Apple just changed the game. At WWDC 2023, Tim Cook unveiled the Apple Vision Pro — a spatial computing headset that Apple is positioning not as a VR device, but as “the first Apple product you look through, not at.” Priced at $3,499 and launching in early 2024, this is Apple’s most ambitious hardware in a decade.
The Vision Pro is powered by both the M2 chip and a new R1 chip dedicated to sensor processing, with a 12ms latency from sensor to display that eliminates the nausea associated with other headsets. Two micro-OLED displays deliver 23 million pixels total — more than a 4K TV for each eye. Eye tracking, hand tracking, and voice commands replace traditional controllers entirely.
The killer features: EyeSight — an outward display showing the user’s eyes to preserve social presence — and seamless passthrough that overlays digital content into the real world with remarkable fidelity. Apple calls it visionOS, and it runs iPhone and iPad apps natively.
At $3,499, the Vision Pro is for early adopters and professionals first. But this is clearly the beginning of Apple’s next platform. The PC era, the smartphone era, and now: the spatial computing era.
Source: Apple Newsroom