As an “infinity monitor” you can use anywhere, it is really great.
But it is not - as it was advertised - a “spatial computer”. I can’t even think of it as an AR device, because it is terrible at image recognition and tracking… something even an iPhone can do. I have no idea why that is the case, because the hardware is, theoretically, ridiculously powerful… but something is seriously, seriously wrong with the software right now… and it cripples the headset for what is supposed to be it’s one major use-case: spatial computing.
P.S. In case it wasn’t obvious, I bought one to develop for, and as a developer I’m pretty angry at how poorly it performs at basic AR tasks.
Ouch. Don’t get me started on iPad “Pro”. There is nothing “Pro” about a device that is so heavily sandboxed and restricted to only installing things from a single, heavily curated app store. 😫
Such great hardware and UX, ruined because their app distribution monopoly is more profitable than moving devices.
I’m less bothered about the App Store than I am just allowing these devices with these very powerful chips to stretch their wings.
And it’s just simple things, too. iPadOS should allow you to have two different audio tracks going at once. It can handle that. But it’s too skewed to being a “bigger iPhone” than it is a “smaller MacBook.”
And I honestly love my iPad. Using it right this moment with a wireless KB and trackpad. And I’m happy I can extend the display relatively easily to a monitor now, too.
But it could definitely be so much more if the handcuffs were taken off.
As an “infinity monitor” you can use anywhere, it is really great.
But it is not - as it was advertised - a “spatial computer”. I can’t even think of it as an AR device, because it is terrible at image recognition and tracking… something even an iPhone can do. I have no idea why that is the case, because the hardware is, theoretically, ridiculously powerful… but something is seriously, seriously wrong with the software right now… and it cripples the headset for what is supposed to be it’s one major use-case: spatial computing.
P.S. In case it wasn’t obvious, I bought one to develop for, and as a developer I’m pretty angry at how poorly it performs at basic AR tasks.
So Apple hardware that’s super powerful but has bad software to support all that power?
“Where have I heard that one before?” he types on his iPad Pro…
Ouch. Don’t get me started on iPad “Pro”. There is nothing “Pro” about a device that is so heavily sandboxed and restricted to only installing things from a single, heavily curated app store. 😫
Such great hardware and UX, ruined because their app distribution monopoly is more profitable than moving devices.
I’m less bothered about the App Store than I am just allowing these devices with these very powerful chips to stretch their wings.
And it’s just simple things, too. iPadOS should allow you to have two different audio tracks going at once. It can handle that. But it’s too skewed to being a “bigger iPhone” than it is a “smaller MacBook.”
And I honestly love my iPad. Using it right this moment with a wireless KB and trackpad. And I’m happy I can extend the display relatively easily to a monitor now, too.
But it could definitely be so much more if the handcuffs were taken off.