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Apple Vision Pro

29th August 2024 at 2:45pm

Stephen's Apple Vision Pro Picks

Type	2023 WWDC Rickies	Score
Stephen	Regular	"The phrase "one more thing" will be used before the headset is announced"	1
Stephen	Risky	"The announced price of the headset will be less than $2,500"	-1
Stephen	Flexie	"Jeff Williams has a major role in introducing the headset"	0
	Was originally Kevin Lynch until Myke, ever the sportsman, pointed out that Lynch is supposedly on the car project, not the headset.
Type	2024 Annual Rickies	Score
Stephen	Regular	"There will be no second-generation Vision Pro announced in 2024"
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple launches immersive video content using TV+ IP"
	Stephen's original version of the pick was just about any immersive video, but that was already announced.
Type	2024 May Rickies	Score
Stephen	Flexie	"Final Cut for iPad gains a feature specifically for video in visionOS"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"iPad Virtual Display announced for visionOS"	0
Type	2024 WWDC Rickies	Score
Stephen	Risky	"Apple previews a new visionOS feature that puts overlays over the camera passthrough with information about objects in view"	-1
	Was originally "app" instead of "feature".
Stephen	Flexie	"At least two of Apple's first-party apps escape iPad compatibility mode on visionOS to become full-blown native apps"	0

Myke's Apple Vision Pro Picks

Type	2023 WWDC Rickies	Score
Myke	Regular	"The headset is unveiled"	1
	Indeed, this pick has been made a few times, but the only one Myke is ineligible to pick is his much more detailed and already incorrect annual pick. Federico makes some implausible claims about his involvement in the development of the headset.
Myke	Flexie	"The iPadOS cursor appears to be repurposed for using iPad apps in VR"	1
	It wasn't obvious from the keynote, but later session information showed that when connected to a trackpad, visionOS indeed uses an almost exact clone of the iPad cursor.
Myke	Flexie	"We do not know what the price of the headset will be"	0
Myke	Flexie	"The headset portion of the keynote lasts over an hour"	0
Type	2024 Annual Rickies	Score
Myke	Risky	"A game made by a studio owned by Meta is released on Vision Pro"
Myke	Flexie	"We will be able to watch 'Avatar: The Way of Water' in 3D on Vision Pro"
Myke	Flexie	"visionOS receives updates at WWDC that ship later in 2024"
Type	2024 WWDC Rickies	Score
Myke	Risky	"visionOS 2 has keyboard passthrough when in an environment and it works with any keyboard, not just the ones Apple makes"	-1
Myke	Flexie	"At least one of the 'Coming Soon' environments in visionOS 2 is removed"	0
Myke	Flexie	"Apple announces some new immersive video content coming to Vision Pro"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Vision Pro international availability is mentioned"	1

Federico's Apple Vision Pro Picks

Type	2023 October Rickies	Score
Federico	Flexie	"Vision Pro is mentioned at some point during the video"	0
Type	2024 Annual Rickies	Score
Federico	Flexie	"Vision Pro will not be available in Italy in 2024"
Federico	Flexie	"A Vision Pro will be used on the International Space Station"
Type	2024 May Rickies	Score
Federico	Flexie	"The new iPad keyboard can also be paired with a Mac or Vision Pro"	0
Federico	Flexie	"The new Apple Pencil is compatible with and has special features for visionOS"	0
Federico	Flexie	"Vision Pro launch dates in more countries announced"	0