Apple Vision Pro One Month Later with Joanna Stern | INTERVIEW

Kevin Roose and the Wall Street Journal reporter Joanna Stern compare notes on using the Apple Vision Pro.

This is a clip from episode 73

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One Month With Apple Vision Pro: In the Air, on a Train … in a Drawer

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[davem.]

I've had mine for two weeks and absolutely LOVE it. Pillow case and all. I have several friends who have it and love it too. I understand critics have to be critical, but many of those that use it actually love it.

[thomaspripley]

I love the leaving windows around the house. Now I can add digital clutter to my physical clutter!

[brendagray]

To each person that have the Vision Pro……..love mine.

[WhoKnowsZombie]

The new has worn off for me, but man I still love it, such an amazing device for watching movies and shows. Honestly don’t see the point in movie theaters anymore now that I have Apple vision pro

[creativeconnectionU]

Spoiler alert: yes you can play your PS5 in the Vision Pro. It was launched with this ability

[thomaspripley]

100% agree with Joanna. I got my AVP on release day and there's friction and an intentionality needed to want to use it now. Also, I use it mostly for watching... I've watched more movies in the past month than ever before. It's an incomparable video/film watching experience. I do use it for work, but find that I have to have it paired to my Mac and I can' t work at my desk doing it. I usually work from a more spacious environment like my kitchen table.

[extendedplay]

I purchased 2
AVP’s
One for me
One for my Wife
(AS A Birthday Gift)

As a 51 yr old man
( pre social media
Pre Super Nintendo
Pre Sony play station )

As a man of the era of
Video games like
Pong
Frogger
Asteroids ☄️
Etc etc, I love it !!!
I keep hearing tech reviewer’s
Complain & bitch about the AVP, goodness, it’s new tech
Just enjoy THE AVP, for it being new technology!!!
We’re so spoiled !!

[pumpuppthevolume]

there r a lot of clock apps now ....but u can just look at your real wrist watch or other clocks if u r in passthrough

[ttfmtripp]

There’s a MAJOR design flaw with AVP where you can’t have a head strap that can fully support the weight of the main unit without it pushing onto your face.
If you compare it to the Quest 3 design, the side brackets can be adjusted and any third party head strap can slide onto the brackets to fully support the unit away from your face so there is no pressure.
Bit strange that Apple did not design this better with all the resources they have.

[votdfak]

The biggest flaw is that is not running a version of macOS instead of iPadOS version. Apple wants App Store tax + they want you to buy Mac in addition to AVP.

[FerdinandZebua]

The Apple Vision Pro is a $3, 500 developer preview.

[d.d.jacksonpoetryproject]

Excellent discussion. She mentions how Apple will likely add more fitness to the Apple Vision Pro. But does she think this will be reserved for a future iteration when the device gets lighter? This was frankly why I was thinking of purchasing it but there’s been slim pickings in that category thus far (“Synth Rider”? What about Apple Fitness+?)

[BobbieGWhiz]

This video was a lot like the Vision Pro, it was very good, but after a while you just got tired of it.

[matfalkner]

Have yall tried ps5 now on it yet? It does do that. Just like iPhone and iPad you can connect your controller to it via Bluetooth

[johnheaney]

You can get clock apps. You don't have to rely on Apple for that.

At this price point, it has to be useful for work (thus, the Pro moniker). I'm disappointed Joanna completely dismissed that use case. It sounds like the barrier to putting it on for work came down to battery life. Otherwise, everything she said is the same for my laptop. So the entire use case is moot because of battery life?

[JamesBrackley]

you could play diablo on the wall with a big screen if you want on the quest via link

[dojan]

My main desire is using for work. I am concerned she gave it a D for work. I will buy once I hear I can get two or three Mac OS screens. May need to wait for V2.

[NoThankYouToo]

The personas are remarkable. She’s being silly.

[unkownx]

I swear... it my friends bring that to a gathering, I would say, take it off, or I'm am off. prove of friend shit.. it's like talking on a phone all the time while you are with your friend.

[Mangini]

Convince your boos to buy you a $3500 Vision Pro and then bring someone else to do the review for you...