“Spatial Computing”: Back in 2007—only 17 years ago—Steve Jobs introduced the Apple iPhone as three devices: “a widescreen iPod with touch controls; a revolutionary mobile phone; and a breakthrough Internet communications device…" <perplexity.ai/search/ip…>. John Gruber today sees the Apple visionPro as worth it right now as an entertainment device—anyone thinking of spending more than $2,000 on an individual home-entertainment system should get an Apple visionPro RIGHT NOW—as pointing to the likely future of spatial, or what used to be called ambient, computing, and as demonstrating that even with near-infinite money headset technology is only compelling for the crazed. But I am sensing the same “early adopters here are living in the future” vibe one gets rarely—with the Osborne and Apple II PCs, with the Macintosh, with the iPhone, with the Tesla Model S, and… I cannot really think of other hardware examples in my lifetime:

John Gruber: The Vision Pro: ‘For the last six days, I’ve been simultaneously testing three entirely new products from Apple. The first is a VR/AR headset with eye-tracking controls. The second is a revolutionary spatial computing productivity platform. The third is a breakthrough personal entertainment device…. These are not three separate devices. They’re one: Apple Vision Pro. But if you’ll pardon the shameless homage to Steve Jobs’s famous iPhone introduction, I think these three perspectives are the best way to consider it…. It’s too heavy and too big for everyone, and too expensive for the mass market. But, like that original iPhone and the original Macintosh before it, this first Vision Pro is no joke…. The conceptual design of VisionOS lays the foundation for an entirely new direction of interaction design. Just like how the basic concepts of the original Mac interface were exactly right, and remain true to this day. Just like how the original iPhone defined the way every phone in the world now works…. Vision Pro is simply a phenomenal way to watch movies, and 3D immersive experiences are astonishing. There are 3D immersive experiences in Vision Pro that are more compelling than Disney World attractions that people wait in line for hours to see…. I can recommend buying Vision Pro solely for use as a personal theater. I paid $5,000 for my 77-inch LG OLED TV a few years ago. Vision Pro offers a far more compelling experience…. Spatial computing in VisionOS is the real deal. It’s a legit productivity computing platform right now, and it’s only going to get better. It sounds like hype, but I truly believe this is a landmark breakthrough like the 1984 Macintosh and the 2007 iPhone… <daringfireball.net>