The Apple Vision Pro promises to blend apps and gaming with the real world

thesixthaxis.com:

Apple has revealed the long-awaited, heavily leaked Apple Vision Pro, the iPhone-maker’s first attempt at an augmented reality headset. Apple Vision Pro will launch in early 2024 with a price tag of $3,499.

Then again, this is by far the most advanced and high-spec VR/AR headset that has been revealed as a consumer product so far. The headset boasts an internal display that features 23 megapixels divided between the wearer’s two eyes – that’s approaching three times the 8.29MP 4K resolution of the PSVR 2, and is more than a 4K screen per eye – and the outer glass face hides an array of cameras to capture and analyse the world around the wearer, as well as an outward facing display. The headset can either fully immerse you in a digital setting or blend to an augmented reality mode.

That outward display and the rubberised band helps make this look more like a pair of ski goggles than a VR headset. The EyeSight feature means that if someone comes close, the headset will insert fade the real world back in if the wearer in a fully VR world at the time, and also display the wearer’s eyes on the outside to help with a human connection and show where and what they’re looking at. Those internal cameras will also scan your iris for security with Optic ID, while the outward cameras allow for 3D photography and spatial capture.

Powered by an M2 chip that is found in the iPad Pro and consumer level Macs, combined with a new R1 chip, the Apple Vision Pro’s visionOS overlays apps and windows onto your real world surroundings. There will be apps designed specifically and enhanced for Vision Pro – so FaceTime, for example with have a special video call mode that can be used for presentations, perhaps, or games can render on a tabletop – but