I could “feel” the basketball dribble past me. I could hear the squeaky shoes as they rushed past. It was an experience I haven’t had since high school sitting on the bench :p
Looks like they still haven't fulfilled the demo's initial promises.
Object permanence is in direct tension with 3D content. In real life, things don't blink out of existence. When they do in virtual environments, it's jarring - especially when done in quick succession. Your brain needs time to reorient.
Plenty of NES gamers use this to their benefit since state is usually not retained for enemies which have been "popped out".
This makes Ninja Gaiden a bit easier. It's quite the opposite of annoying!
minhduong243•3w ago
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stockresearcher•3w ago
If I’m understanding this correctly, he is suggesting that Apple should put their fancy camera in a strategic location at every stadium and concert hall in the country/world and then give the Vision Pro owners live access to the cameras when there is an event going on. With no production crew sitting between the camera and viewer.
I suppose that it’s impossible to prove unless they actually did it, but this sounds like it would be a monumental failure! The “immersive experience” would be fun for 10 or 20 minutes and then people would want the different angles and replays and everything else you get from having a production crew. Just wait for the first time you wish you could see a replay!
I was at the “Sammy Sosa corked bat incident” game and you know what all of us inside the ballpark saw and heard? Nothing. A play happened, the umps gathered and chatted for a couple minutes, and the game went on. People wondered where Sosa went and then we read about it in the newspaper the next day.
You think people want to pay $3500 to not be able to see better angles? To not be able to see replays? Yeah, courtside seats are amazing; that doesn’t mean they are perfect.
f33d5173•3w ago
I don't think his point is that you shouldn't have a production crew. It's moreso two points:
- you shouldn't change perspectives very often, because that's jarring
- having more streams is preferable to having high production value, so if it costs too much you should just cut the production team.
jamesthurley•3w ago
I don't think you understood correctly. He's talking about optimising the use of limited cameras.
> The “immersive experience” would be fun for 10 or 20 minutes and then people would want the different angles.
People pay money to attend events in person, so this doesn't appear to be true.
> You think people want to pay $3500 ...
That's about the same as flying to another country to watch the football world cup final in person. Once.
> to not be able to see better angles? To not be able to see replays?
You could watch replays on the big screens at the event. I'm sure user-selectable angles would be inevitable.
> Yeah, courtside seats are amazing; that doesn’t mean they are perfect.
Amazing sounds good enough to me!
Schiendelman•3w ago