The long-awaited One More Thing….Apple Vision Pro was previewed at WWDC. I was lucky to have one sent, so I could try it and show you right here. Ok, just kidding. As the keynote was 2 hours, we will just focus on the Vision Pro today. BTW, the new OS is called VisionOS. Controlled by hands, eyes, and voice. Spacial Computing. They are touting it as a fully 3D interface. Apps hover in front of you but you can see the room around you behind them. You can control the level of immersion in the view by dialing the digital crown. Looking at a person wearing the headset…you can see their eyes on the tinted glass…which is honestly kinda freaky. This only happens when someone is picked up in your field of view. If you are immersed, the display shows a multi-color view to others, letting them know that.
There are no input devices like a mouse or multi touch needed…use hand gestures or voice commands. You can view multiple screen images that just float in front of you, with the room in the background. You can even use multiple apps which appear on multiple floating screens…oh, and if you want to type…you can put a virtual keyboard out in front of your screens below your windows.
The Vision Pro will work with your Mac seamlessly, too. You can put your Mac screen right next to a screen from the headset. With FaceTime, you can chat with multiple people floating life size in front of you. You can resize your photos and zoom them. Panoramas become panoramic in your field of view automatically. The Vision Pro also has a claimed 3D camera for video. You press a button on the headset and it starts recording….btw, there is a light that shows those around that you are videoing. If you watch a movie, the Vision Pro will give you the effect of a 100 ft screen.
They have partnered with Disney…even had Bob Iger as part of the presentation! Iger describes the headset as revolutionary…and he has used the platform. Disney+ will be available on day one for the Vision Pro.
The Vision Pro will run all day plugged in, or for 2 hours on the separate battery pack…there will no doubt be nerd holsters for belts for the battery pack! The little screens have more pixels than a 4K TV for each eye. There are drop in lenses for correction if you wear glasses (and want to drop even more money.) Dual driver audio pods sit right by ears, and analyze the room around you like the Home Pod. The Vision Pro runs on an M2 chip, with a new R1 chip that processes from 12 cameras, 5 sensors, and 6 microphones. It has less lag time than the blink of an eye.
Apple says most apps that are available on other Apple platforms will be available on the Vision Pro at launch, and they will run natively on the headset. It will have its own App Store. It uses new Optic ID to verify you and log you in. It is a retina scan, basically.
The Vision Pro will be more than we even thought—an eye watering…sorry for the pun… $3499! It will be available early next year…that is 2024.
I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.
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