Daring FireballJun 7, 2023
★ First Impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOS
https://daringfireball.net/2023/06/first_impressions_of_vision_pro_and_visionos
First Impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOS

In the same way that the introduction of multitouch with the iPhone removed a layer of conceptual abstraction — instead of touching a mouse or trackpad to move an on-screen pointer to an object on screen, you simply touch the object on screen — VisionOS removes a layer of abstraction spatially.

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Show threadvincenty
@daringfireball @gruber wouldn’t it be called Apple Vision Pro? We don’t say Watch Ultra or TV 4K.
Jun 8, 2023 at 8:21amWeb
Show threadJ.A. Bell Jun 8, 2023

@vincenty We also don’t say Apple iPhone or Apple MacBook Pro.

In this case, while the top of the product page says Apple Vision Pro, most of the materials just say Vision Pro, whereas the other product names are specifically and consistently Apple Watch Ultra and Apple TV 4K.

Show threadJohn GruberJun 9, 2023
@vincenty We'll see how it plays out linguistically but I think "vision" is different, insofar as it isn't a collective noun for a product category. We need to specify Apple Watch and Apple TV because Apple Watch is one of many watches, and many companies sell products we call TVs. But no one sells a vision.