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Originally Posted by LarryNYC
The Vision Pro does not require a computer.
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Originally Posted by tomsem
I'm a few days in with my Vision Pro. For the first few days, it was not at all clear to me what I would use it for, and I thought for sure I was going to send it back.
What changed is that I finally got around to connecting it to my MacBook 13" Air...
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lots of early impressions and reactions like this to the initial hopes and dreams
But reading is what we all care about here so:
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Originally Posted by LarryNYC
Somebody did a 3D interface where you see scenes from War and Peace projected around the page but I would find that too distracting. My focus is on the text and I want to be able to read as quickly as possible.
If it can turn a page with my eye movements, I will be ecstatic.
I have a Kindle Scribe, and it is good, but balancing it on a pillow to read in bed is not that much fun. I hope that the goggles and the room will disappear when I read so that I can become one with the book. I want time to stop when I am reading.
I will report my findings.
As for "you do you", that is a tautology. Who else could I do?
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Originally Posted by tomsem
And no, there is nothing for $500 that does this.
On the native app side, there's enough to get going with, but no Kindle app yet, and the Apple apps like Safari, News+ and Books lack Dark theme (which I use whenever I can on non-eInk screens). I wanted to use forScore (for displaying sheet music) but it's not available. I think I can use PDF Expert, which is.
And reading books is pretty cool.
I haven't checked out all of the 'environments' but currently using Mojave Desert. Gorgeous and relaxing.
I used it for about 4 hours straight this morning. No eye strain or neck fatigue from the weight. I think it is much better on eyes than typical computer screen because your eyes are not locked on to something 20" away, focus adjusts as you look at different things in there.
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Mark Gurman mentioned early on that Apple was working on a native Books app for the Vision Pro so I was very disappointed that Apple doesn't seem to have released anything in time for launch. Not even a Beach immersive background so you can simulate lounging and reading?
Anyway the device/OS fundamentally doesn't seem complementary to reading books. Yes, it's the first headset with a high enough resolution to match retina eink and oled ereaders and tablets. But it's heavy, battery life is quite poor, FoV isn't great, and it's not designed to be used while moving. At the end of the day, the Vision Pro is a VR headset and I don't think it'll be as good as AR Glasses and regular ereaders for standard books.
On the other hand, I'm very eager to get my hands on one for reading comic books