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This is disappointing, but not surprising. I think it’s clear the potential that devices like these have… they stand to be as much a step forward in computing as touchscreen and handheld devices.

If the Vision Pro was able to natively run Mac apps I think people’s attitude towards it would be a lot different.

At the moment, it’s a glorified iPad you can wear on your face.

But imagine if it wasn’t.

[vunderba]

Honestly I was shocked that it didn't debut with the ability to "sync with any Macbook/Studio/etc" and all the currently running applications would show up as separate floating windows within ostensible spatial computing environment - each of which could be moved around / resized / manipulated at will.

That way you get all the computing power of your main work machine, and enjoy the freedom of 3d computing. I know a lot of people dismiss spatial computing as a gimmick, but as somebody who does a huge amount of work walking around my house while writing on my whiteboards, I really enjoy being able to work in a non-static way.

Instead as I understand it, it just creates a single resizable floating monitor pane that is just a crappy mirror of what's displayed on your Macbook - not nearly as cool.

Also the front-facing virtual avatar display might be the biggest "who the hell wants this" added expense on a device that's already 7 times the price of the Quest.