At the beginning of the year, Apple released the Apple Vision Pro, which is full of "wow" moments.
It perfectly combines the virtual and the real, comparable to any door of Doraemon, no matter where you want to go, who you want to meet, you can wear a world.
Wearing it doesn't prevent us from making eye contact with the "real partners" around us.
But the style of painting is likely to look like this:
Add Dyson air purifying headphones and it will look like this:
Some people say that this is the ultimate form of Vision Pro: when you need to purify the air and create a 5D atmosphere, you can release the scent collected before and reuse the waste, which is perfect!
I have to say that Vision Pro is a thing that can expand our imagination.
Of course, I mean "price".
Like my editor with a monthly salary of 3499 yuan, even if I grit my teeth, I can't get it for 3499 dollars.
In comparison, the $499.99 Meta Quest 3 is rounded up for nothing.
If you round it up, the features are no different from the Vision Pro – the Quest3 is currently the most affordable ticket to the future.
Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year, let's just stay in the "metaverse" and see what we can do.
Not just a giant screen theater, but the entrance to the metaverse: a new world, a new way to play!
The metaverse is appealing because it allows us to break free from the shackles of the real world and do anything and everything at a fraction of the cost.
The Quest3 is not only the entrance to the metaverse, but also the first consumer-grade MR mixed reality device.
It's more advanced than previous VR devices, and the best thing about it is that it can see through our surroundings in color.
The perspective is modeled by the headset camera scanning the real scene, with a good level of detail, which ensures that the surrounding real-world objects still have the correct scale and depth.
This means that the virtual image in the headset can be matched with real-world objects.
This combination of virtual and real graphics is more fun than pure virtual graphics, and it also makes the gameplay of Quest3 more diverse.
For example, when we need to operate the computer and keyboard and mouse, it will be very convenient, and we can see the phone and computer clearly without taking off the Quest3.
For another example, many people's original intention of buying a headset is just to have a giant screen theater experience at home, hoping that whether in the living room or bedroom, whether lying or sitting, they can watch movies as immersively as in the cinema.
As always, you can watch movies with other people in a virtual set, and you can project multiple screens in your own real scene.
Office goods and games are no longer constrained by the environment and equipment, and are more private.
Of course, we can stream the Quest3 to PS5 via apps like PS Remote and Chiaki.
You can also play the big-screen version of PS5 while lying in bed, avoiding the dispute between husband and wife in the living room.
If we let our imagination go unleashed, we can explore possibilities beyond the rules of the real world.
On New Year's Eve, you can experience the VR fireworks show with your online friends through VR Chat and other software.
Or experience a surreal audio-visual feast in a virtual concert......
You can even take on the role of Ezio from Assassin's Creed Nexus, roaming the eaves of Europe for a first-person parkour experience, and even testing your guts to take a "leap of faith".
However, these are also the basic exercises of the Quest3! and they are also things that most VR devices can do well.
If we imagine it again, we can even be:
MR Housework!I can watch a movie while washing dishes
The reason why housework is very painful is that it is relatively boring, and you have to stop the novels and film and television dramas at hand to concentrate on sweeping the floor, washing dishes and drying clothes.
Quest3's current title of "housework artifact" is not for nothing. Because we have good MR ability, when we do housework, we can "project" a screen anywhere in the home to put the novels or videos we want to watch.
It can be operated by air without smudging the screen!
When cooking, the experience is a thief, you can open a cooking video teaching, and you can also follow the practical operation, and the practical value is full.
MR Chess Playing Ball! A very new way of playing
After eating, we can find an open place to exercise with the Quest3 workout.
For example, "build" a table tennis table or billiard table, and then play ball with friends from all over the world.
Because the Quest3's virtual screen and real object positioning are combined very accurately, it will not be molded, and the virtual screen can also have a real physical collision with real objects.
So we can even find a real platform, and have another friend who owns a Quest3 to compete with the Quest3.
So since it's all like this, why don't you take off the Quest3, spend some money to buy a racket and a real ball, and still get the experience of going against the sky?
What we are looking for is a sense of the future.
I usually think that Lego is quite expensive and sticky. "Cyber Lego" feels like a good choice.
It's just that if you want to show off to others, you have to buckle the Quest3 to their heads.
However, playing chess, playing cards, and rubbing hemp are all good forms of entertainment.
Although you may be in various places during the Chinese New Year, you can still have a three-in-one through Quest3, which can not only avoid someone from going out of the way, but also not afraid of someone playing the table in a hurry.
MR Shooter! Turn your home into a battlefield
Home is the environment we are most familiar with, and if it is transformed, the fun is endless, such as turning the home into a battlefield, what will be the experience?
Espire 2 is a game that combines the MR features of Quest 3 with the ability to turn your living room into a battlefield, where you can traverse your room to find enemies, dodge attacks, and kill.
The enemies and mechanisms in the picture are all virtual screens, and there is no drift when combined with the real scene, which is very natural and makes people have a strong sense of immersion.
The whole game is thrilling and exciting, and the body is still very tired.
Great 3DS emulator
Quest3 has a complete software ecosystem, in addition to a variety of video players, VR games, there are also many practical tools.
A foreigner installed a 3DS simulator Citra VR in Quest3 and used Quest3 to drive Mario Kart 7.
The simulator supports upper and lower dual-screen displays, can be suspended to simulate touch operations, and can use handle buttons to perform complex operations.
It perfectly solves the pain points of previous 3DS emulators.
It is expected that the follow-up emulator will also update the 3D display effect, and the screen above has the same 3D screen effect as the 3DS!
Virtual piano, play music games with real electronic piano
Wearing the Quest3, friends with no knowledge of the Quest can also become Chopin and play a nocturne!
Spatial video taken by iPhone for the Quest3 to see
Recently, the iPhone 15 Pro introduced a "spatial video" feature.
We were able to record moments of special significance in a lifelike form and return to the scene with the Vision Pro device.
Now, in addition to the Vision Pro, the Quest3 can also play "spatial video" through third-party apps.
Functional ...... of shame
Of course, there are a lot of small movie resources on the Internet, filling the gap between people's boring moments at night. If you have the ability, you can actually try to shoot some small space videos with the iPhone 15 Pro.
Finally, remind everyone to pay attention to the health of the cervical spine when playing MR equipment, after all, it is like wearing a helmet, which adds a lot of burden to the neck. In addition, the simple and open space is more conducive to everyone's immersive experience, and your metaverse journey will be more comfortable and smooth through the optimization of some small details.
It is foreseeable that the metaverse will greatly enrich our lives and unveil this new world of rapid change. Young people will also be able to maximize their creativity, growth and fun in this interactive game. In the future, what everyone will live at during the New Year holiday is not home, but the metaverse.