Apple just announced its first major product since 2014: The Vision Pro for $3,499

Apple
announced
its
mixed-reality
headset,
the
Vision
Pro,
on
Monday

during
its
WWDC
developer
conference.
The
$3,499
headset
is
its
first
major
new
product
since
the
Apple
Watch
in
2014.

The
Vision
Pro
will
allow
users
to
see
apps
in
a
new
way,
in
the
spaces
around
them.
Users
can
use
their
eyes
and
hands
to
navigate
through
apps
and
search
with
their
voices.
The
headset
can
be
used
to
watch
movies,
including
in
3-D,
with
spatial
audio,
view
their
own
pictures
or
videos,
and
play
video
games.
It
can
also
be
used
for
work
with
video
conferencing
apps,


Microsoft
Office
tools
or


Adobe
Lightroom.

It
will
be
available
starting
at
$3,499
beginning
early
next
year.

Apple
stock
dropped
about
1%
after
the
company
unveiled
the
headset,
giving
up
gains
from
earlier
in
the
day.

With
a
feature
called
EyeSight,
the
headset
can
become
transparent
or
opaque
to
signal
to
people
around
the
headset
user
if
they’re
immersed
in
an
experience
or
available
to
interact.
Spatial
audio
will
make
it
feel
like
the
user
is
totally
immersed
in
the
experience,
including
by
sensing
other
items
in
the
room.

The
Vision
Pro
can
also
create
a
realistic-looking
avatar
of
a
user
to
use
in
the
experience.

The
headset
is
made
to
fit
different
face
shapes
and
sizes
with
adjustable
and
interchangeable
parts.

The
company
announced
several
partnerships
for
the
Vision
Pro
on
stage.


Disney
CEO
Bob
Iger
appeared
on
stage
to
announce
that
Disney+
would
be
available
on
the
Vision
Pro
from
day
one
of
its
release.


Unity
stock

spiked
over
20%
and
trading
was
briefly
halted
after
Apple
announced
a
partnership
with
the
game
development
platform.

Here
are
some
images
from
Apple’s
presentation
that
shows
how
it
works:

This
is
how
the
headset
looks
when
a
user
is
available
to
interact
with
others
in
the
room.

Apps
appear
in
front
of
the
user,
who
can
look
around
and
gesture
to
navigate.

Here’s
what
it
looks
like
to
view
a
panorama
with
the
headset.

This
is
what
it
would
look
like
to
play
a
video
game
on
the
device.

This
is
what
it’s
like
to
video
conference
with
the
headset.

It
can
also
be
used
to
learn
new
things
in
3-D.

Users
can
view
different
windows
in
front
of
them
like
they
typically
see
on
a
computer
screen.

Apple
has
worked
on
headset
hardware
and
software
since
at
least
2016
in
a
division
called
the
Technology
Development
Group.
Monday’s
launch
is
the
culmination
of
years
of
development
—
some
in
secret,
and
some
as
public-facing
groundwork
previously
released
for
the
iPhone,
such
as
depth-sensing
cameras
and
software.

Apple
CEO
Tim
Cook
has
spoken
at
length
about
the
potential
of
augmented
reality
that
overlays
computer
graphics
onto
the
real
world,
saying
that
the
tech
could
eventually
be
an
everyday
device
for
most
people
and
that
its
impact
could
be
similar
to
the
invention
of
the
internet.

Apple’s
VR
headset
debut
comes
during
a
time
when
the
broader
virtual
reality
industry
has
struggled
to
meet
high
expectations
for
the
technology.
For
now,
it’s
considered
to
be
“mixed
reality,”
or
virtual
reality
that
can
access
the
outside
world
through
cameras
mounted
on
the
headset.

Monday’s
launch
also
opens
up
a
new
era
of
open
competition
between
Apple
and


Meta,
which
develops
its
own
virtual
reality
headsets.
Meta

said
last
week
that
its
latest
headset
model,
Quest
3,
would
be
released
later
this
year.

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