- Apple cropped photos of the Vision Pro headset to remove the battery pack, making it look less cumbersome.
- Journalists were not allowed to take photos or videos of the Vision Pro’s hardware during a press briefing.
- Apple sees the cord from the battery pack as getting in the way of making the headset more mobile.
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appleCorporations trying to be honest challenge (impossible)Fixed that for you. I mean, that’s literally all advertising is: rebranded corporate propaganda. Just because it’s called an “advertisement” doesn’t make it not “propaganda.”
I don’t think all adverts are propaganda. For instance, someone in my village has a sign outside their house that says “EGGS FOR SALE” - that is 100% an advert, but I’m not sure you could convince me it’s propaganda.
I agree that there’s a lot of overlap between advertising and corporate propaganda, but they’re definitely different things.
Well, if they had a 10 foot egg in their yard I’d be skeptical. ;)
When they get down to a single egg and don’t take down the sign, it becomes propaganda.
Still, we have guidelines on false advertising for a reason. Some companies “advertise” their products in a more truthful and good faith way, and others don’t. There’s value in calling specific incidents out
This isn’t to bash Apple or defend one of its competitors, I just think it’s unproductive when we have this set of comments:
- “x did something bad”
- “yea well they all do it”
Dude we’re in a class war and our class is losing. Can you name a single major corporation who has the future of working class genuinely in mind? We literally just went through “inflation” half of which was just a corporate money grab.
My point is that we should be specific about problems, or else they get ignored
I find that saying “oh well, they all do it” is indirectly defending the company that did something wrong
If you read it that way, that’s on you for deciding it must mean that excuses the behavior. Pointing out that it is everywhere isn’t the same as saying that means it’s okay or we shouldn’t be upset about it.
A lot of fluff about how it isn’t propaganda sounds a lot more defensive of these people than I am being, so whatever.
Literally you’re the one actually defending the behavior here, so I really don’t understand what you’re angling for.
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Seems sus.
Please show me a honest ad. I’ll wait.
Maybe it’s the Samsung moon shot that’ll fill a complete perfectly in focus moon even if you take a picture of a blurry picture of the moon?
Or the Nokia “actually shot with phone” ads that were shot with professional cameras.
I don’t think the people that they are marketing to (people who buy Apple products) care. They will buy it just because it’s Apple.
There are many, okay dozens, of us that buy what best suits our needs. Mac laptop for work management and interface, Android phone for self, Windows PC for son, and a few linux boxes for number crunching.
Is the Mac laptop so you aren’t tempted to touch it unless you have to work?
Well made, dependable, fast, and similar enough to linux that I can do a lot of cross platform development between the two without much issue.
that I can do a lot of cross platform development
I’d never have thought that to be the strength of an Apple device.
A Mac has the unique capability of running fully licensed and supported macOS and iOS. Plus it can run Window, Linux, and Android, just like everything else.
“Best cross-platform support” wasn’t in my bingo cards 10 years ago for Apple definitely =)
They’l buy it because if they don’t, they won’t be admitted into apple heaven.
Pointless article when the battery pack is in the main picture they’ve included! Bizarre stuff.
Read the article, they talk about photos of journalists using it.
I did, hence why I mentioned it?
Of course you can’t see it, if it’s in their back pocket they’re going to be sitting on it. Is the photographer supposed to get up their ass to get the battery pack in frame. If you uncropped the photo you would just see more of their bodies and that’s completely unnecessary for something you wear on your face. Don’t get me wrong I think everything about the Vision Pro is nonsense but this article is some clickbatey horse-shit.
They showed and talked about it in the keynote too. It’s not like this is some last minute surprise.
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This is another “use a black wallpaper to hide the notch” situation. Kinda funny, but ultimately meaningless.
Clickbait… the launch video definitely discusses the battery
Some sites are just desperate for traffic, it seems.
Right? The launch video shows the battery.
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Big nothing burger.
Show the cable, don’t show the cable; no matter the outcome people are out for blood when Apple is involved.
Show the cable, don’t show the cable; no matter the outcome people will defend the design decisions when Apple is involved.
long past time for the shit company that is apple to die. just manufacture cheap workable alternatives.
Don’t buy it… go use your spyware infested Google or Microsoft devices instead.
Lol like Apple’s devices don’t have their own spyware?
Cheap like the $2k Samsung Galaxy Fold?
Samsung is crap too. They just saw there are enough idiots paying horrendous prices and matched Apple’s. I’d never pay even 1k for a phone.
This is why VR will not be a thing yet again. Last time the problem was displays weren’t compact enough and the computers weren’t powerful enough. Now the problem is that batteries are too heavy and it’s basically a smartphone strapped to your face.
Get back to me when you have something like a chunky pair of glasses that can overlay a 3D world onto the real one, or even replace it entirely, and last for hours and hours and hours.
Which will be never, because that much energy density would probably explode.
Or stop whinging about how the hardware isn’t the perfect platonic ideal that you imagined and use it when it’s good enough.
Seriously, what’s the big deal about a battery pack?
Because it’s not useful to me if I can’t wear it for a long time, both ergonomically and electrically. What I really, really want from VR is an infinite desktop, but not if I need to strap a pound of weight to my face and be plugged in constantly. I can buy a lot of monitor square footage for $3,500 and I don’t need to wear them on my face.
They went with a battery pack to keep the headset light, so ergonomically what you’re saying you want.
And even without the battery pack it weighs almost a pound and a half. That’s like a 20oz bottle of water strapped to my face. No way I can use that for hours.
So complain about that, the thing that is actually a problem for you.
It’s a symptom of a larger problem, which is that electronics are no where miniature enough to make VR widespread. It’s like trying to make a desktop computer out of vacuum tubes.
for YOUR use case… which is using it for extended periods as a massive desktop
i’d say that’s pretty niche actually… most people aren’t using technology for hours at a time
I have the PS5 VR and it’s totally fine to use for long periods of time.
Lift.
Plus nobody would actually want to live in the metaverse we see in media; Snowcrash, Ready Player One ect. The metaverse that’s being advertised is a dystopia just like the ones we’ve had in media. Not to mention all the practical problems of like needing to virtually walk to the virtual store to buy shit, no way in hell is that catching on.
Eh? The Quest has the battery built-in to the headset and lasts for hours. They could increase the battery side on that because it’s pretty light as it is. Why would a battery explode because of density?
I mean, VR is a thing still. It’s just still niche at the moment. I don’t think it has to be the main way to enjoy entertainment.
That said, I’m pretty sure the glasses you want are AR, not VR (Augmented reality)
Honestly, we talk about this thing way too much for how irrelevant it is (or should be, anyway).
It’s a ridiculously high end HMV that fixes none of the key issues and is absurdly overpriced. I don’t understand why we’re entertaining the issue at all.
I mean, I understand it, it’s Apple and people somehow suspend reason when it comes to them, but… well, we shouldn’t. And that’s all the time and thought I’m willing to spend on this dumb thing.
