Apple Vision Pro Review - Why does this EXIST?
Summary
TLDRThe Apple Vision Pro is a high-end $3,500 virtual reality headset with impressive hardware like studio-quality audio and excellent hand tracking. It focuses more on refining current VR capabilities over adding flashy new features. While it provides an incredible media viewing experience, lacks key apps, ties users into the Apple ecosystem, and doesn't properly support productivity workloads. It aims to get developers excited about VR over serving mainstream consumers right now.
Takeaways
- đ The Vision Pro is very polished in small details, focusing more on refining basics over headline features
- đ The facially-scanned avatars are creepy now, but represent progress towards true realism
- đ„ The media consumption experience is incredible - like having a home theater setup anywhere
- đźâđš The Vision Pro isn't trying to sell itself to consumers yet, more aimed at impressing developers
- đ There are some concerning signals of Apple's walled garden and control
- đ Critical entertainment apps are still missing at launch
- đ©âđ» Using the Vision Pro for work tasks shows room for improvement
- đ The headset can feel isolating and antisocial for those around the user
- đŹ Prolonged use risks decreased attention span and constant dopamine-seeking
- đ€ It's an exciting product with scary potential that no one really needs...yet
Q & A
Quel est le prix du Apple Vision Pro aux Ătats-Unis ?
-Le Apple Vision Pro est vendu 35 000$ aux Ătats-Unis.
Pourquoi Apple n'essaie pas vraiment de vendre activement le Apple Vision Pro ?
-Apple pense que ce produit n'est pas encore prĂȘt pour le grand public. Il est destinĂ© aux dĂ©veloppeurs pour qu'ils commencent Ă crĂ©er des applications pour la rĂ©alitĂ© augmentĂ©e et la rĂ©alitĂ© virtuelle.
Quels sont les avantages du systĂšme de suivi oculaire du Apple Vision Pro?
-Le suivi oculaire permet une interaction trÚs naturelle avec l'interface. On peut sélectionner et manipuler des objets juste en regardant.
Quels sont les inconvénients du Apple Vision Pro pour le travail?
-L'Ă©cran dupliquĂ© de l'ordinateur n'est pas interactif. On ne peut pas avoir plusieurs fenĂȘtres ou Ă©crans. Le clavier n'est pas visible.
Pourquoi l'expérience multimédia est excellente avec le Apple Vision Pro?
-On peut avoir un Ă©cran gĂ©ant, changer l'environnement, avoir du vrai 3D stĂ©rĂ©oscopique, un son surround, et ĂȘtre complĂštement immergĂ©.
Quel est le problÚme de sociabilité avec le Apple Vision Pro?
-Quand on le porte, on est isolé dans son propre monde. C'est difficile d'interagir avec les gens autour de soi.
Pourquoi Apple a créé le Apple Vision Pro?
-Pour donner un aperçu de la réalité augmentée/virtuelle du futur et motiver les développeurs à créer des applications pour cette plateforme.
Quels sont les risques du Apple Vision Pro pour notre attention?
-On risque de devenir accro à la stimulation persistante et aux dopamine hits. Cela peut créer du stress.
Quelle différence avec le Meta Quest?
-Le Meta Quest est pour le gaming, moins cher mais aussi moins puissant. Le Apple Vision Pro vise Ă remplacer l'ordinateur.
Quelle est la conclusion générale sur le Apple Vision Pro?
-C'est excitant mais pas indispensable actuellement. C'est un avant-goût prometteur de la réalité augmentée/virtuelle du futur.
Outlines
đ PrĂ©sentation du Vision Pro d'Apple
Le Vision Pro d'Apple est présenté comme un produit révolutionnaire mais pas forcément destiné au grand public. Avec un prix de 35 000 $, il manque d'une application phare ou d'un jeu de réalité augmentée qui justifierait son achat. Apple semble plutÎt cibler les développeurs, pariant sur l'avenir des casques comme futur de la technologie grand public. Malgré son potentiel monstrueux, le produit soulÚve des questions quant à ses implications. Certaines fonctionnalités comme les avatars de FaceTime et la qualité exceptionnelle de l'audio sont mises en avant, tout comme son approche minutieuse des petits détails plutÎt que des caractéristiques principales.
đź ExpĂ©rience utilisateur et conception matĂ©rielle
Le Vision Pro offre une expérience immersive avec un design confortable bien qu'il soit lourd. La réalité augmentée grùce à la transmission vidéo est impressionnante malgré quelques défauts comme le flou de mouvement et la gamme dynamique limitée. L'interface utilisateur est intuitive, utilisant la profondeur et les ombres pour une interaction naturelle. Les performances de suivi de la main sont avancées, permettant une immersion plus profonde dans la réalité virtuelle. Cependant, des limitations telles que l'absence de sangle rigide et la qualité inférieure de la caméra par rapport à l'iPhone sont notées.
đ ExpĂ©riences mĂ©dias et applications
Le Vision Pro transforme l'expérience médiatique en permettant aux utilisateurs de créer leur propre environnement de visionnage. Malgré la qualité inférieure de la caméra par rapport à l'iPhone, la facilité d'utilisation et la profondeur automatique des photos et vidéos sont appréciées. La disponibilité et la rapidité d'ajout des applications optimisées sont surprenantes, bien que certaines applications populaires manquent et que l'écosystÚme semble favoriser les produits Apple. La plateforme promet des possibilités futuristes, rappelant le lancement de l'iPhone, mais soulÚve des inquiétudes quant à l'écosystÚme fermé d'Apple.
đ ProblĂšmes de contrĂŽle et expĂ©rience de travail
L'expérience de travail avec le Vision Pro révÚle des limitations, notamment dans la navigation et la saisie de texte dues à la dépendance à la vue pour l'interaction. Bien que la fonctionnalité de miroir d'écran soit pratique, elle n'offre pas d'avantages significatifs par rapport à un moniteur traditionnel. Des problÚmes mineurs liés à l'utilisation quotidienne, comme boire ou vérifier les notifications sur son téléphone, sont également mentionnés. Ces inconvénients soulignent les défis de remplacer les interactions physiques traditionnelles par des alternatives virtuelles.
đ„ Implications sociales et prĂ©occupations
Le Vision Pro crée des expériences partagées uniques mais peut isoler les utilisateurs de leur entourage immédiat. Les difficultés de partage et d'adaptation du casque à différents utilisateurs limitent les interactions sociales. Cette isolation potentielle et la nécessité de résoudre ce problÚme pour intégrer les casques dans la vie quotidienne sont soulignées. De plus, l'impact du Vision Pro et des technologies similaires sur l'attention et la stimulation constante est discuté, mettant en lumiÚre les défis de gérer l'overstimulation dans un monde de plus en plus numérique.
đĄ Conclusion et rĂ©flexions sur le VPN
La conclusion met en perspective le Vision Pro comme un produit passionnant mais non essentiel, tout en soulignant les différences avec des produits comme le Meta Quest 3. Le potentiel du Vision Pro de remplacer éventuellement l'ordinateur est reconnu, mais les limitations actuelles et l'approche fermée d'Apple sont critiquées. La discussion se termine par la mise en valeur des avantages d'un abonnement VPN, en particulier Surf Shark, pour sécuriser et privatiser l'expérience en ligne, surtout lors de l'utilisation de technologies immersives comme le Vision Pro.
