Step one, take off the headset: manton.org
@manton “It got me thinking about Apple’s own apps. For example, Books. Would you want to read a novel inside VR?”
Not sure this is a great example because yes, of course I would. Turn down the distractions and just enjoy the pages.
@manton As a counter example for your book reading in visionOS - I’m hoping that being able to read reference docs (pdfs, epubs) are something I could do alongside working on my laptop. Reading a novel, probably not - but most of the “books” I have are docs, not novels. (that probably says something odd about me)
@heckj That makes sense. Interesting that there doesn’t appear to be a Preview app like there is on the Mac. Seems better suited to PDFs.
@manton I don’t know, obviously, but using AirPods Pro with Vision Pro and tuning out the entire world might be nice for some to read a book in, with a babbling brook and shade under a sycamore tree.
@tewha @manton the idea of being able to read in bed without holding up a device seems pretty nice.
to be perfectly honest if i was loaded and could afford to blow $4K on a fancy display i’d buy this instead.
my handicap means i do a lot of my work in a reclining position. being able to suspend a display over myself anywhere i choose dans wires sounds pretty great. but it’s probably a pretty niche problem.
@manton Reading books is one of the main things I’d expect do with a Vision Pro, as long as there were some immersive background so it’s just the book in front of me. I read a lot of ebooks via Libby and Kindle, but I rarely use Apple’s Books since the interface is very beige & low contrast.