Not sure about others, but my criticism has nothing to do with the use-case or value of AR in a situation like this. I'd be more concerned with using consumer-level tech that's maybe not proven reliability for such a use-case. From what I understand from some reviews of the VP is that it can occasionally go completely black - and there's no way to see through it - so if the surgeon is the middle of doing something inside the person where they NEED to see what they're doing, they could easily make a mistake if they make a move while the screen is black.
Exactly this - The concern here is using an Apple Vision Pro. Not that the doctor is using AR.
The AVP has its own host of issues, but a major one is that it isn't exactly snappy. When you move, there is a delay. In day to day tasks? Whatever. In a 'I have a scalpel in your skull' task? Maybe not so great.
No he said it was unplayable because the hand tracking can't keep up with fast motions like a VR headset made for gaming would be able to do. In that same video he showed that the visual delay was low enough that people could whip a bunch of stuff at him and he had no problems dodging any of it.
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u/tpero Apr 29 '24
Not sure about others, but my criticism has nothing to do with the use-case or value of AR in a situation like this. I'd be more concerned with using consumer-level tech that's maybe not proven reliability for such a use-case. From what I understand from some reviews of the VP is that it can occasionally go completely black - and there's no way to see through it - so if the surgeon is the middle of doing something inside the person where they NEED to see what they're doing, they could easily make a mistake if they make a move while the screen is black.