Category: Apple

TECHNOLOGY - As with everything else, there is a time and a place for using Apple Vision Pro, the Apple virtual and augmented reality headset released in the United States on Friday 2 February. Although it has been available for purchase for less than 48 hours, at a price of 3,500 dollars, its use has already led to some funny, and sometimes dangerous, situations.

As you can see in the video at the top of the articleFor example, one of the new owners of the Apple Vision Pro had the bad idea of using it while driving his Tesla. We see him with just one hand on the steering wheel, preferring to use them to navigate on his augmented reality headset while the car's autopilot does the rest. This video, which has gone viral, is obviously not to be reproduced, at the risk of causing an accident.

Mixed reviews

While Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about a " revolutionary device "Augmented reality glasses and virtual or mixed reality headsets are nothing new.

Meta (Facebook, Instagram), Apple's neighbour in Silicon Valley, has made a major contribution to the emergence of this market with its Quest headsets and Ray-Ban glasses, but also by hammering home the idea that the future of the Internet would lie in a sort of "digital world". "metaversThis is a virtual universe where our physical and digital environments merge.

But despite these initial advances, companies, experts and individuals who believe in this future have been waiting impatiently for Apple's first device. The Apple brand has a reputation for launching only ultra-perfect products, which give the user the feeling of being at the cutting edge of technology. "the to the rest of the industry. Initial reviews have been mixed, especially given the prohibitive price tag.

Lack of applications

Testers said they were fascinated by the image quality and ease of use: all they had to do was stare at an application and tap their fingers to open or close it. But they were annoyed that the battery was bulky, and made fun of the "personasthese strange photorealistic avatars that represent users during videoconferences.

Another major problem is the lack of applications available in the App Store that are compatible with the Apple Vision Pro. Popular platforms such as Netflix and YouTube have chosen not to develop ad hoc applications for the Vision Pro for the time being. Although only 150 applications were initially planned, Apple has now doubled (and even quadrupled) its efforts, announcing on Thursday that it finally has more than 600.