![]() Almost everyone is unsure about some of Apple's social-themed innovations: EyeSight, Digital Personas and the headset's 3D camera capabilities feel like misjudgments. Most reviews note the un-Apple external battery pack and the slightly weighty bulk. ![]() The gestures, eye-tracking and UI are all clearly a taste of the future.īut Apple hasn't completely nailed the hardware. On the plus side, all of the first looks above universally agree that the Vision Pro's controller-free interface and video passthrough are the best we've ever seen on a mixed-reality headset. But Apple is clearly convinced that the Vision Pro is the first step towards its next big computing platform. There's no killer app yet, and at $3,499 it isn't really a consumer product. ![]() Remarking on the Vision Pro's ability to shoot spatial photos and video, Spoonauer also says "I'm not sold on the 3D content capture experience because of how it makes you look to others." But overall, the Vision Pro is a "very powerful mixed reality headset with a sleek design, eye and hand tracking and sharp micro-OLED displays."Īll of the Apple Vision Pro first impressions above are largely in agreement – it's a hugely impressive, and hugely expensive, piece of hardware that's still in search of app experiences that will justify its price tag. "We are a long, long way away from sleek Apple Glasses", the review notes. On the downside, there's the need to be tethered to an external battery that only offers a two-hour battery life. "I just stared at an app icon and then selected it by tapping my fingers together." Spoonauer was also "blown away" by a 3D version of Avatar: The Way of Water, which saw "the CGI characters literally leap off the dual micro-OLED displays". "I love the fact that you don't have to reach out and touch anything with the Vision Pro," he says. Like most reviewers, the Vision Pro's interface was a big highlight of his demo. Right now, his Vision Pro first look concludes that it "doesn't seem to have that one wow experience or killer app yet that would compel you to shell out that kind of money." Tom's Guide editor-in-chief Mark Spoonauer is "excited by the Apple Vision Pro despite the astronomical price," but says that we'll need to wait for developers to work their magic before we see its true potential. And the big Vision Pro use cases are, right now, for work (the headset is potentially "the ultimate productivity environment") and entertainment. Like others, Lance also noted the "excellent passthrough," which "looked almost as if I was peering through glass". That said, the EyeSight display that shows the wearer's eyes to onlookers is "probably a mistake," and the headset is "wildly expensive", particularly if you wear glasses and need to buy Zeiss lens inserts. "Even now, months from release, it's already the most intuitive VR interface not yet on the market". "It's beautiful to look at and gets most of the key VR and AR experiences right," Ulanoff says. So how did he find the Vision Pro? Despite noting "some issues and hurdles", our hands-on Apple Vision Pro review brands it "the first lust-worthy VR headset" and the "real future of virtual and augmented reality". TechRadar's US Editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff has tried every major VR and mixed-reality headset, going back to Google Glass. He concludes: "I am so incredibly excited that this next era of tech is here, but I've never wanted and not wanted a product to exist at the same time as much as I do with this one." So while he concludes that the arrival of Apple's headset means that "AR and VR are very likely going to be the next chapter in technology," his demo ultimately left him feeling divided. Maini even suggests that the Vision Pro could be "the start of the end for shared experiences". The YouTuber (real name, Arun Maini) also points out that "there's already very little separation between us and our technology" and that "when the device is on your face there's no escaping it". ![]() Noting a new iPadOS 17 feature called Screen Distance that encourages children to hold tablets further away from their face, he remarks that it's "kind of funny" that in the same presentation Apple "introduced a device that keeps screens one inch from your face". While noting many of the same positives as other reviewers, including the interface – described as "the most natural way to interact with a VR or AR headset" – he also spends time discussing some of the "very legitimate concerns about tech like this". ![]() Mrwhosetheboss, who has amassed over 15 million YouTube subscribers, takes a wider view of the Apple Vision Pro in his first impressions video. ![]()
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