Dan Bricklin @danb@qoto.org

In these examples, the cost of the headset is not an issue because if the application is valuable enough to take the users' time, the hardware cost will be a small concern. Software development will be a concern, though, until the right tools are available, I guess.

New long press release from Apple about #VisionPro: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/04/apple-vision-pro-brings-a-new-era-of-spatial-computing-to-business/ with several specific examples of real, serious, productive use of VisionOS. The Porsche engineers following a race in real-time video is an interesting example (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/videos/apple-vision-pro-porsche-race-engineer-app/large_2x.mp4).

Fits with @mimsical WSJ article from March 29th (https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/apples-new-face-computer-is-for-work-788e2750 - paywall) about how knowledge workers are a key audience. "I think I've described using the Vision Pro to other people as like, just having an infinite number of iPads to pull out for work," Steve Caruso is quoted in the article.

I just love doing the NYTimes’ Connections game. When playing it I feel like I’m zigzagging around my brain, looking at so many angles and points of view and enjoying the matches (or potential matches). I feel so clear when it all fits into place. Such an inner- and cerebrally-focused thing in today’s externally messed up and stressful world. (I do “cheat” some at times, though, by looking up definitions…)

Joy of being a grandparent: One of my granddaughters showed me her newest prized possession: A Foxtrot comic by @billamend that he signed in front of her at PAX East. I had introduced her to Sunday comics, and especially Foxtrot, a few years before. She ended up buying lots of Foxtrot books. One reason Foxtrot is special to me is because years ago it had one of the earliest times I saw my creation (VisiCalc and its descendants) being referenced in mass media as something accepted. It was a strip where you needed to know at least something about a spreadsheet to appreciate the humor. (The first time I remember was a WSJ editorial.)

#Apple should make a variety of takes at showing a sport on #VisionPro available with a discussion board for feedback. Involve all us early adopters. Get ideas from lots of sports fans. Do it in public so we all feel part of it. Host Zoom/FaceTime-like discussions or something.

I just watched the new short MLS Apple soccer spatial/immersive video on my #VisionPro that came out tonight. Some scenes are viscerally great (e.g., crowds, shots on goal), some quick cuts in viewpoint are jarring since I feel physically disoriented / displaced from one location to another. No good plot since just separate scenes. I missed having slow motion / multiple viewing angle instant replay. Sports viewing is next level this way, but it needs lots of experimentation. I'd love to see various takes of the same sport, the same action.

I wonder if Apple will make a #VisionPro app for use during #WWDC that has spatial streaming, multiple windows (like speaker & slides) and some surprising innovations. I would hope...

I run into this problem on my #VisionPro. I like looking at my collection of family photos/videos I've taken. For example, I tear up when I watch a video I took of a niece entering and walking down the aisle at her wedding. Hard to slide a finger under the hard metal below my eyes to wipe them.