I Spent 24 Hours Wearing Apple’s Vision Pro Headset | WSJ

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The YouTube video provides a hands-on review of Apple's new mixed reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro, showcasing its features and capabilities such as spatial computing, productivity applications, video calling, and media consumption. The reviewer highlights the headset's strengths and limitations, ultimately suggesting that it offers a glimpse of Apple's future vision but acknowledging its current shortcomings as a first-generation product.

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Introduction to Apple's Vision Pro headset

00:00

The Vision Pro is a $3,500 face computer designed to go beyond the iPhone.

The headset allows you to see the real world with a grid of apps and use hand gestures to select and interact with them.

It features spatial computing, allowing users to place apps all around them.

00:00[Music]

00:00 you've heard all about it Apple's Vision

00:03 Pro it's the company's biggest bet yet

00:06 on a future beyond the iPhone let's do

00:08[Music]

00:12 this yes I got my hands on it and didn't

00:15 take it off my face for 24 hours oh

00:19 amazing or at least the better part of

00:22 24

00:23 hours that feels really nice ever since

00:26 Apple announced this headset I've

00:28 wondered how is it going to fit in Our

00:30 Lives we've already got screens

00:32 everywhere what does this $3,500 face

00:35 computer do better since I couldn't test

00:37 it for long stretches in my real house

00:40 can you see my eyes

00:41 what know I headed to the Pocono

00:43 Mountains and rented this ski cabin

00:46 because what are these really if not

00:48 super high-tech ski goggles no one's

00:51 going to

00:52 know so it's noon which is the start of

00:55 this

00:56 journey what could go

00:58 wrong as soon as you put on the headset

01:00 you see the real world right

01:03 here is a grid of apps the home screen

01:08 you just look at what you want to select

01:10 then you use your hands to select it

01:12 right now I'm looking at settings Now

01:15 app store notes photos Safari and to

01:20 select one I just

01:23 pinch it's really intuitive and to

01:26 scroll you just pinch and drag the

01:30 coolest thing is how you can place apps

01:32 all around you Apple calls this spatial

01:35 Computing so I can start writing over

01:38 here in a document in front of me I've

01:40 got email over here on the left and I've

01:43 got music over here on the right I was

01:46 all set up to do some real work except

01:49 one big problem

01:52 this

01:54 is

01:55 typing yeah it's a struggle for anything

01:58 longer than a quick message

02:01 thankfully I have never been so happy to

02:03 see a keyboard the real game changer for

02:05 getting work done adding in a Mac we are

02:10 connected yes you get a giant desktop

02:13 for your Mac apps and you can run Vision

02:15 Pro apps right next to them and you too

02:17 can have this for the low low price

02:21 of but really I continued to work in the

02:24 headset for the next few hours and got a

02:26 lot

02:27 done next I had to prepare my Persona

02:32 remove Apple Vision Pro to begin capture

02:34 fix my hair lips can I get a light keep

02:39 your arms and shoulders relaxed see when

02:42 you video call in the headset it can't

02:44 capture your entire face most of the

02:46 vision Pro's cameras are pointed outward

02:49 so Apple scans your face to create a 3D

02:52 standin for you smile with your mouth

02:55 closed capture complete it says creating

02:58 Persona what is going on with my cheeks

03:01 and when I FaceTime people looking like

03:03 this it was universally agreed upon I

03:06 think you look awful it's like botox

03:09 from hell so they did you so dirty

03:12 Joe and yes FaceTiming with other people

03:15 in Vision Pros is as crazy as you think

03:19 oh my

03:21 goodness sure there's a lot of

03:24 remarkable Tech here but can you really

03:26 take me seriously right now Apple says

03:28 the Persona feat is in

03:31 beta that Persona scan is also used to

03:34 show your eyes on the front display so

03:36 people know you're looking at them but

03:38 it can be hard to see I'm looking right

03:39 at you now it would be around this point

03:41 where most people would take a break

03:43 from this thing I think it was the

03:45 combination of FaceTiming and screen

03:47 recording but the top of this is very

03:49 warm I think it's time to switch into

03:51 the the Dual Loop

03:54 band feels pretty good I ended up being

03:57 happy that Apple didn't strap this

03:58 thing's battery to my head I got used to

04:01 the hanging pack especially when I put

04:03 it in this it's as cool as a Blackberry

04:05 holster I had to charge the battery

04:07 every 2 to 3 hours so most of the time I

04:10 just stayed plugged into the wall but

04:12 not for my next activity and here is our

04:15 recipe balsamic mushroom and sausage

04:17 pasta Crouton is a recipe app for The

04:20 Vision Pro so I put the window on one

04:22 side of the kitchen and got cooking it

04:25 is not recommended to prepare food while

04:27 wearing the Apple Vision Pro okay

