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Should you learn spatial design before the launch of Vision Pro?
My honest thoughts on the introduction of this new experience
Back in June, Apple introduced their Vision Pro headset (or spatial computer, as they call it) which they expect to launch early 2024. Since then, I’ve seen a heck of a lot of glass-morphism tutorials and aesthetic mockups of shiny browser windows overlaid on modern living rooms.
Digging a little deeper, I came across resources outlining guidelines for designing and developing for this spatial computer.
Let’s pump the breaks.
At this point I started wondering: Is this something really worth learning and putting energy into? Is this new device, format, and experience ~the future~ or a passing trend (like Google Glass)? And most importantly, where (if at all) does it actually have the power to add real value?
I still have not come to any concrete conclusions, but I wanted to share what I’ve learned so far. Because I’ll be honest, my gut reaction to the Vision Pro introduction was, “This is dumb.” And I don’t think I’m the only one, because the comments on this video by Apple have been turned off. 😂
Let me start by saying that I understand this is the very beginning of what they’re calling ‘spatial computing.’…