The Apple Vision Pro Is Heavy. Here’s How to Fix That

In the two weeks it has spent on the faces of eager buyers, the Apple Vision Pro has been subjected to its share of criticism. As reported by The Verge and elsewhere, some customers are making a show of returning their Vision Pro headsets before Apple’s standard 14-day return window on new purchases closes. Some … Read more

The Apple Vision Pro’s Killer App Is … Kitchen Timers?

It’s why you may see breathless takes about how a Vision Pro lets you pull up a “4K screen” without any reference to how big it is (the actual resolution of this virtual screen would depend on how large you make that display). But that doesn’t matter too much in person, because 60 ppd is … Read more

Apple’s Vision Pro Is Trying to Solve a Nearly Unsolvable Problem

Netflix didn’t come to play. Neither did YouTube. Following the Apple Vision Pro’s big preorder rollout two weeks ago, news slowly started to trickle out that neither of those video services would have native apps on Apple’s new spatial computing device. Netflix’s co-CEO, Greg Peters, went on a podcast and wondered aloud if the Vision … Read more

The Apple Vision Pro Lives Deep in the Uncanny Valley

Apple’s first ever mixed reality headset, the Vision Pro, arrives tomorrow. Apple has a knack for revitalizing and legitimizing a product category—something that the face computer market really needs right now. But there are some hangups that could limit its initial success: the Vision Pro’s exorbitant $3,499 price tag, the tethered battery pack, and the … Read more

Apps Made the iPhone. They’re Missing on the Vision Pro

Apple’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset is coming to the real world on February 2, and all the previews so far have shown it to be a great bundle of contradictions. It’s capable but clunky. Mobile but tethered to a battery pack. Exciting but just so, so expensive. Perhaps most importantly, it’s a device Apple touts … Read more

Apple’s Vision Pro Headset Shows the Future of Computing Is Bulky and Weird

I spent a little more than 30 minutes wearing the Apple Vision Pro today, and I saw the future of computing. The impressive technology in Apple’s upcoming mixed-reality headset lays the groundwork for what’s to come, but I am at a crossroads. I’m not sold on the bulky headset. Apple announced the Vision Pro at … Read more

‘Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR’ Makes the Case for Immersive Gaming—Finally

I crouch unseen behind the bureau, the guard blocking the only exit from the room. Silently, I reach for a goblet, throwing it to the opposite side of the chamber. As the guard steps toward the disturbance, I emerge, sneaking behind him. With a flick of my wrist, my hidden blade emerges. He’ll never take … Read more

The Las Vegas Sphere Makes Virtual Reality a Full-Body Experience

The best virtual reality experience I’ve had this year was not with the $500 Quest 3 or the $3,500 Apple VisionPro, and it didn’t even require a headset. Sure, it cost $2.3 billion. But it came with a live soundtrack from an iconic rock band. I am talking, of course, about last weekend’s U2 concert … Read more

U2’s The Edge on The Sphere’s Opening Night: ‘This Is Definitely Working’

Maybe this would be an amazing app for the Apple headset. I think so. But I find that being isolated in an immersive experience is very, very different than being at a live event. Even watching a concert film at home on your sofa, you want your friends around. How did the Sphere’s 168,000-speaker sound … Read more

Hey Zuck, Get Those Robots out of My Social Feed

When I bring up these concerns to Meta’s VP of generative AI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, post-keynote, he accuses me of having “a dystopian point of view.” Adding AI bots to the various feeds will spur human connection, he counters. “I think these AIs are entertaining and can help people learn new skills that help them better … Read more