Vision Pro will turn any surface into a display with touch control

A long and steady drum beat from developers over the next 6 to 9 months priceless, taking advantage of a whole new Apple ecosystem………

Waiting to see if typing with 10 fingers will be possible, both with the "in-air" keyboard seen in the screenshots and videos and on a virtual keyboard on flat desktop surface. Ten finger typing is low on the priority list though as I assume Apple thinks people will just use a real keyboard.

Wondering how the dexterous you can be with the hand tracking. 10 finger typing is one example. Another is say, can you work a virtual Rubik's cube with your hands?

tht said:

Waiting to see if typing with 10 fingers will be possible, both with the "in-air" keyboard seen in the screenshots and videos and on a virtual keyboard on flat desktop surface. Ten finger typing is low on the priority list though as I assume Apple thinks people will just use a real keyboard.

Wondering how the dexterous you can be with the hand tracking. 10 finger typing is one example. Another is say, can you work a virtual Rubik's cube with your hands?

I suspect that the hand tracking won't be incredibly precise, but that won't be an issue if you are looking at the object because the eye tracking is reportedly phenomenal. We won't know for sure until devices get shipped.

AppleInsider said:

So where Apple's virtual keyboard for the Vision Pro is not practical for long typing sessions, it could be that a user's desk is turned into a keyboard.  That would still make for a stunted typing experience, as there would be no travel on the keys. But there are already keyboard projectors that use lasers to display a QWERTY layout directly onto a flat surface. 

I think you COULD have key travel by overlaying a virtual keyboard on a real keyboard.  It wouldn't matter if the keyboard was plugged in or not.  You could type on the real keyboard and the Vision Pro would read the virtual one occupying the same space.

williamh said:

AppleInsider said:

So where Apple's virtual keyboard for the Vision Pro is not practical for long typing sessions, it could be that a user's desk is turned into a keyboard.  That would still make for a stunted typing experience, as there would be no travel on the keys. But there are already keyboard projectors that use lasers to display a QWERTY layout directly onto a flat surface. 

I think you COULD have key travel by overlaying a virtual keyboard on a real keyboard.  It wouldn't matter if the keyboard was plugged in or not.  You could type on the real keyboard and the Vision Pro would read the virtual one occupying the same space.

I won't lie, that seems like it could be an AWESOME alternative.