All about the Apple Vision Pro glasses

Apple has officially unveiled its long-awaited Vision Pro mixed reality glasses This year's Worldwide Developers Conference, after quite a long time of rumors and statements of analysts and leakers. And by revealing it, Apple unleashed pioneering technology and a new revolution in the world of virtual reality, until it seemed like pure science fiction, and as usual, when Apple introduces something new, it is revolutionary and leads the technology. There were touch phones before the iPhone, but the matter was different after it, and there were smart watches, but the concept differed after the Apple Watch, and accordingly the rest of its devices and services were hatched, you will find all of this unique without a doubt. And before the Apple glasses, there were those who occupied the metaverse world, and after the appearance of the Apple glasses, everyone will follow them. Here is everything we know about the Apple Vision Pro glasses.

Before you start, read this article that we published three years ago, and we list everything that came at the Apple conference about the glasses, and we also list what Apple will offer later.

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Apple Vision Pro glasses

Apple Vision Pro glasses are a new mixed reality glasses from Apple, announced at the WWDC 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference. These glasses use VR, AR, and MR mixed reality technologies to integrate the real world with virtual elements for entertainment and productivity. The glasses contain advanced technical specifications.

Specifications of the Apple Vision Pro glasses

Graphic Design

◉ It is very similar to ski goggles.

◉ Its facade is made of glass and its structure is made of aluminum.

◉ Equipped with a fabric belt lined with cushions along its length that works to ventilate the head, and it is a rubber belt that can be extended when needed, so the user feels comfortable.

It is equipped with the Fit Dial feature, which is a small wheel located in the back of the glasses, which is used to narrow or widen the strap to secure it accurately on your head.

the screen

◉ Apple Vision Pro glasses are equipped with two micro-OLED screens in front of each eye with a resolution of more than a 4K TV for each eye, which displays about 23 million pixels, providing amazing accuracy and colors. And the specially designed three-element lens creates a sense of screen everywhere you look.

◉ It is also equipped with an external screen that the person standing in front of the wearer sees, so when you talk to him, he will see your eyes and their movements directly in a live broadcast video, but they will be from the avatar that you made previously and just an image of your eye that interacts with the movement of your real eye, as the EyeSight visual system detects your eyes It lets people near you know if you're using apps or when you're busy. And when someone approaches you, the glasses allow you to see the person and expose your eyes to them at the same time.

And when you're busy or using something in virtual reality, the external screen will display a spectrum of colors that shows the person in front of you that you're busy.

sensors

◉ Apple Vision Pro glasses with 12 cameras and 4 sensors. Among them is the first 3D camera in the history of Apple, which captures the world around you in XNUMXD. Including two high-resolution cameras that transmit more than a billion pixels per second to the glasses screens so that you can clearly see the world around you.

This camera system also helps provide accurate head and hand tracking and real-time XNUMXD mapping, all while understanding hand gestures from a wide range of different positions and locations.

◉ Among the sensors, we will find two very important ones, an optical radar sensor or what is known as the LIDAR sensor and the other sensor is for depth or what is known as the TrueDepth camera, and they are the basis for creating a very accurate picture of the real world in front of you or are responsible for mapping the location in real-time. Mapping. This is to ensure seeing the real world without removing the glasses.

◉ The glasses are equipped with several IR LEDs that project invisible light patterns on each eye and a hand gesture in low light conditions. It is a high-performance tracking system, for ultra-accurate input of commands without the need for other inputs such as a mouse or touch, and you can select items with extreme precision, so clicks and drags are distinguished, as well as browsing and typing, and then controlling everything the glasses see.

This sensor also captures the OpticID eyeprint to create a biometric fingerprint such as FaceID and TouchID for authentication and payment confirmation.

