Could Apple Demo Immersive F1 on Vision Pro at Its March 4 Event?

As a lifetime F1 fan and a user of Apple since 2003- I do not know one single person who owns a Vision Pro.

Most people that I know - who range all the way from casual workers, to government employees, to Executives and CEOs of multi million dollar companies.. wouldn't even KNOW what a "Vision Pro" is - if I just said the product name like that.

I can speak only to my social circle, and to a smaller extent - the market in south-east Australia - the product has absolutely zero traction in our society outside of extremely niche employment.

And the people who are F1 fans, that care enough about the Vision Pro and would decide to spend $5k on it? They would rather be at the track - watching it live - for one fifth of the price of a Vision Pro.

Just like all the people I know - I just personally don't see value in the product - irrespective of how many F1 angles it can stream at once

As an F1 fan who also owns and uses an AVP daily, I can't wait!

Let me lend some perspective. There was an app that spent it's entire life cycle in beta for the AVP called Lapz (search youtube for Lapz F1). I had access to it for over a year through TestFlight and I have to tell you, it was the best thing on my AVP. Again, rather than trying to describe it, look up videos of it to understand what it does. You have a movie screen size video of the broadcast race but then you have a 3D track on the floor or on the table where you can see the whole track and what cars are where...you just have to see it to know how insanely good it was and all the things it let you see and do. Lapz was eventually shut down for not having the rights to the broadcast and as of this year, it totally stopped working.

Since the day it was announced that Apple had the broadcast rights to F1, I have been waiting and checking daily for an announcement about their version of Lapz. The team at Lapz have gone silent for months and even looking up information yields nothing. I have asked Chat GPT multiple time if perhaps Apple bought them or are collaborating with them to no avail.

To those who think this is pointless, I 100% disagree with you. I am on a group chat with five other F1 fans and if Apple does this as well or better than the Lapz beta, two other friends of mine will purchase AVPs. If apple implements some sort of group viewing, it will be epic for our group who live all over the US. I envision sports bars with ten AVPs where fans can rent and watch the race together. As an F1 fan, you really just need to have experienced Lapz to understand the potential.

IF Apple does this, I think they will sell a bunch more AVPs just as I think if there are more spatial NBA games (more teams) they will sell even more.

Guess I’m in the minority but if they bring immersive F1 racing I’ll definitely check it out. The Lakers immersive game felt like the future, and foveated streaming is only going to make it better.

Called it! Fully expected Apple to bring the Lapz ('https://www.lapz.io/')-type app experience in-house. Can’t wait! ?️

Lapz is the most amazing sports viewing experience I have ever seen. I use for much of my F1 viewing on AVP these days.

"Immersive F1 VR" through a single video feed, no thanks. Lapz is immersive in the sense of the multi-feed/streams you can place around your viewing area.

If you want to know what I'm hoping for check this video out.

Maybe people who like F1 and VR? If that's not you, move along. This isn't the product you're looking for.

I used to like F1 until I realized what I actually liked was Sunday afternoon naps on my couch lulled to sleep by the buzzing from the cars.