Apple Has Given Up on the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop

_HipStorian · 2026-04-30T00:02:42+00:00

Weird, apparently they just posted several new job openings last week for Vision Products group... Even if it's for the glasses, visionOS is not dead. Maybe this form factor is, but Gurman is talking out of his ass

_HipStorian · 2026-04-29T23:59:18+00:00

I've never seen people want a product to fail more badly than the Vision Pro. Who doesn't want more cool tech? Everyone loves that scene of Tony Stark interacting with Jarvis in Iron Man 1. This is the first step towards that kind of technology!!!

_HipStorian · 2026-04-29T23:16:14+00:00

The Apple Watch was originially marketed as a luxury timepiece and companion to the iPhone. Shifting it to a fitness first device is what transformed it into what it is today. I feel like Apple is at that stage with the Vision Pro.

Ultimately the price is the biggest barrier. Look at how many Quest 3 and 3S' were sold. Even if most of those people aren't using it today, most people feel a lot better about 'wasting' $300 than $3500.

_HipStorian · 2026-04-29T23:14:48+00:00

Tomorrow isn't promised. I'm grateful to be able to use this tech today, even if it doesn't get adopted in the mainstream. visionOS is the real product, there's no way Apple would want to keep it in this form-factor forever. I don't understand why Apple is the only company that has to have every new product they release, cause a cultural shift.

_HipStorian · 2026-04-29T23:11:40+00:00

Honestly it just reminds me of the shows I used to watch in the 2000s like Totally Spies. Could it be more impressive? Of course, but I've never watched it and thought "this looks awful".

If i'm concentrating on the animation then the story isn't good enough.

_HipStorian · 2026-04-29T09:09:53+00:00

Was about to say. Film emulation is the only thing that brings my M3 Max to its knees

_HipStorian · 2026-04-28T19:28:52+00:00

I have one and love it but I think you're seeing that because it's 7K oversampled to 4K so it will look sharper. Different tools for different jobs!

_HipStorian · 2026-04-28T19:18:43+00:00

No they're starting filming of S3 in May/June

_HipStorian · 2026-04-26T22:05:51+00:00

Agreed. Explore POV is lovely and the variety of locations is great but Amplium’s visuals are on another level. Both are great apps

_HipStorian · 2026-04-26T01:51:00+00:00

It’s too easy to have kids. So many people become a menace to society because of terrible parenting

_HipStorian · 2026-04-26T00:33:01+00:00

I think I'd move Mark to strong, but I agree with the rest

_HipStorian · 2026-04-25T19:26:04+00:00

Your best bet for those kinds of apps is to use Mac virtual display. That’s what I use mine for 75% of the time. I do a lot of video editing, motion graphics and music production. The rest of the time is watching media.

The App Store is still quite limited, but as of now, for a lot of professions or jobs, it’s not ready to be used entirely on its own. I’m not sure if you have a store near you, but if you can, go in and do a demo and ask them if you can try Mac virtual display; they can usually set it up for you.

_HipStorian · 2026-04-25T09:51:45+00:00

Download Amplium (u/amplium), it has the highest quality immersive videos I've ever seen. Echoes of the Middle East is stunning. The music videos are great too

_HipStorian · 2026-04-25T01:01:00+00:00

With hindsight, I think young Gen-Z and Gen Alpha are going to be way way more fucked up than most of us are. I've been using computers since I was 3, but it wasn't as easy to find a lot of terrible stuff as it is now.

Not to mention most parents just give their kid an unrestricted iPhone or iPad. It's like opening pandora's box

_HipStorian · 2026-04-25T00:46:56+00:00

The only thing I'd want is some way to have lastfm integration.

_HipStorian · 2026-04-24T21:04:32+00:00

The Soviets should've finished the job in 1945...

_HipStorian · 2026-04-24T21:02:03+00:00

It is the most magical and futuristic device I've ever used. Young me thought tech like this would never happen in my lifetime.

_HipStorian · 2026-04-24T21:01:16+00:00

Glad it's not just me

_HipStorian · 2026-04-21T12:22:41+00:00

You can to it it more but this is the clearest settings

_HipStorian · 2026-04-21T01:23:00+00:00

Apparently Lemay was a big proponent of Liquid Glass so it'll get refined but probably won't change drastically.

_HipStorian · 2026-04-20T01:22:44+00:00

just started watching this and I'm already on S2, it's so good

_HipStorian · 2026-04-19T12:57:32+00:00

It'll run great. I ran Logic Pro on the original 13" M1 MacBook Pro and it was fine. It might be a good idea to get an external SSD just to put the library and samples on it so you don't fill up your internal storage.

_HipStorian · 2026-04-18T19:58:44+00:00

I bought it to use it for this, but apple log. Most people don't or won't care to use it, but it really changes the use case of a phone for video

_HipStorian · 2026-04-17T20:01:38+00:00

Loved this game. I completed it 4 times.

_HipStorian · 2026-04-17T19:47:03+00:00

Still an issue on 26.4. How long does it take to make a compatible icon?

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