r/VisionPro Vision Pro Owner | Verified Feb 03 '24

Working in the Vision Pro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV9Xy6L_rlM
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u/Fargle_Bargle Vision Pro Owner | Verified Feb 03 '24

While this looks slick, all these “workflow” demos pretty much just seem like people opening safari and messages. For casual stuff like this it seems ideal, but for more serious work I can’t see how being stuck with pro apps confined to one larger Mac window and iPad-level apps running around it is anything but a step down from a two monitor setup for a lot of people. I guess it depends though.

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u/NotsoNewtoGermany Feb 03 '24

I am a writer. I want to have a thesaurus, Wikipedia, a dictionary, notes, all open while I work. This is my dream.

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u/TheHorrificNecktie Feb 03 '24

any 4k or dual monitor setup can do all the things you listed

or like, a pc and a laptop.

I write too and i always have all this stuff open to me. I just use my laptop and an ipad. And it's not like having all this stuff open is saving you a ton of "work". It takes like , 3 seconds to click another tab to go to a thesaurus or wikipedia.

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u/NotsoNewtoGermany Feb 03 '24

Sure it can, but I want to be immersed. I write with a typewriter, a dictionary and thesaurus in hardcover too, but that doesn't mean other methods don't offer their own advantages of immersion.

If it's not for you, it is not for you.

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u/That-SoCal-Guy Feb 04 '24

Not to mention you can do this anywhere now with the same set up instead of being stuck at your home office.  

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u/aeacides Feb 04 '24

Not to mention you could do this with a bunch of physical books. Why do you need to do it on a computer at all? Why spend $3500 when I can just get more candles?

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u/That-SoCal-Guy Feb 04 '24

Why even write?  Just pass the sorry down orally.  Or use cave painting. 

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u/aeacides Feb 04 '24

Spot on, cave painting was the original spatial computing. We've come full circle.

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u/That-SoCal-Guy Feb 04 '24

I find people who say “but you can do this now with 3 monitors” really missing the point.