It would be an understatement of the century to say that the Apple Vision Pro is more than a VR headset. I just realised that it could destroy every gaming monitor and TV in your home.
At least, it will if the $3,500 pair of goggles ever becomes a popular platform. Users are showing off a pretty creepy feature that makes it better than the company’s ads.
It’s not just the price of the Apple Vision Pro that will keep it from being the best VR headset for now. Because it can’t run many apps and has a battery that doesn’t last long, this device might be more of an early proof of concept meant to attract wealthy tech fans.
But it looks like it has achieved its main goal of giving people who can afford it a real Augmented Reality experience. This could be bad news for the screens in your home.
On Twitter, there is an example of an early adopter of Apple Vision Pro who is using augmented reality to toggle between multiple screens.
Sharing this demo by thekitze, it shows how the headset can be used to pin screens of different sizes and shapes around the user’s home.
While the enthusiast walks around their home, they point out different phantom panels that will stick to real-world locations, just like hardware would. It almost feels like the Vision Pro user’s home is haunted by phantom screens, and the result is both fascinating and terrifying.
The horrors of 24/7 screen time
I’m now actively thinking about whether this headset and future versions could take the place of all your home displays after watching the unofficial Vision Pro demo.
I mean, the video makes even the simple fridge shopping list pointless, and notepads are a lot less expensive than the best gaming monitors.
I’m not at all saying that the technology is ready to replace your gaming TV, and I’m also not sure that VR can give you the same experience as a screen projecting console and PC images into your eyes.
Still, pinning screens virtually in cyberspace does work as a proof of concept, even if you have to deal with the headset’s 100Hz refresh rate and the usual chance of getting VR sickness.
What do you think will happen in the future? Well, as much as it hurts my soul, I do not doubt that people will start using VR and AR instead of monitors.
Competitive gamers will still value high refresh panels, as I don’t think we’ll see 360Hz headsets that can compete with monitors like the Alienware AW2724HF, even after the concept becomes popular.
Without a doubt, I would wake up every night in a cold sweat thinking I could see screens out of the corner of my eye.
Check out our Meta Quest 3 review to learn more about the current king of virtual reality if you’re looking for a cheaper way to play games.