04:30 sure don't worry my producers were

04:33 standing by to make sure I was safe

04:35 prepping food was really natural

04:37 especially I could cut onions all day in

04:40 this my eyes do not burn this is amazing

04:44 but the absolute best thing so I see the

04:46 timer here and now I can move it over

04:49 the pasta and now I have a second timer

04:53 for six minutes that I'm putting over

04:56 the

04:57 mushrooms this is just the coolest was

05:01 it perfect no you're still looking at

05:03 life on a screen in low light I couldn't

05:06 read things with smaller print because

05:07 of

05:09 pixelation is there even pepper coming

05:11 out I cannot see it and some stuff just

05:13 didn't look like the right color but the

05:15 display quality is far better than the

05:17 other leading though far more affordable

05:19 headset the $500 meta Quest

05:23 3 this is pretty much ready that's very

05:28 good what should I

05:32 watch let's start with some Apple

05:35 TV you can create a giant personal home

05:38 theater in The Vision Pro because of

05:40 Rights I couldn't screen record the 2D

05:42 or 3D movies and shows that I watched

05:45 and even then seeing it in this video

05:46 wouldn't do it justice there's Apple TV

05:49 plus Disney plus and Paramount plus but

05:52 no Netflix or YouTube apps you have to

05:55 watch those through the browser and the

05:57 Cinematic 3D virtual reality videos

05:59 Apple's offering this is the kind of

06:01 stuff that makes me nauseous I do like

06:03 one of the virtual reality features turn

06:05 the digital crown on the top of the

06:07 headset and I am now in a

06:12 180° view of

06:15 Yos if you're like me and glasses on you

06:18 have to get prescription inserts to use

06:20 the Vision

06:21 Pro I just click in like

06:24 that wow crazy browser move over

06:30 okay I didn't sleep with it I'm not

06:32 insane morning

06:36 everyone sounds

06:38 delicious Siri what's the weather going

06:40 to be today 51 and a chance of rain

06:44 perfect skiing conditions let me be

06:47 clear no one should ski with these on

06:50 Apple's very explicit when you first set

06:52 up the headset to only use it in safe

06:54 areas but I headed to Camelback anyway

06:58 and worked with the mountain to make

06:59 sure sure the entire Bunny Hill was

07:00 closed off from others he and I only

07:04 wore them briefly to record some video

07:06 Siri record spatial video nope you got

07:09 to press the button hes

07:12 on glovs

07:15 on here we

07:18 go the vision Pro's ability to record

07:21 and then watch spatial or 3D images and

07:24 videos is pretty great you can record

07:28 spatial video with an iPhone 15 Pro but

07:30 hands-free recording is one of the best

07:32 uses of connected eyewear like meta's

07:35 rayb bands so what's it like wearing

07:38 these for a day painful but also

07:42 insightful The Vision Pro has every

07:44 characteristic of a first generation

07:46 product it's heavy its battery life

07:48 sucks there aren't that many great apps

07:50 yet and sometimes it's buggy oh and oof

07:54 personas but when you imagine a device

07:56 without those constraints you see where

07:58 it could be better than holding a phone

08:00 to your face Vision Pro is a cooking

08:03 computer for right now it gives you a

08:05 pretty great way to work and watch

08:07 movies is that worth

08:10 $3,500 that's between you and your bank

08:12 account but in those 24 hours I could

08:15 see Apple's Future Vision here a

08:17 pixelated yes and a little distorted

08:20 glimpse of it that is where are

08:24[Laughter]

08:27 you

💫 FAQs about This YouTube Video

1. What are the key features of the Apple Vision Pro headset?

The Apple Vision Pro headset allows for hands-free interaction with a grid of apps, spatial computing for placing apps in the environment, and the ability to run Mac apps for productivity. It also features a 3D face scan for video calls and a high-quality display for watching movies.

2. How is the user experience with the Apple Vision Pro headset?

The user experience with the Apple Vision Pro headset is described as heavy and with limited battery life, but it offers a glimpse of the future of computing with its hands-free interaction, spatial computing, and the ability to run Mac apps.

3. What tasks can be performed using the Apple Vision Pro headset?

The Apple Vision Pro headset can be used for productivity tasks such as working with Mac apps, as well as for hands-free interaction with a grid of apps and for immersive movie-watching with its high-quality display.

4. What is the price of the Apple Vision Pro headset, and is it worth it?

The price of the Apple Vision Pro headset is $3,500, and its worth is subjective to the user's use case and bank account. It offers a glimpse of the future of computing but is currently described as heavy with limited battery life.

5. How does the Apple Vision Pro headset enhance video calling and virtual reality experiences?

The Apple Vision Pro headset enhances video calling with its 3D face scan and high-quality display, and it offers immersive virtual reality experiences with its hands-free interaction and spatial computing features.

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