More from Vision Pro launch: all the news about Apple’s pricey new headset
Sam Kohl of Apple Track tweeted a picture of a cracked Vision Pro soon after west coast Apple Stores opened, and now you can see how it got that way.
Bumping into a wall, or even dropping it directly on the glass from head height didn’t immediately break the cover glass. The fall that shattered the glass came from a ceiling height of about 10 - 12 feet, directly onto the headset’s immense and expensive glass front, and the headset still mostly worked.
Apple’s Vision Pro headset went on sale in the US today, and people reacted as you’d expect.
The company’s PR pics capture a flood of excited customers lining up to be among the first to snag the headset. CEO Tim Cook was, as usual, in attendance at Apple’s flagship NYC store on Fifth Avenue.
The dongle that we spotted in videos during WWDC 2023 lets you connect the Vision Pro headset via USB-C to a Mac, which will come in handy when creating graphics-intensive visionOS apps and games.
As MacRumors and Daring Fireball point out, it’s only available to devs with a paid account, and Apple will use these to do diagnostics and troubleshooting.
I’m just going to highlight a line from the Vision Pro’s user guide:
Never use Apple Vision Pro while operating a moving vehicle, bicycle, heavy machinery, or in any other situations requiring attention to safety.
Of spatial computing, that is. OpenAI brought the iPad version of the ChatGPT app to Vision Pro. Feel free to prompt away while moving around your new semi-virtual environment.
iFixit has obtained Apple’s mixed-reality headset. It should begin the teardown process soon (despite doubts about its repairability), hopefully giving us the chance to see all the components and cameras hiding behind its glass cover display. The teardown video is coming this weekend.
The Vision Pro is out today, and Apple’s latest ad for the device shows what it might be like to interact with the headset for the first time.
Carrot Weather has offered a first look at its Vision Pro app launching today, which features comical weather forecasts optimized for visionOS, along with a new 3D weather globe you can explore in your physical space. You can also play mini-games and interact with Carrot’s AI character via the “ornament” in the main app window.
Apple is taking reservations now from its website. But if you can’t wait that long, Apple stores are offering demos of the Vision Pro on a first come, first served basis today and over the weekend.
Tim Cook already made an appearance at the Apple store on Fifth Ave in New York, where he greeted customers lined up to buy or try the headset.
A mix of 42 popular Disney flicks, including Finding Nemo, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens are headed to the Vision Pro headset in 3D. Disney Plus subscribers will get access to the whole catalog, but non-subscribers can still rent or buy 3D movies from the Apple TV app.
...minus the included head strap, I guess.
Vision Pro. $3,499. Launches today, maybe you’ve heard of it?
Navi makes use of the headset’s floating app windows by allowing you to transcribe and translate conversations in real time, viewing the subtitles beside whoever you’re speaking to.
The translation feature works with iOS devices that must also be running Navi, and requires both users conversing to have an active subscription to the app which starts from $3.99 per week.
Check out this demo of a Dutch-language translation: