![]() Much of the Vision’s ability to do what it does is dependent on the pair of micro-LEDs, which jam 23 million pixels in per eye. As handsets have arrived at a point where 4K and 120Hz refresh rates are no longer novelties, headsets have taken up the mantle. In the case of the Vision Pro, the screen is everything. ![]() An hour spent cycling through different apps probably isn’t enough to experience full-on “Avatar” depression (certainly not in my case), but it does afford a glimpse at a world where such phenomena are a distinct possibility, especially as display resolutions are capable of rendering increasingly life-like images. The company was careful to provide both ends of the Vision Pro immersion spectrum, ranging from full passthrough to Environments, an all-encompassing nature scene that’s a bit like walking into a live photo on infinite loop. Your body and brain are, for all intents and purposes, experiencing different realities.įirst impressions: Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good That cognitive dissonance is also creating the motion sickness some experience in VR. The more immersive the experience, the more jarring it can feel when you finally take the headset off.Īfter all, at their heart, these sorts of headsets are about effectively tricking one’s brain into what it’s seeing. Not long after the film’s release, CNN reported on a strange new phenomenon that some deemed “Avatar Depression.” The film had been so immersive, a handful of audience members reported experiencing a kind of emptiness when they left the theater, and Pandora along with it.Īs extended reality experiences have grown more prevalent on the success of headsets from companies like Meta, HTC and Sony, many have experienced similar phenomena. If contemporary online forums are to be believed, it also gave some theatergoers something entirely unexpected: depression. ![]() It was a technological marvel that gave audiences one of the most immersive filmgoing experiences in the medium’s history. “Avatar” first arrived in theaters in 2009. Apple has also offered a better look with a 10-minute “guided tour” of the device. Update: The Vision Pro is now available for preorder on Apple’s site for $3,500.
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