Apple announced Vision Pro a few months before the spatial computer was ready to ship. This is because this is a first generation device. Apple may have shown us its vision for the headset as a joke, but it’s third-party developers who come up with exciting Vision Pro apps that convince customers to hit the buy button. . Additionally, Apple needs more time to market the device and get prospective buyers accustomed to its hefty $3,499 price tag. Again, this is where third-party apps could help sway some consumers.
While we wait for developers to show off their Vision Pro app ideas, we can’t help but notice that Google has some of the best apps for Apple’s headsets. And they’re already apps with AI built in, which is clearly a key feature of the Vision Pro headset.
From the beginning, I said Vision Pro needed a generative AI product like ChatGPT. Vision Pro makes computing faster than ever thanks to a new eye-hand interaction model. Vision Pro also supports voice input, which is where great AI apps come into play. It could either be a version of Siri, or whatever name Apple chose for such an assistant.
Here are some apps I’d like to use with Vision Pro’s augmented reality. One of them is from his Redditor who thought of an app that lets you try out furniture before you buy it. I said then that the same principle applies to other items in Vision Pro, such as clothes and shoes.
That was before Google’s barrage of AI announcements this week. One of the software features Google brings to search is a new shopping experience called Visual Try On. Google shows the same clothing item in different models, so you can see how it fits you. From Google:
Our new generative AI model takes just one image of a piece of clothing and shows how it hangs, folds, clings, stretches, wrinkles and shadows onto a diverse set of real models in various poses. can accurately reflect what you do. We selected people ranging in size from XXS to 4XL, representing a variety of skin tones (using the Monk Skin Tone Scale as a guide), body types, ethnicities and hair types.
This happens on any traditional computer, whether it’s an iPhone or a Chromebook. But Google can turn that experience into an AR device like Vision Pro.
Google may use the same algorithm to let you try on clothes you want to wear in the comfort of your own home. Fashion brands can create similar features for their AR shopping experiences.
This wasn’t the only new AI-related announcement from Google. The company has also expanded the availability of Immersive His view on Google Maps to more landmarks around the world. This feature gives him 3D models of tourist attractions that AI has stitched together billions of images.
With the immersive view, you can get a better idea of what your next vacation spot will be like. But the same features may look even better in Vision Pro than on Android devices and Macs. In fact, you can immerse yourself in Google Maps without leaving your home. Use your eyes and hands to move without walking.
Additionally, the AI capabilities of Google Lens are improving. A function that can diagnose the condition of the skin with an image. That’s one thing Lens can do. And Vision Pro makes your apps even better. It can be used to look at different images and ask questions about their content.
you will still be at home But don’t forget that Vision Pro allows you to load any kind of app, including an internet browser. You can also look at something and ask the lens what it is.
Also great Google apps for Vision Pro are Google Bard and the new SGE (AI Google Search). Because I keep saying Vision Pro needs an AI app to further improve spatial computing.
Google hasn’t announced whether these apps will be available in Vision Pro, so we’re just guessing here. But Google wants to be the leading search engine for spatial computing, so those apps will soon move to Vision Pro.
Needless to say, unlike certain Meta CEOs, Google’s Sundar Pichai is actually excited about Vision Pro.
