Vr Virtual Reality Archive

Apple’s Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables

Wes DavisJan 31, 2024

Emma RothJan 31, 2024

Another perspective on the Apple Vision Pro.

Our friend Marques Brownlee posted an Apple Vision Pro unboxing yesterday, but now he’s back with an overview of what exactly the headset can do.

He gets into how to set up the (somewhat unsettling) personas for use in apps like FaceTime, which involves scanning your face and then adjusting lighting, skin tone, and brightness. You can even choose to add a pair of digital glasses. Brownlee doesn’t show what a persona might look like with eyewear, but judging by how the avatars are looking so far, I bet it would be pretty silly.

The Vision Pro is a computer for the age of walled gardens

Adi RobertsonJan 31, 2024

Richard LawlerJan 30, 2024

How long can one person wear an Apple Vision Pro?

Our review of Apple’s Vision Pro included an...interesting avatar call with Wall Street Journal tech reporter (and Verge alum) Joanna Stern, whose review you can watch and/or read right here.

Was it necessary for her to try to wear Apple’s spatial computing headset for 24 hours, even on the ski slope? Yes. Yes, it was.

David PierceJan 30, 2024

Today on The Vergecast: the inside story of our Vision Pro review.

The Vision Pro is not an easy thing to review, or explain, or score. But Nilay had to do all those things. So about 24 hours before the whole thing went live, we sat Nilay down in the studio to hash this thing out once and for all. What is the Vision Pro good at? What’s it for? Why is it so expensive? What’s the deal with the eyes? And most importantly... is it good?

Verge Score

Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not

The Apple Vision Pro is the best headset anyone’s ever made — and that’s the problem.

Nilay PatelJan 30, 2024

Zoom meetings are about to get weirder thanks to the Vision Pro

Emma RothJan 29, 2024

Richard LawlerJan 28, 2024

Apple’s new Vision Pro ad is one you might’ve seen before.

With the Vision Pro set to ship starting on February 2nd, Apple uploaded a TV spot for the headset to its YouTube channel. Tim Cook presented this ad at the end of his WWDC 2023 keynote presentation, and it appears to be mostly the same, all these months later.

In June we dug through it to find out everywhere Apple imagines you’ll use its $3,499 headset, but you can watch it again right here,

Emma RothJan 25, 2024

Here’s why Netflix is holding off on a Vision Pro app.

In an interview with Stratechery, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters says the company wants to “see where things go with the Vision Pro:”

We have to be careful about making sure that we’re not investing in places that are not really yielding a return... Certainly we’re always in discussions with Apple to try and figure that out but right now, the device is so subscale that it’s not really particularly relevant to most of our members.

Netflix’s iPad app won’t work with the Vision Pro, either, which means users will have to access it in a web browser.

An Interview with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters About Strategy and Execution

[Stratechery by Ben Thompson]

Microsoft Teams now supports 3D and VR meetings

Tom WarrenJan 24, 2024

Jess WeatherbedJan 24, 2024

A new game is bringing D&D to VR.

Dice? Check. Character sheet? Check. VR headset....well. Details are slim surrounding this “future release” besides it being a collaboration between Hasbro and Resolution Games — the studio that released it’s own VR tabletop roleplaying title Demeo back in 2021.

I’d be suprised if Hasbro isn’t cooking up other D&D-related projects too given the love Baldur’s Gate 3 and Honor Among Thieves recieved last year.

Resolution Games and Wizards of the Coast Announce DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Collaboration to Create Worlds First Officially Licensed D&D Game Built Exclusively for Virtual Reality

[WebWire]

Wes DavisJan 23, 2024

What’s going on with the Vision Pro’s availability?

9to5Mac reported this morning that despite Apple Vision Pro preorders still being set for March shipping, the Apple Store website showed a February 3rd pickup date.

When I checked, I saw a February 3rd in-store pickup and March 3rd ship date. On a second try, there were no pickups available, with estimated shipping between February 20th – 27th.

Apple Vision Pro AR preview and in-store pickup options

[9to5Mac]

Wes DavisJan 22, 2024

Apple will swap ill-fitting Vision Pro head straps for online orders.

Part of the online ordering process involves a Face ID-like head scan using your iPhone to size the Vision Pro head strap, but as some complained in a MacRumors thread, multiple scans can produce multiple results.

Not to fear, though. Apple retail employees were told they can swap straps for online customers who get the wrong size, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.