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Highlights
Apple didn't really want you to buy the Vision Pro, focused instead on doing all the little things really well
The Vision Pro avatar scans your face and creates an animated version, ahead of last year's metaverse avatars
The Vision Pro hardware feels airy and doesn't get clammy or sweaty like other headsets
The user interface icons are beautiful, gaining depth when looked at
Shadows on interface windows and floor create an extra layer of immersion
Hand occlusion is phenomenal, cutting out parts of objects your hands would cover
For media, the Vision Pro lets you escape into any digital world imagined
Lack of major apps like Netflix and Spotify limit Vision Pro usefulness when traveling
Strong Apple ecosystem lock-in makes Vision Pro best for mainly Apple users
Companies deciding what you can record with your eyes feels intrusive
Working in Vision Pro adds little productivity value compared to monitors
Vision Pro hardware has kinks to work out, like missing your mouth when drinking
Sharing the experience with others in-person is cumbersome and lonely
The Vision Pro could exacerbate attention span and boredom issues
The Vision Pro is exciting and scary; no one really needs one yet
Transcripts
this is the Vision Pro and apple doesn't
really want you to buy it almost every
tech product that has ever come out you
know that the company has first thought
what's the selling point either a key
problem that it's fixing or just a clear
reason that you would want to buy one
and so almost consistently when you get
a first generation product in a new
category it's still going to have those
one or two key selling features cuz
they're necessary for it to be a success
but then it's also going to be
incredibly Rough Around the Edges
because the company has prioritized
those as opposed to making sure that all
the little granular things are right but
with the Vision Pro maybe the biggest
product in the company's entire history
I think it's kind of the opposite I mean
Apple are masters of marketing you know
how they carefully curate the sprinkle
of new features that each and every new
iPhone comes with to make sure that
you're always wanting to keep moving up
that ladder if this company wanted to
they could absolutely sell you on this
product but I don't think they're trying
to The Vision Pro released in the US
only with a
$35,000 price tag it has no real killer
app it has no Blockbuster augmented
reality game and instead of those one or
two key headline features it actually
focuses instead on doing all those
little things really well the things
that far fewer people are going to
notice and far fewer people are going to
buy it for why well I think the only
reason Apple has made this product is
for developers that they're placing a
bet that the future of consumer Tech is
veering towards headsets and so by
making one absolutely banging piece of
Hardware that sells devs on this vision
of the future and by banking on the high
confidence that people already have an
Apple product succeeding it's going to
make those devs start scurrying to build
apps for this platform potentially even
making it the default VR platform before
most of its competitors have even
properly taken a stab it that said we're
now a month into launch I've been using
this for work for play for travel and
this product scares me both in terms of
its monstrous and I mean monstrous
potential but also with its
consequences so let's start with the
good like I know that a lot of people
are saying the FaceTime is weird the way
this headset scans your face and creates
this avatar for you feels creepy and
uncanny valley and I don't completely
disagree with that but in my mind it's
not a bad thing see if you plotted a
graph of the realism of a character
against how acceptable they look you'll
get this people are completely okay with
something that's distinctly unrealistic
it actually becomes even better when
that character gets more detailed and
the animations improve but then as soon
as you hit a certain point of being
close to real but not quite we hate it
it's creepy it feels possessed and if I
had to pinpoint where the Apple Vision
Pro avatars currently sit it is around
here so as far as actually using this to
join a business meeting or FaceTime your
mom I don't think she'll be best pleased
I think she'll tell you to take that
bluming helmet off or once but as a
Showcase of progress I think this is a
big deal that on this graph we've pretty
much Leap Frog all away from here to
here this is so far ahead of even last
year's metaverse avatars that it
genuinely makes them look like a prank
and yes we are at an uncomfortable stage
right now but we had to get here at some
point on the way to True realism so why
not get it over with with a us only gen
one product and also it is really
freeing now that you can actually video
call someone without needing to get
dressed up without needing to hold
anything or find a surface to prop your
phone up with and knowing that they can
