The rumors are over. scrub has introduced its first mixed reality glasses, is ready to start a new phase in the company. Following the bet of rivals such as the Meta with its Quest Pro, with a final ticket of around 2,000 euros in Spain, or rivals such as Oppo fighting for growth in mixed reality, Apple has added a new dimension to its product range with the Apple Vision Pro. A new era has started.
$3,499, arriving next year, a new operating system and a co-processor that will come with the Apple Silicon M2. These glasses are the first stone on the path that Apple wants to walk away from its rivals, and they have practically everything they need to maintain that distance.
Apple Vision Pro: Beginning of a new phase for Apple
Apple’s first Mixed Reality glasses are said to be apple vision pro, These are glasses that combine augmented reality and virtual reality in a way we haven’t seen before. Its direct competitors focused on a beacon system projecting material into our environment to recreate virtual reality or to create augmented reality.
“VisionOS features a new three-dimensional interface that makes digital content look and feel like it exists in the user’s physical world. By dynamically responding to natural light and casting shadows, it helps the user perceive scale and distance.” To enable user navigation and interaction with spatial content, Apple Vision Pro introduces an entirely new input system controlled by a person’s eyes, hands and voice.” scrub
In the case of Apple, Integration is too organichave different interfaces adapted to the different environments we may find ourselves in, as well as configurations designed for each application we run on the glasses.
App interface, VisionOS, in Apple Glass.
This is what Ted Lasso looks like in Apple glasses.
The size of the interface itself is adaptable, because we can zoom Both in multimedia content and in the applications themselves (browser windows, galleries, movies, etc.). The goal is for the interface to adapt at all times to the environment we are in, and for us to be the ones who have control over its shape.
Apple Glasses is heavily focused on augmented reality. They strive to generate all content that integrates with our environment in the most organic way possible.
can do consume multimedia content From any app in the Apple ecosystem, browse in Safari with an interface completely optimized for the new world. An ecosystem of applications designed by and for these glasses. This software is called VisionOS, and it’s Fully compatible with both iOS app and iPad app,
This three-dimensional interface brings support for Apple’s own AirPods as well as the Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad. It is capable of projecting screens up to 100 inches, as well as playing 3D content. Of course, they also have integration with Apple Arcade, which has over 100 games optimized for the VisionOS interface.
Despite being compatible with iOS and iPadOS apps, The App Store has been completely redesigned for this operating system. The Store is an entirely new platform for developers to start working on their solutions.
This is the Apple Vision Pro interface when we have multiple apps open.
And this is how its panoramic mode works for pictures taken from the helmet itself.
It can be controlled with gestures (for example, pincher to select an application, side swipe to move between them, etc.). They have the same with the crown of the Apple Watch. Through this we can control how immersed we are in this virtual world. Taj controls the depth of the environment onlyTo be able to detach ourselves completely from it, or to move closer to an augmented reality system that co-exists with the place we are in.
It’s not just about the software, it’s the computer with the glasses
recording level, Capable of recording panoramic with spatial sound, The goal, according to Apple, is that we can remember everything recorded in an environment that is as realistic as possible.
for the body, they are made of a polished crystal which allows to visualize correctly the external, in addition to a aluminum body The strap that covers them is fabric, adaptable to different sizes as it is flexible enough. The straps have speakers that provide spatial audio and allow you to change the length. Battery life is two hours.
In total, it has 23 million pixels divided between internal visors, Over 4K resolution in each eye, They also have a double camera system capable of capturing “spatial” images: photographs and videos in panoramic sizes, accompanied by spatial audio and with the main objective of recreating the captured moments in the most believable way.
For audio, both capsules (one on each side of the strap) allow you to recreate spatial sound. They analyze the environment to adapt to it, just like the AirPods. Apple calls this “audio tracing”.: a system that maps in 3D thanks to infrared and cameras, in real time, the environment in which we have to adapt the sound.
The processor included in these glasses is no less than M2. It is accompanied by a new co-processor by the name of R1. Thus, we are talking about glasses that are more powerful than the vast majority of current computers.
Apple Vision Pro version and price
The price of these Apple Vision Pro starts from $3,499So we can expect a final ticket of around 4,000 Euros when they land on European soil.
They’ll be available from next year, although Apple wanted to take advantage of its annual developer conference to put them on the table. The Apple Vision Pro represents one of the most significant steps forward for Apple on both a software and hardware level. Now the most important challenge before them is: demonstrate that they lay the foundation for the future Apple wants to build for us,
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