Apple announced its first MR headset (Apple called it a Spatial Device), the Vision Pro at WWDC 2023.  It is the first official Mixed Reality headset by Apple and has a capacity to blend digital content with the real world which makes it a spatial device.

What is a Mixed Reality Headset?

A mixed reality (MR) headset is a type of wearable device that combines features of both Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). It allows users to experience a blend of virtual and real-world, creating an immersive and engaging experience.

The main feature of MR headset is the ability to overlay virtual objects onto the real world, while still allowing users to see and interact with the physical environment around them. This is done by projecting virtual contents into the user’s field of view using cameras and sensors that capture the actual surroundings.

Apple Vision Pro Design

The ground-breaking design of Vision Pro ensures that every experience seems like it is happening in front of the user’s eye in real-time. It includes custom Apple silicon in a unique dual-chip design and an ultra-high-resolution display system that packs 23 million pixels across two displays.

Apple carefully selected the materials to make the Apple Vision Pro as “wearable” as possible. The user’s head is encircled by a specially made aluminium alloy frame, and the back of the head is comfortably covered with a soft breathable mesh. Also, the headgear has Eyesight, a sophisticated eye-tracking system that enables hands-free device control and navigation.

Apple Vision Pro apps and Operating System

Apple did not only introduce its new product Apple Vision Pro at WWDC, but it also unveiled, a new operating system especially created for Vision Pro. It offers several new features and enables developers to create MR apps.

The most significant upgrade is Eyesight, which is the coolest and creepiest feature of the Vision Pro headset. When you are completely immersed, it shows your eyes to the outside world or covers them if you’re not. If someone enters your direct field of view while you are fully immersed in a particular app or workflow.  Eyesight will also gradually bring you back to the real world

Features of Apple Vision Pro

1. Apps in your world

With Vision Pro, you can create the workstation of your choice by arranging apps anywhere and scaling them to the ideal size, all while staying present in the world around you. You can chat in messages, browse the web in Safari, make a to-do list in Notes, and switch between them with your control.

2. An immersive entertaining experience

It can create your own personal theatre experience. With Spatial Audio, you can perfectly enlarge your movies, television shows, and video games while still experiencing a sense of immersion in the action. You can watch great content wherever you are, whether it is a long flight or couch at home with more pixels than a 4K TV.

3. Immersive spatial content

It is the first 3D camera where you can capture spatial images, audio, and video and cherish wonderful moments like never before. The panoramas around you make you feel like you’re standing right where the picture was taken.

4. Makes meetings more engaging

Wherever you go, Vision Pro makes it simple to connect and collaborate. FaceTime video tiles are life-size, and you call simply extend them in your room as more people join. You can use applications within FaceTime to work on the same documents concurrently with coworkers.

Get the Panorama with Apple Vision Pro

Vision Pro is one of the most long-awaited products of Apple. But this MR headset is rather expensive compared to other MR headsets in market however this new Apple device demonstrates a fresh approach to MR technology and seems to bring the brand’s excellence to this emerging sector.

The Apple Vision Pro will be made available first in the US in early 2024, but initially just in a small quantity. It is one of the costliest Mixed Reality headsets on the market, the headset will cost $3,499.

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