hear you with genuinely studio quality
audio it sounds better than this mic
here and see you front and center at all
times it's meant that I've been able to
talk to people while cooking while
packing bags while walking on the street
and I feel the same way about this whole
eyesight feature you know the way that
other people can see your eyes through
the headset right now it does not
achieve its objective of making it less
socially awkward to film in front of
people I'm wearing one of these around
London on planes in Ubers coffee shops I
have never had as much side eye in my
entire life you can tell that every
single person you walk past is trying
their absolute hardest to not turn and
stare at you but also that that's
exactly what they want to do I've had
people call me all sorts of things like
take off that headset you I'll let you
fill in the blanks but the point is
right now you look like a donut wearing
this in public and that's probably
partly because the eyes need to be
brighter and the outer plastic area gets
lots of Reflections but I do think that
the main thing is just the fact that
it's new the idea of this is not
currently considered acceptable but as
an actual concept I do think that
eyesight is a super intelligent solution
to the problem of others being
completely unaware of what you're
looking at like yeah it's kind of a
waste of battery and yeah you could just
stick some LEDs on the outside a green
one to let people know that you can see
them and a red one to let them know
you're recording but this does at least
make those interactions feel a little
bit more humanlike at least you know as
much as they can when you've got a 200
in screen between
you now at its core the Apple Vision Pro
is a virtual reality headset it's not
dissimilar to products like The Meta
Quest but for me at least it does do
more of the fundamentals right than
anyone else it's it's cushioned but Airy
it doesn't get clammmy or sweaty yes the
headset is heavy and I do think Apple
should have added in the option for some
sort of rigid strap like basically every
VR headset comes with just to take off
some of the clamping force from the
front of your face and yes if you pay
attention to it you of course can tell
that this whole pass through thing is a
video feed that you're watching as
opposed to your real eyes seeing the
real world with the motion blur and the
Grain and the occasional sign flickering
and the dynamic range and of course the
headset's camera stabilization not being
as good as the stabilization of your own
eyes but no one has done it better than
this the resolution the latency the
color signs so much workers have to go
into this and it's a lot harder than it
seems It's like shooting a video all the
time but with higher Stakes because all
of a sudden you can't have sudden
changes in exposure the perspective has
to match that of your eyes there needs
to be none of the Distortion that you
would normally get with wide camera
lenses like this and also there can't be
a delay between when things happen and
when you see them and Apple has done all
of those things in a proficient enough
way that in most lighting conditions
your brain can just tune it out and
genuinely convince yourself of the
illusion that you are placing digital
objects into your real world and that is
a massive achievement and that is
complimented by the fact that the user
interface is beautiful icons for example
are completely flat until you look at
them and then the various different
layers separate and you get depth
there's no dark or light mode it is all
about glass here which makes it even
more immersive because you're seeing
bits of your room or your sky or your
scene behind your apps oh and the
Shadows I love the Shadows how the
windows cast a little bit of Darkness on
the floor how letters cast Darkness on
your walls and the Hand occlusion is
absolutely phenomenal most headsets like
this they can place objects within the
room that you're sitting in but that
illusion breaks the second you lift your
hands up cuz your hands will appear
behind the window that the headset is
trying to make you think is sitting 3 m
from your face but this scans your hand
hands in real time at all times such
that anytime you Eclipse a window it
cuts out a little bit of that window
around your hands so that your hands
still appear like they're in front it
isn't perfect but it's good enough so
that as long as you're not staring at
your hands the illusion is maintained
using the Apple Vision Pro is kind of
like that pipe dream we've always had of
using transparent phones all the perks
of that how unbelievably cool it feels
but none of the cons like the fact that
you can't see your apps properly or
Reflections interfering with everything
oh and the interaction model the way
that your eyes are used to highlight
things in your hands to select them I
think this is going to get copied a lot
I think it's going to become the
industry standard so quickly that in a
few years time it will just be well of
