Vision Pro launch: all the news about Apple’s pricey new headset – The Verge

Mysterious new Vision Pro retail app appears in the App Store

2025-02-13T09:02:04-05:00

What else could it possibly be for?

Apple has quietly released a new app that suggests it may soon allow third-party retailers to sell its Vision Pro headset. The "Vision Pro Demo Fit" app was spotted in the App Store Preview by Apple firmware detective Aaron Perris (seen via 9to5Mac), and includes various features for matching customers to their required Vision Pro sizing and accessories.

The Vision Pro is currently only available to purchase directly from Apple. Customers who aren't being fitted at an in-person Apple Store demo need to use an iPhone or iPad with Face ID to determine a "precise fit" when ordering a Vision Pro via the Apple Store website or app.

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The Apple Vision Pro’s eBay prices are making me sad

2024-04-27T15:11:20-04:00

I paid a lot of money for the privilege of getting an Apple Vision Pro brand-new in February. All-in, with optical inserts and taxes, I financed a little over $3,900 for the 256GB version of the headset. A day or so ago, I made a mistake that I'm sure many early adopters are familiar with: I looked up how much it's been selling for on eBay.

On Wednesday, a 1TB Vision Pro, complete with all the included gear, Apple's fluffy $200 travel case, $500 AppleCare Plus, and claimed to have been "worn maybe about an hour" sold for $3,200 after 21 bids. The listed shipping estimate was $20.30. Brand new, that combination is $5,007.03 on Apple's site f …

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Vision Pro owners are reporting a mysterious crack in the front glass

2024-02-23T10:37:45-05:00

No one seems to know what causes it. | Photo by @inphenite / Reddit

Vision Pro owners are posting near-identical reports of a crack appearing on the front glass of their headsets. None of them seem to know how it happened, either.

The issue was first spotted by AppleInsider, and so far, there have been five separate Redditors who have posted about it in the r/VisionPro subreddit. Engadget also reported that the same happened with its review unit. What makes it curious is that all of the uploaded pictures appear to show vertical hairline cracks in the same exact area above the nose bridge. All the affected Redditors say they didn't do anything obvious to cause the cracks, like dropping the device or storing …

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Comfort isn’t just a Vision Pro problem — it’s a wearable one

2024-02-21T11:50:31-05:00

Every human body is unique — and that’s a major design challenge for wearable makers.

As I sit here writing this in the Apple Vision Pro, I'm acutely aware of how the light seal presses against my forehead and cheekbones. It was relatively comfy when I slipped it on an hour ago. But now, every so often, I push up on the bridge - as if I'm a cartoon nerd saying, um, well, actually - just to give my face a break. This is despite the fact that I've done the scan to figure out my perfect light seal fit (33W, in case you're wondering). So no, I'm not surprised that many Apple fans who returned their Vision Pros cited comfort as a major issue.

But this isn't exclusively a Vision Pro problem. It's a wearable problem.

I say this a …

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Why does Apple make it so hard to share the Vision Pro?

2024-02-16T08:00:00-05:00

Shortly before The Verge published its review of the Apple Vision Pro, I put it on to sit for some photos. The review unit had been fitted for our editor-in-chief Nilay Patel, but I'd worn it a few times as a guest and had a surprisingly good experience. That afternoon, though, I foolishly decided to skip the typical guest setup, which involves about a minute of calibration for the Vision Pro's eye-tracking cameras. I put the thing on, and it didn't work at all.

The Vision Pro's cameras, I quickly realized, were expecting somebody else's eyes. The cursor darted around wildly or refused to move. It wasn't an unexpected outcome, but it drove …

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Apple fans are starting to return their Vision Pros

2024-02-14T15:13:40-05:00

It doesn’t help that there’s no real killer app yet. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

For some Apple Vision Pro buyers, the honeymoon is already over.

It's no coincidence that there's been an uptick on social media of Vision Pro owners saying they're returning their $3,500 headsets in the past few days. Apple allows you to return any product within 14 days of purchase - and for the first wave of Vision Pro buyers, we're right about at that point.

Comfort is among the most cited reasons for returns. People have said the headset gives them headaches and triggers motion sickness. The weight of the device, and the fact that most of it is front-loaded, has been another complaint. Parker Ortolani, The Verge's product manager, tol …

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After trying the Vision Pro, Mark Zuckerberg says Quest 3 ‘is the better product, period’

2024-02-13T19:42:25-05:00

Mark Zuckerberg wearing the Quest 3 headset. | Image: Meta

Now that it can be strapped to our faces and worn in strange places, opinions about Apple's Vision Pro are flying left and right.

Entering the chat is Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has more at stake than perhaps anyone on earth if Apple does to headsets what the iPhone did to smartphones. In a video posted to his Instagram account on Tuesday, Zuckerberg gives his official verdict on the Vision Pro versus his company's latest Quest 3 headset: "I don't just think that Quest is the better value, I think Quest is the better product, period."

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A new Vision Pro teardown shows Apple’s incredible pixel density

2024-02-07T09:17:06-05:00

iFixit’s partially disassembled Vision Pro | Image: iFixit

The Apple Vision Pro has a very good display. That's the big takeaway from iFixit's second teardown video on the headset (with accompanying blog), as the team found the dual MicroOLED panels inside are the densest they've ever seen at 3,386 pixels per inch (ppi). That doesn't quite put the Vision Pro at 4K resolution, but it's close. (iFixit notes that the consumer standard for 4K UHD is 3,840.) This is the benefit of using MicroOLED and is also a huge part of why the Vision Pro is so costly.

Compared to other VR headsets, there's no contest here. iFixit points out that the Meta Quest 3 sits at about 1,218ppi, while the HTC Vive Pro is even …

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Apple’s first Vision Pro beta lets you bring virtual items closer

2024-02-06T15:04:03-05:00

The first visionOS developer beta since the launch of the Apple Vision Pro is here, bringing with it a fix that lets users of the headset get closer to objects in a 3D space.

In visionOS, when you get close enough to an object or an app window, it starts to fade to nothing as you pass through it. But one of The Verge's staffers said the point where this fade happens when playing something like STAK!, a game that lets you stack 3D blocks, was frustratingly far away.

Apple's release notes for the visionOS beta 1.1 update say that users will "be able to reposition volumetric scenes much closer than before, which will enable easier direct in …

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The Vision Pro’s killer app: Cybertruck clout-chasing accessory

2024-02-06T10:46:22-05:00

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The Vision Pro era is only a few days old, and while people continue to debate whether this is the future of entertainment and productivity or something else entirely, one group of people has found a well-defined use case for Apple's new gear: chasing views.

The new genre of "wearing a Vision Pro unusually" social video has many forms, with robot dogs, subways, and crosswalks making appearances, but the niche that keeps popping up in our feeds is the one that includes an element of Tesla / Autopilot / Cybertruck hype to the mix. The Verge asked Apple about the videos appearing on social media, but the company has not responded.

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