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Apple reveals $3,500 VisionPro AR headset that puts Meta’s top-tier goggles to shame

I have no need for a $3,500 augmented reality headset that turns my regular computer screen into a virtual computer screen floating in the middle of my apartment, but I regret to say that Apple’s unmatched ability to hype up a gadget has worked on me: the new VisionPro AR headset looks cool, even if it costs more than a lot of OLED TVs.

Here are some of the VisonPro features Apple revealed at its WWDC event today:

  • Micro-OLED display with 23-million pixels across two “postage stamp” sized panels, which allow it to display virtual 4K screens
  • Hand and eye tracking without controllers or external sensors, plus voice control
  • Downward-facing cameras so that you don’t have to hold your hands in front of your face to use gesture controls
  • If a person approaches you while you’re immersed in a 3D environment, it’ll detect and display them, which is kinda cool
  • A knob you can rotate to control “immersion-level of environments”—how much of the 3D space or real space you see
  • A curved OLED screen on the front which shows nearby people your eyes, which looks terrifying in videos, but apparently projects your eyeballs as the correct perspective for each viewer (it’s called “EyeSight,” which is already a word, Apple)
  • A button for taking 3D photos and videos
  • Avatars called Personas made by scanning your face (might turn out creepy, but certainly more interesting than what Meta’s showing)
  • VisionOS, an operating system “designed from the ground up for spatial computing”
  • Not-so-good: It uses an external battery pack that only lasts for two-hours 

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