What is Apple Vision Pro? You may or may not be aware of virtual reality headsets: devices which you wear like goggles, with a display for each eye to produce a realistic 3D image. A VR headset can be used to create artificial worlds that react to your head and hand movements, whether that’s a simulator or a video game. Apple’s Vision Pro is slightly different.
While it falls into the VR headset category to some degree, it doesn’t focus on gaming like its closest rivals from Meta and Sony. Instead, Apple pitches it as a spatial computer: a device for working, viewing your photos and videos, watching films, partaking in video calls, as well as perhaps dabbling in the odd light-hearted game. Aside from a couple of the higher-spec Macs, the Vision Pro is the most expensive consumer device offered by Apple, with prices starting at £3,499.
The technology packed into this headset is incredible, but is it worth that eye-watering price? Here’s what I learnt while using one of the first Vision Pros to be delivered to the UK. How I tested Apple Vision Pro I used Apple Vision Pro daily for several weeks and asked several members of my family to try it out. I wanted to see how easy they found it to use, compared to someone like me who writes about technology.
Notably neither my husband nor my mother, who is over 70, needed much guidance from me in using the device. I used the built-in meditation apps and watched films including Avatar: World of Water in 3D, as well as multiple e.