Is the Vision Pro promotional video accurate when it shows the screen remaining static in front of you even when you turn your head?

Hello. As I understand, you mean the users have multiple windows open and they do not move as if they are not locked to your view. This is what really happens. Think of the windows as placed in the real world and does not move unless you move it yourself. So if I placed the window next to my couch, then turn to look in the opposite direction, it wouldn’t move and would leave my sight as if it was an object in real life. Hope this helps! If it doesn’t, just let me know and I can clarify.

David and Idris, it is nice to see Photos users here. It makes me feel at home here right from the start!

So far, I have just been playing around with my Vision Pro. As Apple is calling the Vision Pro a Vision Pro the first spatial computer and the first spatial camera I am expecting it to be able to do more than an iPhone or iPad with respect to computing, I hope, it will get much better over time.

So far, I can enjoy 3D photos and videos by watching them on the Vision Pro, but not organize them or add adjustments or metadata. No smart albums, no titles or captions below the thumbnails, no Info panel with metadata. As most of my albums are smart albums based on keywords, I have to recreate most of my smart albums as standard albums to be able to access my photos and videos on the Vision Pro.

I love the ability to turn still frames into 3D photos, they are just looking great this way, but when I try to create a photo book in Keynote or Pages, so I can add it to the Books.app the 3D items are becoming flat.

I sincerely hope, FatCat Software will bring PowerPhotos to the Apple Vision Pro, so we can use Photos on Vision Pro with several windows and can profit from the huge virtual display.

And Keynote and Pages will catch up and will soon be able to include 3D videos and photos from our Vision Pro and allow us to share epub books with 3D photos to Books.

David, I also started using a Mac in 1984, and I loved it.

I haven spent all my working life doing research in artificial Intelligence, computer Vision, and computer graphics. For me it is so amazing to see that a powerful 3D computer can fit into a pair of glasses, and can do all the things that have been dreaming of, when I was still a student. Now it can be done in a blink of an eye. I could not resist, even when the software still needs to catch up.

leonie…

Glad to see you on this forum. Your expertise has helped me dozens of times, usually in the Photos forum. Looking forward to your contributions here after you have had some time using the AVP. I had no real intention of getting the AVP, but made a spur-of-the moment decision and got one on the (US) launch day. Been using it daily for six months. Best tech purchase I have made since I got the original Mac in 1984 (yeah… I’m ancient).

The demonstration is so breath taking, I purchased the Vision Pro on the spot.

David Strait wrote:

leonie…

Glad to see you on this forum. Your expertise has helped me dozens of times, usually in the Photos forum. Looking forward to your contributions here after you have had some time using the AVP. I had no real intention of getting the AVP, but made a spur-of-the moment decision and got one on the (US) launch day. Been using it daily for six months. Best tech purchase I have made since I got the original Mac in 1984 (yeah… I’m ancient).

Now I'm even more tempted....

IdrisSeabright wrote:

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Now I'm even more tempted....

It might be wise to wait for teething problems to have been fixed ...

Have you had a chance to try the Vision Pro at an Apple Store? The trial sessions are such a fun, even if we are not sure, if we want to buy one.

leonie,

You have identified some major limitations of the AVP while using the Photos app (no smart albums, metadata, adjustments, etc). The AVP doesn't come close to replacing the computer for me... especially for photo work. Some editing capability would be nice, but not sure how much I would trust the AVP screens for color/light adjustments. I’d probably stick with my Mac screen.

However, I agree with you that it is a great way to view photos (once you create standard albums from smart albums)! I have been inspired to create more panoramas after seeing some of my old panoramas in immersive mode… quite a radical visual improvement! I haven't updated to the v.2 OS beta, so haven't used the native 2D -> 3D photo conversion. However, I am an enthusiastic user of "Spatial Media Toolkit" that converts both photos and videos. It's kinda amazing to see these old photos "come to life." It’s hard to describe the visual improvement and emotional impact of these conversions. I would like to see the AVP make improvements in being able to “share” these experiences with others in real time.

léonie wrote:

The demonstration is so breath taking, I purchased the Vision Pro on the spot.

I was so tempted.... But, for once, I'm going to wait for the next version.

Yes, definitely. Hopefully Apple can make better batteries for longer battery life and hopefully a less expensive version. (I’m broke 😓)

It will have to come down by about a third before I can buy it without thinking long and hard.

Hope that you love it!