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But the product Apple announced isn’t an AR headset the way you might be thinking.
But the Vision Pro is a VR headset.
You aren’t lookingthroughthe headset.
Heck, call it an MR headset for all I care.
But it’s not a consumer version of HoloLens.
A true AR headset like HoloLens doesn’t use screens to augment your reality.
You aren’t lookingthroughthe headset.
It becomes much harder to determine how far away things are when looking at them through two flat screens.
This doesn’t look to have changed with Vision Pro.
Now imagine this scenario but with a massive face-covering headset on.
This would be so impersonal and frankly rude of the person wearing the headset.
Vision Pro is anti-social, and that’s a problem for most VR headsets.
An actual AR headset suffers from these sociable issues much less.
It wasn’t until about 15 minutes into the presentation that Apple revealed it was a screen.
If you’ve been following the rumors, you probably already knew that though.
HoloLens 2 doesn’t even rest on your face because it doesn’t need to.
It’s going to make VR headset makers up their game.
I don’t have a problem with Vision Pro as a VR headset.
Half the point of AR is the ease of use and the open-nature of it.
You don’t feel restricted by wearing AR headsets.
The same cannot be said with VR headsets.
But the HoloLens 2 is far from the perfect AR headset too.
You aren’t lookingthroughthe headset.
It’s better, but it’s not as good as giving someone your undying attention.
That would be the equivalent of a pair of every day eye glasses.
At no point does wearing a HoloLens feel like I’m locked into a headset.
It’s just weird. Isn’t it?
So, for now, enjoy your $3,500 VR headset, world.
I’m still waiting for the first good consumer AR headset.
Microsoft HoloLens 2
The Microsoft HoloLens 2 is an enterprise AR headset designed for front-line workers.
Apple’s new Vision Pro features all the design cues you’d find in a VR headset.
It features an ARM processor, holographic capabilities, and can be controlled using your hands.
HoloLens can do this without the need of screens.
Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 has been on the market for a number of years.
