By: Hannah Clay
Apple released their newest product on the marker earlier this month, the Apple Vision Pro.
The Vision Pro is a spatial computer headset that combines augmented and virtual reality.
According to the Harvard Business Review, “spatial computing is an evolving form of computing that blends our physical world and virtual experiences using a wide range of technologies, thus enabling humans to interact and communicate in new ways with each other and with machines, as well as giving machines the capabilities to navigate and understand our physical environment in new ways.”
By improving users' sensory experience and facilitating more natural interactions, spatial computing enables people to view and interact with digital content in three dimensions. Users can unleash a plethora of opportunities across multiple industries by using Apple’s Vision Pro to overlay digital information onto their actual surroundings.
Although Apple is not the first company to use spatial computing as it is also seen in headsets like the Meta Quest Pro and Microsoft HoloLens, it is their first product in the spatial computing world.
The augmented reality capabilities of the Vision Pro is one of the many key features. The device can map and comprehend the user’s environment in real-time with accuracy thanks to a combination of sensors and Apple’s exclusive software algorithms.
This makes it possible for digital items to blend in seamlessly with the user’s environment, including virtual displays, interactive apps, and spatially aware games.
“Though virtual reality submerges the user in an entirely simulated digital environment, augmented reality enhances the user's perspective by overlapping digital information over the real world,” said Chase Miller, a software engineer.
Furthermore, Vision Pro provides customers with unmatched virtual reality experiences, immersing them in incredibly realistic digital worlds.
Users can immerse themselves in a wide range of virtual experiences with unmatched realism and comfort, whether they are traveling to far-off planets, working remotely with coworkers in virtual workspaces, or enjoying interactive entertainment.
“It’s more than just virtual reality, it’s a computer you can use for things like if you wanted to work on documents, if you wanted to expand your computer screen, watch movies, and even meditation,” said Lea Adams an Apple specialist.
The Vision Pro could be ideal for people like Alisa Wheeler, who spends most their day working on a computer.
“When I got to try the Vision Pro, I was immediately impressed. It was crazy how I was able to do work on a computer and walk around performing different tasks at the same time,” said Wheeler.
The Apple Vision Pro is priced at approximately $3,500 which is significantly higher than other virtual reality headsets on the market, the question that many consumers are wanting to know is, is it worth it?