Home cinema, playful cleaning and a partner with a prettier face: users show how they use the headset. But some videos are manipulated.
Several YouTube influencers pose with the new headset.
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On Friday, the Vision Pro hit American stores, Appleās headset that looks like ski goggles and immerses the user in a semi-virtual reality. The first user videos are now circulating on social networks.
One shows how he can fill his living room with virtual screens on which he can watch basketball, find out about the teams and scroll through social networks in another window.
The Apple Vision Pro looks INSANE. š³ pic.twitter.com/gKIbiiutWq
ā DramaAlert (@DramaAlert) February 3, 2024
While large-scale videos have already been advertised in Appleās Vision Pro commercials, users also have new, creative ideas. For example, an app that remembers where you have already vacuumed and where you havenāt.
Spatial Vacuuming
Never miss a spot again! pic.twitter.com/VJlHaY9XIJ
ā Daniel Beauchamp (@pushmatrix) January 23, 2024
The videos that people make on the street are somewhat irritating. The Vision Pro glasses are not transparent, they simply project a filmed image of the street onto screens that are located in the glasses directly in front of the eyes.
The top half of the video below shows what it looks like to navigate through the city with the Apple Pro. Below you can see what the user looks like for the environment. Especially when he taps around in the air while walking, it seems unsettling: from the outside it is unclear what he sees and what he doesnāt.
Yāall just jealous š„½ pic.twitter.com/iTVFRdRD25
ā GregsGadgets (@GregoryMcFadden) February 5, 2024
A half-present pedestrian is one thing. However, what probably received the most excitement was the video of a person wearing a headset behind the wheel of the new Tesla Cybertruck.
we really in the end times pic.twitter.com/Eq7z9jNpv8
ā juju š° (@ayeejuju) February 4, 2024
In addition commented Even the American Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg warned on the X platform, formerly Twitter: Drivers must always remain in control, even when driving assistance is activated.
After the huge uproar, the Instagram user who originally posted the video made it clear that the video was a joke or a production. The display showed the road and the driving assistance was not activated, he claims.
In general, you should remain skeptical: not all videos show real applications. Some just want to entertain or share fun ideas for products. For example the maker of this video. Itās as if a woman were using the Vision Pro to swap her partnerās face for that of an actor.
Apple Vision Pro Deepfake app concept #applevisionpro #apple #visionpro pic.twitter.com/Zx8KVW1uuY
ā Jesse Richards (@iamjesserichard) February 3, 2024
Apple definitely benefits from the videos, whether real or fake. They encourage thinking about how the headset could be useful in everyday life and give developers ideas for the glassesā app store. Interesting applications are needed if more than just the biggest fans are to spend $3,500 on a headset.
The real estate platform Zillow has already launched one of these for the Vision Pro: users can now use the headset to view residential properties in three dimensions instead of clicking on two-dimensional photos on their laptop or cell phone. It is unclear how many properties this type of viewing is already possible.
The videos show that Apple has already succeeded where Mark Zuckerberg failed: Life in the mixed reality, the metaverse, is suddenly an interesting, if not tempting, vision of the future.