course this is how headsets work and
while of course the idea of big tech
companies monitoring your eye movements
is particularly scary it feels like
apple has well addressed this issue
essentially the ey tracking happens on
one layer of software that exists
completely on device so let's say you're
on Tik Tok and you're looking around Tik
Tok does not see these hover effects
they do not see the room you're sitting
in and there's no way for them to access
your persona all that stuff runs offline
and your Vision Pro only tells the app
the minimum amount it needs to know how
to function and I got to say darting
around your headset with your eyes like
this and manipulating a room with a
pinch of your fingers when it works it's
pure Wizardry yes there's work to be
done on it and I still do personally
find it a bit less satisfying than a
phone screen partly because your phone's
inputs are detected more accurately and
partly because just hitting something
physical it gives you something back as
opposed to tapping and prodding and
poking stuff in midair but the skeleton
is in place in one go I think app has
already set the precedent for the future
now I've had some pretty major issues
trying to use the Vision Pro for work
I'm getting to that but one thing is
undeniable the media experience you can
get from this is oh my goodness part of
it is the screens on the inside they're
crisp the blacks are really black the
colors are vivid and the brightness is
super high all of that matters but it's
much more than that for those of you who
haven't managed to put one of these on
yet let me describe it to you imagine
you're in your living room you're
sipping a cup of tea and you're reading
a book and you decide you know I fancy
watching something right now so you put
your Vision Pro on you drag in a
high-end OLED TV screen to whichever
angle you find the most comfortable yes
even lying down looking directly up you
make that screen as big as you want like
literally 200 in if you're into that and
you hit play you want to darken your
surroundings you don't need to go find a
light switch your headset can do it you
want to change of scenery you turn this
dial and you phase in the surface of the
Moon or literally any seat of you're
choosing within a cinema and maybe the
most underrated aspect of the whole
thing is the 3D because each of your
eyes here has its own screen any 3D
movie this can create that effect and
the way this thing represents that 3D
content is it hands down the best
experience I've ever had if I could pick
between watching movies on this or going
to the cinema on my own and wearing
those cheap glasses that darken and
already not that bright projector even
if I was getting paid to go to the
cinema I would pick the Vision Pro if
you're on a flight in a cramped economy
cabin put some good earphones in your
ears put this on your face and you can
genuinely Escape it's probably actually
only a matter of time before someone
makes an app that allows you to
literally escape to a first class cabin
but whatever digital location you choose
whether it's a desert or a United States
national park you genuinely feel like
you are in your own world your own world
where there isn't a chance that anyone
around you can see anything you're
watching which is kind of weird at first
when you're typing in passwords and you
see that it's not censoring anything but
the power of this product is it's as if
you could pick up your high-end 80-in TV
your Apple TV box your surround sound
system and you could pack them into your
ruck sack and be able to take them out
at any time you want without worrying
about plugging them in or positioning
them that's how powerful and unique a
proposition this is I also thought the
cameras are pretty interesting like how
good is this versus an iPhone well not
quite as good which is a little sad
since the Vision Pro has both more space
and a higher price bracket but I guess
it just wasn't Apple's priority here
it's different its photos are
significantly worse than iPhone photos
and its videos are slightly worse but
there is something very easy about
taking a vision pro video the fact that
it's always ready to record the fact
that it's carried by your face so both
your hands are free and the spatial
aspect every photo and video you take on
this has automatic depth it's kind of
like portrait mode but instead of being
compressed into a flat 2D image you can
actually experience that depth not a
mind-blowing camera but a cool one and
finally the apps consider in how new of
a platform this is I've actually been
quite surprised by both how many apps
there are that are well optimized for it
and also how quickly they get added it
feels like every time I boot the thing
up there is something new to explore you
can DJ and mash up songs you can look at
and take apart fully to scale 3D models
you can play augmented reality games
there's no one killer Apple feature and
there are some very notable gaps too
like an augmented reality Maps app or
some kind of Blockbuster immersive game
