Hands on with Apple's new Vision Pro headset - TechCentral

US$3 500 Vision Pro headsetWhat is immediately clear is the device is not yet meant for a mass market: a test drive requires a setup session with Apple staff and a quick visit with a vision specialist to ensure the headset fits and functions as intended. And the price tag is likely to keep all but the most dedicated Apple fans and business users away.

Apple released the Vision Pro in an attempt to wrest the nascent headset category away from Meta Platforms, which has already released several headsets but struggled to break out of a virtual reality market long dominated by videogames.Vision Pro headset The device also glitched at least once during a demonstration, requiring Apple staff to reboot and showing that the iPhone maker still has some kinks to iron out.The real world and other people are always present. The default mode while wearing the device is to see the outside world in full colour. Even when fully immersed in a virtual world, exterior cameras keep an eye out for other humans. If another person approaches the user, that person starts to materialise through the virtual world.

The sense of place can be startling. In one video, a tightrope walker suspended between two mountains edges toward the viewer, creating an unsettling urge to look down at an intimidating chasm below. At the same time, the realism can make mundane details look out of place in a polished production, like a cheap plastic water bottle sitting on the piano during a recording session with a famous singer.

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