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Apple Vision Pro will launch with its own App Store featuring apps created for the new visionOS platform.
Just as with the iPad when it launched, Apple is including a dedicated App Store. That's much sooner than how long it took the Apple Watch to get its own store, and even the original App Store came a year after the iPhone launched.
"Apple Vision Pro will have a brand new app store where users can discover and download all the apps built for visionOS," said Susan Prescott, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations, "as well as compatible iPad and iPhone apps."
"We can't wait to see what developers will do with this groundbreaking platform," she continued. "Our amazing developer and app ecosystem is one of the reasons people love their Apple products."
Apple Vision Pro will be available from early 2024. More information about visionOS and its App Store will be revealed closer to the headset's launch.
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My order will go in the second they are available. Truly stunning. I won't be buying any more monitors or TVs! I was left wondering if input from a mouse or an Apple pencil is going to be supported for using the likes of Photoshop. I can't see that done with fingers.
I was almost certain I was going to buy it no matter what, until I saw the price. Overdelivered on features, really amazing, but was hoping they would surprise on the price and come in below $3k. No way I would strap $3500 to my head in public. Gonna be many years for the price to come down enough for this to get mainstream adoption.
I don't know much about optics so I don't know how people with prescription lenses can get this device to accommodate their eyesight. Are those lenses in the Vision Pro replaceable with custom prescription lenses? In any case clearly Apple has made this device with features to accommodate people who need corrective vision, so that probably won't be a reason for this device to fail. I'm not worried about that now.
Apple did a lot of things right. If it works well, the Vision Pro may be able to replace a display. But I'm not sure if eye fatigue will be a problem. And for those of us with eczema who scratch our foreheads, eyebrows and noses a lot, that may also be a problem. (Skin fatigue?)
I did predict that Apple would make it work with Facetime by assembling your eyes with your face using an external camera. I just didn't realize the camera would be mounted on the external frame of the device. (I thought they would use some sort of selfie stick contraption.) I also predicted correctly that the new chip would be called the "R1."
Is it possible to link the device to my iris in such a way that a thief would never be able to use my device if they happened to grab it and run away? Or can a thief do a factory reset and match it to his own iris? I would be afraid to use it in public without this.
DUDE… it’s called VISION PRO, not Reality Pro. That was the name the Internet made up before it was unveiled, so you can stop calling it that now.
Given the high performance capabilities (complex sensors, complex chips, 2 4K microOLED displays, high quality comfort head scarfs, etc) of Apple Vision Pro, do you honestly expect Apple to sell for less????
Apple is essentially revolutionizing the whole AR world and manages to take privacy and security seriously.
Apple does the AR right and nailed it perfectly with UX, unlike many failures of other companies that just don't really think about the whole UX. Their platforms always feel disconnected, incoherent, and awkward.