What Apple Vision Pro can do – a guide to using the headset [Video]

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Apple published a 10-minute video in which the “first user” experiences headset led by Vision Pro Product Manager Alessandra McGinis.

Here are some highlights:

• The headset can be controlled using eye or hand movements – for example, you can open the gallery, swipe, enlarge or move a photo simply by squeezing your fingers.
• You can also use Siri and voice commands to launch applications.
• There is a separate mode for panoramic photos, allowing you to place the image across the entire room.
• Demonstrates how spatial videos or films on streaming services will look when viewed on a headset (you can also use your fingers to place a window anywhere in the room or adjust the size).
• Setting up a workspace – you can open mail, browser or documents (or all at once, as space allows) and turn on music (only the headset user will hear the sound).
• FaceTime video calls can be extended to cover an entire room, and it also shows how people calling from a Mac or similar headset are displayed (the former is a regular video, the latter is a more realistic image).
• Changing Environments – The standard panorama of the environment you are in can be changed to panoramas of various scenic spots.
• MacBook screen can be displayed as a virtual display with one click.
• There are separate programs for meditation and entertainment – by activating the latter, for example, you can see a rather realistic image of a dinosaur in the room, which is a little scary, or a butterfly that lands on your hand after a gesture command.

Complete guide to controlling Apple Vision Pro (+video of creating the headset)

Pre-orders for Vision Pro started on January 19, and the headset will be available in stores on February 2. The cost, as previously stated, reaches $3,500, but you will have to pay extra for prescription lenses. As for international sales, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, they will start on the eve of the WWDC 2024 developer conference in June.

Meanwhile, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg suggests that about 99% of the nearly million programs announced for the headset are not new software for visionOS, but existing versions for the iPad.

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