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Apple Explains How to Get Ready for Vision Pro Pre-Orders Next Week

tobybrut said:
If you have a doctor's prescription for your eyes, take a look at the Add field and add it to your prescription. For instance, if your prescription in one eye is -1.50 and your Add is +2.75, then your READER prescription for that eye is +1.25. Do that calculation for both eyes. You shouldn't need a prescription since you can buy reader glasses from any grocery store or pharmacy, but if you have one, it's easy to figure it out.

I wonder if you can buy both since I normally wear progressive lenses?
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I wear 1.5X readers from Walgreens. You can get readers as a prescription also. My concern is if I say I need readers and at the end they ask for a prescription which I don't have they may not let me place the order. I may just say none and order them later or try to get from the Apple store.
 
8KYUP said:
Simply read what they wrote, "With Mac Virtual Display enabled, you will be able to able use visionOS apps right alongside your virtual Mac screen. This will allow you to, for example, work on a Final Cut Pro project on an enormous Mac display while also viewing and interacting with separate screens displaying visionOS apps like Photos, Notes, Files, and so on."

They are absolutely right. Multiple monitors are 100% a feature.
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I am referring to this specific quote:
MacRumors said:
Mac and Vision Pro: What You (Likely) Can't Do
Arrange Mac Apps in Virtual Space
Prior to Apple's official unveiling of Vision Pro, many Mac users envisioned an ideal multitasking scenario where it would be possible to break out Mac apps individually in a mixed reality workspace and switch attention between them at a glance. Based on the information available, however, it is not possible to view individual Mac apps in virtual windows alongside one another in Vision Pro's spatial computing environment.

Create Multiple Virtual Displays
Another likely limitation of the first-generation Vision Pro is that it only supports mirroring your Mac's built-in display. In other words, it won't be possible to extend your Mac's screen or recreate a multiple monitor Mac setup in the mixed reality workspace. This could be due to bandwidth limitations (Mac Virtual Display outputs in 4K). On that basis, multiple Mac displays in Vision Pro's spatial computing environment may be something supported in a future version, but don't expect such functionality out of the box.
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Anyway.
Good luck with your new purchase and get back to us when you've had a few days figuring it out… 👍
 
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Received Apple email. I will definitely be purchasing one. Ready Player One here. If you were one of the few to try this early, truly amazing! Ground breaking technology. Billion dollar product. Everyone needs to purchase Apple stock now (AAPL), if you have not already.

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8KYUP said:
Simply read what they wrote, "With Mac Virtual Display enabled, you will be able to able use visionOS apps right alongside your virtual Mac screen. This will allow you to, for example, work on a Final Cut Pro project on an enormous Mac display while also viewing and interacting with separate screens displaying visionOS apps like Photos, Notes, Files, and so on."

They are absolutely right. Multiple monitors are 100% a feature.
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Read it again... It says "Mac Virtual Display" and "virtual Mac screen". They didn't say "displays" or "Mac screens", nor did they say you can use multiple Mac displays.

Pretty sure you can only have one virtual Mac desktop monitor/screen (mirrored), but you can run visionOS apps alongside it. So yes, you can have multiple screens or windows (i.e. your Mac desktop, visionOS Messages, visionOS Photos, visionOS Notes, etc.), but you cannot have multiple Mac desktop monitors/screens.
 
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iStorm said:
Read it again... It says "Mac Virtual Display" and "virtual Mac screen". They didn't say "displays" or "Mac screens", nor did they say you can use multiple Mac displays.

Pretty sure you can only have one virtual Mac desktop monitor/screen (mirrored), but you can run visionOS apps alongside it. So yes, you can have multiple screens or windows (i.e. your Mac desktop, visionOS Messages, visionOS Photos, visionOS Notes, etc.), but you cannot have multiple Mac desktop monitors/screens.
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Exactly.
I think some people are definitely going to be disappointed.
 