but this is such a strong base to build
on that my mind is already spinning at
what something like this could be
capable of in just a few years it very
much reminds me of you know in the first
iPhone launched how Steve Jobs got on
stage and he talked about how they were
launching three groundbreaking things
and then that all of those three things
were actually just one thing this is
that all over again it's like a dozen
incredible new technologies all
happening in one product the key
difference being that now instead of
apps running in two Dimensions they're
running in three dimensions fully taking
into account the space that you're
operating them in like you know that
phone app that plants a tree every time
you stick to your work goals well what
if that tree gets planted and grows in
real time on your actual desk or like
Pokémon go all of a sudden that original
trailer for it you know the one that
looked like pure science fiction that is
actually possible now I don't know about
you but that well that would get me off
the sofa and if you're enjoying this
video then a sub to the channel would be
the
awesome but it's not without issue
issues so let's go from the smallest to
the biggest one of the first things
you'll notice is the app situation while
like I just said there are lots of great
ones there's no Netflix there's no
Spotify there's no YouTube we're talking
apps so ubiquitous that they're like the
first things you would think to install
on any new machine if they're not
already pre-installed but here it's not
just that you're not getting customade
Vision Pro apps these companies seem to
have specifically decided to not even
allow you to use the iPad versions of
their apps which is the default for
Vision Pro and yeah you can use the
websites but then you can't download
your movies or songs like you can on the
apps which pretty much renders Your
Vision Pro useless while traveling
unless you primarily use Apple TV that
is and that actually leads me on to my
second concern it's not a secret that
Apple are the masters of lockin they
don't just want you to use their phone
they want you to have their watch their
home speaker their Mac Pro wheels and
they are the best company in the world
at achieving that Apple ties each one of
their products together so seamlessly
and at the same time basically ignores
the ex existence of competing products
which when you combine those two things
together creates the Apple Universe a
universe in which you use your Apple
airdrop to send files and you watch your
Apple TV shows and you use apple
shareplay and FaceTime to connect with
your friends everything just works and
you feel like you're living in an apple
commercial until either you or someone
Close to You tries to use something
that's not apple and then it all breaks
down and there's been a couple of times
while using this Vision Pro where I have
felt like I'm not sure I want that on my
face because when you put this thing on
it's a lot more than just using another
Apple product your vision in the most
literal sense possible becomes Apple's
Vision you see what Apple has decided
you see I noticed this for the first
time when I was watching something on
Disney plus and I wanted to send what I
was looking at to drisha the Apple
Vision Pro blocked me from doing that
you try and record a quick clip of your
scene and it blacks out the show and I
understand why like the same reason you
can't screen record a TV show on your
phone for piracy reasons but this is my
vision there's something that feels
incredibly intrusive about companies
deciding what you can and can't do with
your eyes like if I was watching a movie
in my living room on my own TV and I
want to pull out my phone to record a
quick clip of that scene it might be
frowned upon by Netflix but I can still
do that but all of a sudden on this
being told that I can't that I have no
choice I just felt my first twinge of
that dystopian future that a lot of
people fear one where companies are the
ones in charge of your free will and you
notice this apple level of control in
lots of other areas too like this thing
refuses to let you both screen record or
take video when you're in low light why
not just try like I can see the view
from my headset and I think it looks
fine but Apple doesn't want you to and
the only reason I can think of is that
they don't think it would be a good
enough looking video and it may poorly
represent the Apple Vision Pro online
but that's on me if it's a poor looking
video I should be able to make that
decision the fact that the thing is
portless apart from the power connector
so if you want to send files to anything
Wireless oh and what's the easiest and
best way to wirelessly send those files
to anything Apple airdrop got it you
want to video call your Android buddies
there's no WhatsApp app I mean yeah you
could set up a zoom meeting but really
this is designed for FaceTime and you
know that absolutely awesome ability to
sit yourself in an actual Cinema and
pick your seat from everything I can see
