I thought it would be interesting to hear people’s thoughts about what realistic improvements can be made to VP’s gen 2 hardware (we all want it to become AR glasses but that’s not happening for awhile).
I think it goes without saying we all would like it lighter, so I don’t think it needs to be mentioned unless you have a specific way to make it lighter/more comfortable.
Note this isn’t a thread about making a cheaper “Air” version of the VP, but just on how to improve the flagship product.
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I’m not a VP owner myself so I don’t have much to say, but one thing is I’ve noticed owners say that other people at first contact seem to assume the VP owner cannot see them while wearing the VP. And I think it might be largely due to the design of the VP—it looks like a VR headset and those look like high tech sleep masks. Perhaps if VPs get more commonplace, people will just know that VPs have pass through on by default (and it would help if Apple can get Eyesight to work better). But I thought regardless, why not change the design of the VP to look more like actual goggle eyewear—ie. a circle/oval for each eye—to visually imply that the wearer can see through them, even though it’s still using pass through? It might complicate Eyesight implementation but I think it should still be doable.
Also I don’t know how feasible this is, but I think it would be convenient if one could flip or slide up the whole front of the headset to expose one’s eyes. This would let people give their eyes a quick breather, quick look at their phone or something, better eye contact for a quick interaction with someone, without having to take off the headset and put it back on and reposition things.
What are your thoughts?
I think it goes without saying we all would like it lighter, so I don’t think it needs to be mentioned unless you have a specific way to make it lighter/more comfortable.
Note this isn’t a thread about making a cheaper “Air” version of the VP, but just on how to improve the flagship product.
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I’m not a VP owner myself so I don’t have much to say, but one thing is I’ve noticed owners say that other people at first contact seem to assume the VP owner cannot see them while wearing the VP. And I think it might be largely due to the design of the VP—it looks like a VR headset and those look like high tech sleep masks. Perhaps if VPs get more commonplace, people will just know that VPs have pass through on by default (and it would help if Apple can get Eyesight to work better). But I thought regardless, why not change the design of the VP to look more like actual goggle eyewear—ie. a circle/oval for each eye—to visually imply that the wearer can see through them, even though it’s still using pass through? It might complicate Eyesight implementation but I think it should still be doable.
Also I don’t know how feasible this is, but I think it would be convenient if one could flip or slide up the whole front of the headset to expose one’s eyes. This would let people give their eyes a quick breather, quick look at their phone or something, better eye contact for a quick interaction with someone, without having to take off the headset and put it back on and reposition things.
What are your thoughts?