While reading John Gruber's initial experience with Vision Pro, the following stood out to me regarding our AI gold rush:

...you don’t make compelling products — let alone entire platforms — starting from advanced technology and working backward. You start with a vision for the product and platform experience and then create new technology to make it real.

There is a rush of apps. Some useful (co-pilot) and interesting. But most are obstructed API calls to data that is far from complete.

Other interesting things from the 2023 announcements

1. Displaying your real-time workout details back on your phone is great. I do a lot of zone training these days, and not having to look at my watch will be great.
2. The custom stickers via photos are going to be another item that makes those on Android feel left out
3. See #2 for contact cards (NameDrop....great name!)
4. iPhone horizontal mode is excellent but feels many years behind.
5. Smart to see things like crash detection be repurposed for your gold swing.
6. Smarter AirPod noise canceling (Adaptive Audio) - true noise canceling and being outside can be dangerous.
7. Family Password Protection - A good step forward. See Apple Passwords Deserve an App

Apple's app marketplace is such a massive competitive advantage for Vision Pro. The day it is released, having access to everything iOS (and iPadOS) is an enormous barrier to entry. I am trying to understand how anyone else remotely competes.

Coupled with access to the apps on your Mac and it feels like it is already game over. The price to start is steep, and there is that dangling cord in the back, but I am betting in the short run, this leads to even more Macs being sold as well.

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I had a chance to watch the Vision Pro video. I am far more into for work than entertainment. I rarely watch TV and don't FaceTime/Chat/etc. often. But what I do for hours every day is stand at a desk and navigate many app windows across three monitors.

The thought of a simple desk with just a quality keyboard and my MBP on it is very appealing, even at the $3,500+ price tag (cheaper than the Pro Display 😄).

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