Apple TV+ 3D movies added to Apple iTunes Movie Store for the Vision Pro (1 Viewer)

[Indy Guy]

Huh? Vision Pro, like an iPad or an iPhone, has no disc player and will never play a disc.

This is an AR/VR headset, not a new TV.

The AR/VR aspects were not the point in question, the focus was Apple's announcement that only 3D films obtained from their Apple TV service will work with the headset, rather than making it compatible with the sizable collection of 3D titles already on BR disc.
How 3D data gets transmitted to the headset is not difficult today...many devices share content effortlessly without being plugged into one another.
Apple's $4000 device could have been more appetizing to 3D fans had it been given the ability to play over 300 existing 3D BR titles...not just newly purchased versions of the same titles sold exclusively through Apple. Talk about a costly double dip!

 

[DaveF]

That’s simply a fantasy idea. Apple would never do that. It’s a more unrealistic complaint than complaining you can’t play your DVDs on your iPhone.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I didn't "miss the point" of something that wasn't offered to begin with. Sure it would be nice if Apple "offered" digital files for 3D BR owners, or made their "cocoon" compatible with existing media (as dvd's were with BR and UHD), but they didn’t!
I didn't say their headset would have to be teathered to a disc player...many TV's already link content wirelessly.
However, I don't imagine many people will stumble around blindly while wearing a cocoon that eliminates reality. No eating dinner, petting the cat, or talking with friends while watching. This device caters to those who prefer cave dwelling over humanity.

You do realize this is a 1st gen product in a relatively new space (w/ lots of potential for growth, etc) that hasn't actually even been officially released/available just yet?

And like it or not, the 3D BD customer base and title selection has been very tiny in the grand scheme of things and will only dwindle further (and likely eventually completely die away) regardless of what happens w/ this new product line. There's absolutely no reason for Apple to spend R&D $$$ into perpetuating that format, especially if 3D streaming could be a better future.

IMO, IF you truly love 3D, you really should want Apple, et al to succeed w/ 3D streaming anyway. That's probably the only realistic, foreseeable future for 3D to get anywhere going forward...

And really, the simplest way for 3D disc owners to make use of their collection on something like this is for Apple to just offer the 3D streaming version for free (or at very nominal fee) to disc collectors (probably via a simple verification process like previously done by Vudu... or just simply offer a brief window deal to buy all the 3D streaming titles one could want for very nominal cost or as a big, inexpensive bundle... or maybe just include the bundle in the cost of the device)...

_Man_