Today, Apple finally introduced the device the industry has been speculating about for years- their “mixed-reality” headset. The YouTube video below is nine minutes & has enough info to get a feel for what Apple has done.
TechCrunch:
First impressions: Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good.
"After a roughly 30 minute demo that ran through the major features that are yet ready to test I came away convinced that Apple has delivered nothing less than a genuine leapfrog in capability and execution of XR — or mixed reality with its new Apple Vision Pro. […] The hardware is good, very good, with 24 million pixels across the two panels, orders of magnitude more than any headsets most consumers have come in contact with."
It won't be available until next year, and at USD $3,499, it's obviously not aimed at the mainstream consumer market. Unfortunately, the hardware needed to create something like this is currently very costly. E.g. two tiny >4K HDR screens- one for each eye.
TechCrunch:
First impressions: Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good.
"After a roughly 30 minute demo that ran through the major features that are yet ready to test I came away convinced that Apple has delivered nothing less than a genuine leapfrog in capability and execution of XR — or mixed reality with its new Apple Vision Pro. […] The hardware is good, very good, with 24 million pixels across the two panels, orders of magnitude more than any headsets most consumers have come in contact with."
It won't be available until next year, and at USD $3,499, it's obviously not aimed at the mainstream consumer market. Unfortunately, the hardware needed to create something like this is currently very costly. E.g. two tiny >4K HDR screens- one for each eye.
OTOH, I'm sure some people will create ambient underwater/dive environmental scenes for it, which could be very cool. I can imagine being on the rock pile in Eagle's Nest or in the Abaco caves…
