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The first wave of experience reports on the Apple headset is coming: It's cool, but after wearing it for a long time, I feel a little sick to my stomach

author:Silver Persimmon Finance
The first wave of experience reports on the Apple headset is coming: It's cool, but after wearing it for a long time, I feel a little sick to my stomach

Apple's head-mounted Apple Vision Pro released in the early morning of June 6 seems to have caused an earthquake in the technology circle. What is the actual experience of this headset, Silver Persimmon Finance found that after the Apple conference, many American technology journalists also experienced a sense of digital and reality mixed with Apple Vision Pro. Let's read their experience report --

Experienced by: CNN reporter Samantha Murphy Kelly

Feeling: The real charm lies in its immersive video

The first wave of experience reports on the Apple headset is coming: It's cool, but after wearing it for a long time, I feel a little sick to my stomach

Just a few hours after Apple's conference, I arrived at Apple's demo and launch venue for this new headset. An Apple employee scanned my face and customized the headset for me. Later, I went into a small room and an optometrist asked me if I was wearing glasses or corrective lenses.

As I sat on a couch in a private demo room on Apple's campus, wearing the newly released VisionPro mixed reality headset, I felt like I saw the future.

During the 30-minute experience, a virtual butterfly landed on my finger; Dinosaurs with fine scales tried to bite me; I stood at the piano away from Alicia Keyes and listened to her serenade me in the studio. In another immersive video, a cub bear swims past me in a quiet lake, reminding me of a loved one who died recently. I couldn't help but shed tears.

This headset looks like a pair of ski goggles. The headset itself does feel light enough, but even with Apple's pretty good design capabilities, I can't help but feel like I have a computer in my face. Luckily, I felt cool on my face throughout the experience, thanks to a quiet fan and airflow through the system.

The first wave of experience reports on the Apple headset is coming: It's cool, but after wearing it for a long time, I feel a little sick to my stomach

After putting on the device, I saw an iOS-like interface. All I need is eye movements, plus the touch of my thumb and forefinger, to "select" and open and try apps like text messaging, FaceTime, Safari, and photos. This is more intuitive than expected and works even when my hands are on my legs.

There are some apps that are really great experiences. When I look at the photos in the gallery, I feel very shocked, because the pictures are much larger than the size in life. In addition, VisionPro will also provide some spatial image options, which can make pictures and videos appear in 3D, making you feel as if you are in a movie. However, it is hard for me to imagine sitting on the couch at home and looking through these photos one by one. It's cool, but it doesn't seem necessary.

In another experience, an Apple employee wearing a Vision Pro chatted with me via Facetime on site. Then the "3D version of the employee" shared a virtual whiteboard with me. It is clear that this tool can be used in various meetings. But few employers should be willing to pay $3,499 for employees to make this scenario a reality than simply using Zoom.

The real charm of Vision Pro lies in its immersive video. For example, watching underwater scenes in Avatar 2 in 3D gives a surreal feeling, as if I was in the ocean with these fictional creatures. Such an experience is sure to make Hollywood filmmakers buy it.

Experienced by: Joanna Stern, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal

Feelings: It's cool, but after wearing it for a long time, I feel a little sick to my stomach

The first wave of experience reports on the Apple headset is coming: It's cool, but after wearing it for a long time, I feel a little sick to my stomach

Shortly after Apple announced its first mixed reality headset at the Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, I was dropped off in a golf cart and headed to a nondescript building in the company's sprawling spaceship campus. During the 30-minute demo, Apple's headlighter pressed against my nose and made me a little nauseous.

What does it feel like to wear?

It's like someone has put a giant Apple Watch over my head, but it's still quite comfortable, like a soft headband gently wrapped around your head. The fit and finish of the "goggles" are really "apple".

But I could always feel something very high-tech on my face. In the back, the bridge of my nose and forehead gradually felt the "weight of technology". Also, when I touch the surroundings of the front screen, I feel a little warm.

Do you ever feel like throwing up?

This Vision Pro is unlike any headset I've tried because it makes it easy to switch between the real and digital worlds. This "digital crown" controls the depth of your immersion: when you want to see a more virtual picture, you can rotate in one direction, and if you want to see a more realistic picture, you can rotate in the other direction.

The first wave of experience reports on the Apple headset is coming: It's cool, but after wearing it for a long time, I feel a little sick to my stomach

This means that when I look down, I can see my hands clearly, and I can look at the notebook on my desk. But if I don't want to see them, I can get rid of them very quickly. It's cool, but after wearing it for a long time, I feel a little sick to my stomach.

Can you lose your controller?

Other headsets have controllers like a stylus on your smartphone, but with Vision Pro, your eyes are the cursor and your fingers are the buttons. I pressed the button for this digital crown and entered the familiar looking home screen. If I had to choose, I just had to pinch my fingers in the air. If you want to scroll, drag my finger in any direction.

What do you see inside?

Apple showed me a lot of essentials, but there were two very eye-catching features for me:

One is for work: in the office, it is actually better in ordinary computers. But you can scatter apps — like messages, notes, and Safari — in the space above the coffee table. Plus, you can place these virtual screens around the room instead of having multiple monitors at the same time.

I was also able to have a FaceTime chat with an Apple employee, we didn't just video chat, I could see her 3D version during the call, and she was also able to launch a presentation for us to work on.

The second is to watch 3D movies: Apple used this headset to shoot a photo video of "Avatar: The Way of Water" with a sense of 3D, and edited it into a short film. I was amazed that I could be in the world of Avatar: The Way of Water. In one demonstration, a lifelike butterfly flew past and landed on my finger. Do you see the future? Is this a success?

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