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tobyringle69 said:
I had the same question, so I reached out to Apple support. For what it's worth, they said the Face Scanning will only take place at the time of order. Doesn't make sense to me, and they could be wrong. Let's hope.
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In actuality, I suspect the iPhone/iPad App (Apple Store app?) will simply be updated with a tool to "suggest" a size for the headband and light seal based on the Face Scanning and you will then include that info with your order. I would find it hard to believe they would not make this scanning process available ahead of the pre-order.
 
Charon_Sin said:
I think whatever email you have on file with Apple and if you approved receiving marketing emails from Apple.
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Hehe, of course that’s it. I had forgotten I’ve got marketing emails deselected. Besides, it’s more fun to read about it here and with comments. :D:mad::cool::rolleyes::):oops::eek:o_O
 
arkitect said:
Interesting.
So MacRumours are wrong?
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No, what that poster is calling “monitors” are visionOS/iOS app windows. What everyone else means when talking about monitors are virtual monitors displayed by the Vision Pro that are equivalent to external monitors plugged into a Mac. Basically replicating a multi-monitor setup where you can view multiple MacOS app windows on multiple screens. The answer is no.
 
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Charon_Sin said:
I think whatever email you have on file with Apple and if you approved receiving marketing emails from Apple.
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I thought I got everything from Apple. I did get the Apple Developer email about Vision Pro APIs / App Store stuff, but not this pre-orders one.
 
arkitect said:
Exactly.
I think some people are definitely going to be disappointed.
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I think people are going to need to rethink what your desktop means. Do you really need a “Desktop” and what is it? The term multi-monitor is only needed when content HAS to be displayed on the monitor. If the entire environment is you monitor then you can open as many apps as your heart desires and have as many windows “Displays” as you need.
 

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8KYUP said:
Simply read what they wrote, "With Mac Virtual Display enabled, you will be able to able use visionOS apps right alongside your virtual Mac screen. This will allow you to, for example, work on a Final Cut Pro project on an enormous Mac display while also viewing and interacting with separate screens displaying visionOS apps like Photos, Notes, Files, and so on."

They are absolutely right. Multiple monitors are 100% a feature.
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Not multiple Mac monitors though. One Mac monitor and multiple visionOS app windows. Big difference.
 
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All you need to do is get a saw, make sure it’s clean and sharp, and put it on your desk so you can saw off an arm and a leg to buy the Vision
 
CookItOff said:
I think people are going to need to rethink what your desktop means. Do you really need a “Desktop” and what is it? The term multi-monitor is only needed when content HAS to be displayed on the monitor. If the entire environment is you monitor then you can open as many apps as your heart desires and have as many windows “Displays” as you need.
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True. But that requires visionOS apps to be as sophisticated as the desktop apps people want to use in a multi-monitor setup. Considering (most) iPad apps still pale in comparison to Mac apps, I’m not holding my breath. Unless developers go all in on visionOS, we won’t get the kind of scenario you imagine.
 
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Allen_Wentz said:
My question to Apple will be: What precise distance should the Rx lens prescription be for? Currently reading, computer and distance are all different scripts for me. Presumably AVP will optimize at yet a different distance.
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I have this question also. Guessing it is reading distance since that is where the displays are. One would need an Rx if astigmatism needs correcting at reading distances, otherwise appropriate readers.
 
tobybrut said:
I wonder if the Apple Store app can directly upload the prescription added into the Health app. I added my current prescription into both my iPhone and iPad, which contains a photo of the piece of paper the prescription is on. Hopefully that's enough and that I don't have to re-enter all that information again when ordering.
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Apple’s AVP pre-purchase checklist email says you’ll need to upload your script into the Health app.
 
Agreed. And let’s hope that at least the bigger developers for productivity apps, were having multi-screen setups truly help, tweak their apps to take advantage of the VisionPro.
 
HMI said:
So, you need a recent prescription completed before you begin the pre-order? You won’t be able to complete the checkout process without it, if you need it? You can’t just add the prescription to the order at a later time, or before the item is charged and shipped?
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Yeah I’m kinda bummed as my next eye appt is on the 27th, so no preorder for me.
 
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