that's for Apple TV content only and
there's absolutely no reason why that
needed to be the case why not enable
this feature for all content I'd love to
watch my YouTube videos that way too
instead of in Safari what I'm saying is
that there's no one thing that's
outwardly wrong here it's just there are
definitely the classic undertones of
things being built for the Apple users
as opposed to things being built to be
the best no matter what app you're using
and as someone who has just recently
switched over to a Samsung phone I
definitely feel like I am at the butt of
that joke but even more bothersome than
that is that the Vision Pro Pro is not
particularly great for work at least not
my work while it is very cool that you
can mirror your laptop's display and
make it bigger and place it anywhere and
it's extremely thoughtless in how you
start the feature you just stare at your
laptop screen and hit connect it doesn't
really add anything it's not like my Mac
suddenly enters the virtual realm and I
can start interacting with Final Cut Pro
through my headset it's just a screen
within a screen you can't suddenly add
in multiple monitors or turn your
existing monitor into an ultrawide so I
can't have my video editor open on one
screen here and then the preview window
over here which would be a value ad and
working in this is not higher resolution
either you still get a better resolution
out of a good quality Monitor and yeah
you could say good quality monitors are
expensive but if you can afford one of
these you can definitely afford one of
those when I'm scripting while your
MacBook screen does reappear within the
headset your keyboard does not so it's
very hard to read meaning that unless
you're an aade touch typer writing is
about to get significantly slower and
that's not even factoring in the
slightly more fundamental issue that in
most computers your input device is
independent of where you're looking like
most people don't look at the mouse for
example your hands just do it whereas
here because the entire system
navigation is your eyes while sometimes
it can be way less effort sometimes it
can be a lot more there are times where
it feels like your mind is being read
where like you're typing something and
you think of the letters you're trying
to type and as you do that your eyes
naturally move to those letters and the
vision just knows and it feels like
magic but at the same time I think we
naturally as humans we're always
thinking of the next thing so you will
notice that by default your eyes will
want to move on to something else as
you're entering the last digit of your
PIN for example that is not really going
to fly here because the Vision Pro
requires you to be looking exactly at
that input which leads to all sorts of
weird situations where let's say you're
deleting a bunch of text or trying to
click the undo button many times if you
try and look up at the text that's being
selected Your Vision Pro is no longer
selecting the delete key and so often
times you will just stop deleting
there's actually a whole load of small
Kinks like this that clearly do need to
be figured out in the second gen like
trying to drink The Vision Pro camera's
point of view is not quite the same as
that of your eyes so sometimes you miss
your mouth you get a notification on
your phone and you want to check it well
tough cameras don't Focus nearly as
close as your eyes can so I guarantee it
will be a strain the field of view is a
little smaller than you'd expect so you
don't get the full peripheral vision
that you're used to there's a fair bit
of sound leakage so while you do have
complete privacy with what you're seeing
everyone in the room will hear it which
is especially amusing for a headset like
this since it's the only thing they can
experience don't get me wrong the
hardware is incredible it's better than
anything I've used before but it's just
when you try and put something on your
face like this naturally it's competing
with your eyes and that it still isn't
quite up to scratch with and that leads
me onto I would say the biggest barrier
towards this hitting
mainstream it's kind of lonely in here
and that's not to say that shared
experiences don't exist like if I'm
FaceTiming a friend and I have them on
one side and then a movie that we're
both watching at the same time using
share play over here it is actually the
best experience I've ever had catching
up with people long distance but it's
the people who are right in front of you
who feel it every time I hand The Vision
Pro to someone to test it genuinely
feels like they've disappeared into
their own world they'll be standing and
prodding the air not really paying
attention to you or even able to hear
you properly and yeah the whole pass
through thing exists the person is
somewhat aware of the room and who's in
it but you know they may well have
literally planted a screen in front of
your face talking to someone wearing one
of these feels a lot like talking to
someone who's doing this and that's if
