My Full Thoughts on Apple’s ‘Vision Pro’ AR/VR Headset

The Apple Vision Pro headset was announced at Apple’s WWDC conference on 5 June 2023.

In this blog, I’m going to outline all of my thoughts on the headset.

The Apple Vision Pro is a headset that offers both Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality capabilities, with all your usual apps displayed right in front of your eyes.

This makes it one of the first headsets of its kind to be made by Apple. And it even lets you see the real world around you while using it, and also lets you drop different virtual items into your ‘Environment’, without taking up the entire space.

This makes the technology it’s been developed with a big relief for disabled people and for anyone who has bad motion sickness.

You can control the headset with your sight, with your voice and by clicking your fingers, which makes it completely controller free, unless you zoom in using the Digital Crown at the top of your headset, or double click the purchase button around your headset, exactly like what you would do on an iPhone.

However, while it will obviously be good news for a lot of people that you don’t have to wink to click, I think Apple should offer that as an accessibility option to help you open an app if you can’t click your fingers together. But of course, it should be possible for users to have a choice between all those options.

One of the biggest issues people have so far voiced in relation to the headset, however. is the cost, and I agree that is something that needs to be covered.

If you’re in America, the Apple Vision Pro will cost $3,499, which is of course a lot of money to put towards a Virtual Reality headset or any other technology, especially in the modern day. And if we add in the debate that Apple may be attempting to replace the iPhone, that creates a massive barrier for the majority of people, who most likely will never save enough to afford this headset, unless it is suddenly dropped to a cheaper price.

So therefore, although the Vision Pro currently is a powerful device, it definitely falls short in some areas. It is accessible enough, but Apple could make it even more accessible by including options that lets the user choose whether or not they want to wink, speak, or click their fingers to open an app, so those who can’t speak also have the option to use it.