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Apple on Monday unveiled the Vision Pro, its long-awaited AR/VR headset. While the headset is not launching until early next year, some media outlets and YouTubers received a 30-minute guided demo of the device and shared their first impressions. The testers were not allowed to take photos or videos of the demo experience.

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In a tweet, tech columnist Joanna Stern described the Vision Pro as "by far the best headset out there." In a report for The Wall Street Journal, she elaborated that "the interface and hand gestures are intuitive, 3-D movies are finally making sense and a huge dinosaur felt like it really broke through a wall right in front of me."

Stern did point out some negative aspects, including the headset feeling heavy and making her feel a bit nauseous when switching between virtual reality and augmented reality modes. And while the Vision Pro has some innovative features to reduce feelings of isolation, such as showing the wearer's eyes through the front glass, Stern said it will still be a challenge for Apple to convince customers to wear the device.

In a video, well-known tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee said the Vision Pro has some features that are "the best I have ever seen in any VR headset, by a mile," including eye tracking and hand tracking. These advanced technologies do not come cheap, of course, as the Vision Pro will be priced at a staggering $3,499. Brownlee also pointed out that the headset lacks haptic feedback since it does not have controllers.


TechCrunch's Matthew Panzarino said Apple has "delivered nothing less than a genuine leapfrog in capability and execution" with the Vision Pro.

"Every bit of this thing shows Apple-level ambition," said Panzarino. "I don't know whether it will be the 'next computing mode,' but you can see the conviction behind each of the choices made here. No corners cut. Full-tilt engineering on display."

MacRumors is in attendance at WWDC and will be publishing our own first impressions of the Vision Pro soon. In the meantime, check out our first in-person look at the headset. For more details about the Vision Pro and its visionOS operating system, check out our coverage of Apple's announcement from Monday.

Article Link: Apple Vision Pro Testers Share Impressions: 'By Far the Best Headset'
 
Really excited for comments surrounding this headset to age like the original iPod thread. Be sure to quote people with the worst takes so when they edit them they're preserved for future giggling.
I’m not against the headset at all. I think Apple did an amazing job with the groundbreaking technology. You can tell they put a lot of research into it. They went wrong pricing it at $3,499.
 
Yeah, by far the best headset out there and kinda shows why we need Apple to get involved as others don't seem to understand what it means to take something seriously.

Regardless, I won't get one and I think Apple has a challenge ahead as this thing is so niche for now that it will be hard to find a meaningful use for this.
 

$3,499. Too Expensive. Also offers extremely limited mobility.

'By Far the Worst Priced Headset'


Not for AR, this is kind of standard. For example:

Starts at (checks notes) $3500.

Magic Leap is $3200.

Maybe apple will make a Vision (sans Pro) next year, drop the whole eyesight screen on front and remove the glass front to save weight.

-d
 
Not sure how I feel about these headsets. It's just one more layer of separation between actual human contact. I do find the demonstrations of using facetime with this a bit funny. Everyone the wearer is seeing is showing their full face, but the wearer is wearing this headset, so what do the other participants see of the wearer? What's the point of facetime if we are all wearing these headsets and can't see each others faces?
 
They really need to get this right. As Apple I would never wear Desert Dust Goggles again in my life.
 
Not for AR, this is kind of standard. For example:

Starts at (checks notes) $3500.

Magic Leap is $3200.

Maybe apple will make a Vision (sans Pro) next year, drop the whole eyesight screen on front and remove the glass front to save weight.

-d
Magic Leap is an enterprise focused company. There are use cases there (although, they're fringe at this point and mostly around workforce instruction or field service). The price is somewhat justified there. This thing is crazy for the consumer market when it really doesn't solve a problem. It's a cool thing to have...
 
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