AsymcoI used the Vision Pro. Any questions?
sammyjojo@asymco were you able to see the scene at dusk with the forest and the lake (or a similar type of scene) and was wondering if it felt like you were present as in feeling like you were there?
@sammyjojo it’s pretty good. I could never be made to feel I am anywhere I’m not so my suspension of disbelief is not possible. However, as I understand most people are able to achieve suspension (evidence is the existence of the movie industry) I suspect most people will find it compelling
@asymco that was the part I hard time describing. Be it a good book, music, movie, etc. Sometimes in the constraints of the medium you can be desensitized to your “real” environment such as sitting on a couch reading something or being in a room listening to music and even being in a movie theater watching a movie, to where one’s focus is mostly in what they’re experiencing. Which is what I meant when I asked if you felt “present”. So depending on the person, maybe they can pull it off?
@sammyjojo I’m sure they are pulling it off. Heck, people are amused by going to a fake city and interacting with someone in a mouse costume. And they pay a lot for that. I vowed to never underestimate the appetite for fantasy and make believe.
@asymco haha, yes. Do you just find that you don’t enjoy the suspension of belief for things like that?
@sammyjojo I cannot suspend disbelief. Disbelief is my natural state and it cannot be changed easily or at all.
@sammyjojo The demo of 3D responsive dinosaurs was ok but more compelling was 3D photos and videos that can be captured by the user. That seems and huge leap and excruciatingly popular potential. Overall the perception I was left with was that it is a reasonable opiate for most people.
@asymco the 3D photos and video seemed like a use case that was really interesting to me. If you could capture things and then re-experience them to degree later, that would be amazing. At the same time, I wouldn’t want to be the crazy person taking pictures of things with a headset strapped their face.
@sammyjojo I don’t see the problem *at all* with that usage model. Holding a camera to your face was/is normative for decades. I’d be surprised if it will not become _extremely_ popular.
@asymco true. I’m actually fairly similar with cameras, I tend to like to enjoy the moment and I find that I’d rather take the camera out when I’m more too myself and don’t need to be as engaged socially.