Not only is the goal of showing virtual screens everywhere wildly unambitious, it’s just an enhanced version of what we already had in the ’90s. #AR has the potential to create new, more socially engaged ways of working and playing. Bigger screens or windows hovering in virtual space, on the other hand, is the existing desktop computing paradigm on steroids. 🤷♂️ #Apple#VisionPro#UX
@keithwilson not sure who said that was the goal. That’s the baseline. It took a while for designers and devs to really start taking advantage of the unique qualities of mobile as a platform. It will take time for spatial platforms also. I’m already seeing some interesting things like Zillow immersive tours and an app that lets you place different white noise generating sculptures around to make a customer soundscape called odio. It’s been out less than 30 days.
@kaplag That’s fair, though the interface paradigm for #visionOS is very much floating app windows in space. And lots of commentators are behaving as if a bigger display were the holy grail of computing. Yes, there is the opportunity for developers to offer bespoke alternatives, but so far it looks more of an evolutionary step than a revolution in how we interact with computers.
@keithwilson@kaplag this is about as productive as saying “the entertainment paradigm for television is visually recorded radio plays” just because no one has worked out I Love Lucy yet
An entire 3D user interface approach is possible OUT OF THE BOX, but because it requires new technologies, most developers haven’t yet learned it
Don’t mistake lack of imagination for the platform’s lack of capacity
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