren't a lot of shows
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the shows aren't very high budget but I
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have a kind of entertainment no one else
12:14
does and I've made it irreplaceable in
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my daily life I'm de Griffin Jones with
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