Vision Pro, Apple’s mixed reality headset, available this Friday in the United States

2024-02-02 02:23:53

Couple Klara Durand

Published on 01/08/2024 at 6:51 p.m., Updated 2 hours ago

The Vision Pro, Apple’s virtual reality headset, was presented in June 2023 by the company. Apple

Owners of this new product, priced at $3,499, should have access to more than a million applications from its launch.

If Apple is not present at the Consumer Electronics Shows (CES), the annual convention dedicated to technological innovations in Las Vegas which has just opened its doors, that does not prevent the company from making sensational announcements. Thus, Monday January 8, the firm announced the date on which its mixed reality headset, the Vision Pro, will be available for sale in the United States. Starting Friday, February 2, Americans will be able to obtain it in all Apple stores and online. Pre-orders will be open from January 19.

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Presented in June 2023, said helmet must, for $3,499, “revolutionize the interaction between users and applications“, recalled Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, in the press release. The latter even believes that the “era of spatial computing has arrived».

Concretely, once equipped with it, the owner of the Vision Pro headset should be immersed in a virtual universe. As shown in the first videos of the headset, the entire interface is controlled “through the eyes, hands and voice of the user».

1 million apps available

Furthermore, as soon as it goes on sale, users of the headset should have access to 1 million iOS and iPadOS applications. The headset will have its own application store, which will provide access to services like Fantastical, Freeform or JigSpace. In terms of office software, the user can also use Microsoft 365, Slack, the Magic Keyboard and the Magic Trackpad.

Of these many applications, 250 will come from Apple Arcade, the company’s subscription video game service. Owners of the headset will thus be able to be immersed in Super Fruit Ninja, NBA 2K24 Arcade Edition or Sonic Dream Team. With its high-resolution screens, they can also take a break from their game to watch movies and TV shows from Apple TV+, Disney+ and Max.

To meet its many promises, the headset has 12 cameras, 6 microphones, 5 sensors, an association of the M2 chip with a newly created chip (R1), which should ensure high image quality. Enough to create, in the coming weeks, a frenzy among fans of the apple brand despite a very high selling price.