you can actually get it to work with
other people when you order a Vision Pro
there's a very Advanced fitting process
that makes it essentially custom made
for you this is why you almost
definitely should not try and import one
if you live outside the US because you
likely won't get it fitted properly but
anyway for me the one I have it fits
great and the light seal and the eye
tracking Works incredibly but I haven't
had a single smooth handoff every single
time I take this thing off to hand to
someone else to try there's always some
sort of issue that crops up whether it's
because their eyes are further apart on
their head or they normally wear glasses
or the strap won't tighten enough for
the size of their head it's so
cumbersome to actually show people
things that after a while you just don't
bother and that's a little sad now that
isn't specific to the Apple Vision Pro
it's the same with all headsets but I
would say that that is why even though
we've already had multiple VR
revolutions over the last few decades
none of them have stuck so far it's
always been an incredible party trick
it's always blown everyone away when
they first try it but then it gets
forgotten again when people realize that
they can't use it to connect with the
people who are close to them so if Apple
really does want it to stick this time
around that is the key problem they're
going to need to solve solve and you can
tell they're trying okay I do also worry
about what Apple Vision Pro and products
like it are going to do to our attention
bans I don't think it's really an issue
in the state that the thing is in now
since it's going to be a few people
using it for a few hours a day mostly
for quite specific specialized tasks but
bigger picture it could well be I mean I
see it in myself when I have periods of
spending lots of time with my tech like
all day scripting on the laptop or
gaming on the couch music while in the
gym filling every little Gap of time
with a quick video to watch I feel
incredibly on edge I feel antsy and I
think it's because my body is used to
persistent dopamine hits and it just
wants them to keep coming and that is
not good for you it's counterintuitive
but too much stimulation can quite
easily lead to a persistent feeling of
stress and I've actually a couple of
times started to get physical symptoms
from that and the only thing that has
ever helped me is to lock my phone away
in a box for a few days and completely
forget it exists I always think back to
a quote I read over 10 years a ago that
boredom is the precursor to creativity I
think it's actually really healthy to be
bored once in a while because it's what
grounds you but this I think this is the
opposite of that this is anything you
want in the entire world brought to you
and being able to experience that in the
biggest way possible this is effectively
an anti-boredom device so what's my
overall Take On The Vision Pro well I
think it's very exciting it's slightly
scary and no one really needs one I've
also seen a lot of comparison being
drawn to this meta Quest 3 which people
are rightfully saying does a lot of what
this does in fact honestly features wise
this is more and the price difference is
wild
3,499
499 but they are two very different
propositions like The Meta is great for
gaming it's got a more mature ecosystem
the hardware is basically subsidized
because meta wants it to be a mass
Market product apple does not I think
the Vision Pro is one day aiming to
directly replace your computer it's more
powerful than the meta the screens are
sharper and more contrasty this whole
Outer display thing it's trying to make
it a more socially acceptable lifestyle
product but it's also pretty clear that
Apple knows that that time isn't now and
they know that the best thing this can
possibly be in its current form is just
a high-end Tech demo that excites the
people that they need to excite but it
does that pretty well one more thing
about the Vision Pro is that it has made
me more so than ever glad that I have a
surf shark VPN subscription I've been
using this in all sorts of places around
the world connected to varying degrees
of Wi-Fi trustworthiness and so knowing
that I can have a consistent internet
experience that I can watch the TV shows
that I want to watch that I can browse
not just privately in this but also
securely anywhere is a big deal and surf
shark in particular is much more than
just a VPN it can mock your GPS location
as well as your internet traffic so
let's say you're playing Pokémon go and
you want to catch a Pokémon in Japan you
can now do that from your bedroom and
save yourself about $11,000 in flights
it has a kill switch which means if you
want to make sure that you're secure at
all times you can set it up so that
anytime your VPN connection drops it
automatically Cuts your internet
connection and honestly like a thousand
more features finished off by the fact
that with the code boss it's less than
$3 a month for an unlimited number of
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