◉ The glasses are equipped with six microphones that capture ambient sounds as well as capture your voice in the first place as a means of inputting voice commands to the glasses.

the sound

◉ Apple Vision Pro glasses with two speakers supported by Spatial Audio surround sound features. These amplifiers rely on bone conduction technology, which is to deliver sound directly to the inner ear, through the bones of the skull. This makes you aware and hear the sounds in a clear way around you in the real world, as well as from the digital world from inside the glasses.

◉ Apple also introduced Audio RayTracing technology for the first time, and it depends on the sensors in the glasses so that you can understand all the elements in the physical environment around you in the real world, and how sound is affected by them, such as reflection, absorption, dispersion, blocking, convexity, delay, and others.

Audio RayTracing technology adjusts the soundscape to match the objects in the environment. Complex calculations are used to simulate these effects, generating audio filters that are applied to audio sources in the game or application. These filters change the shape, direction, intensity and quality of the sound, to make it more realistic and in harmony with the environment.

the performance

◉ The Apple Vision Pro glasses contain two processors from Apple: the Apple M2 processor and a new Apple processor also called R1, which is the first generation of this type.

◉ The M2 processor, which is the same as the processor for Mac devices, is responsible for processing all data on the system from running applications and traditional features such as those found in the iPhone, iPad, Mac computers and other devices, in addition to efficiently processing advanced graphics, and it is also responsible for rationalizing Battery consumption and maintaining the temperature of the glasses, which are already equipped with an advanced cooling system in their interface.

◉ While the R1 processor is responsible for collecting, analyzing and managing the data collected by mixed reality technologies from the sensors, cameras and microphones of the glasses. Broadcast images to screens in 12ms for virtually lag-free real-time rendering.

◉ Apple Vision Pro glasses contain an external battery that connects with a cable to the glasses, and provides about two hours of continuous use on a full charge.

◉ The glasses work with visionOS, a new system from Apple that is similar to iPadOS, but is designed to take advantage of the capabilities of mixed reality. Users can use familiar apps from Apple, such as Safari, Photos, Messages, and Maps, as well as new speaker-specific apps, such as Vision Studio, Vision Gallery, and Vision Arcade.

Experience

◉ When you open the freshness and use it for the first time, you have to put your face in front of it, so that a XNUMXD image of your face is taken and an avatar is made of an exact copy of you. It can be used in social media applications when video calling (and showing your eyes as mentioned earlier).

◉ If you wear medical glasses, here you need to put lenses dedicated to your vision, and Apple has contracted with Zeiss to make these lenses, and we believe that when you buy Apple glasses, you will provide them with data about your vision standards, and a lens dedicated to you will be installed in the glasses themselves in front of your eyes that are removable, or you have to With contact lenses instead of medical glasses, as Apple did and asked one of the attendees at the developer conference, when he was trying the glasses.

◉ When you wear Apple glasses for the first time, you will see the applications in front of you with the same layout as the Apple Watch applications. You can move between these applications with the movement of your eyes, and if you want to open a specific application, you just have to move your index and thumb fingers and make them touch each other as if you were pinching.

And if you want to scroll down or up, move one of your fingers up or down. You can also zoom in and out of the screen as you like through the movements of your hands and fingers.

◉ And through your voice, you can through Siri, you will be able to give commands to write and search, just say Siri once and then give her orders to open such and such an application or write such or search for such and such.

◉ Apple glasses have a rotating button, like the digital crown in the Apple Watch, through which you can switch from augmented reality to see applications and the real world around you.

You can also move to the virtual world completely, meaning that you and the applications are in an environment other than where you are. In the sense that you will be cut off from the real world around you. And you can use MR mixed reality between augmented and real, meaning that the background of the display is virtual reality, but you see next to you the walls and furniture in the real world.

◉ You can open more than one application, and it will be displayed in an organized manner in front of you, and it will take on a spatial character, meaning that no matter how much you move, these screens will remain fixed in their place unless you modify them and move them to another place. Also, if you leave the glasses on for a while, you will go back and see everything in its place.

◉ Apple glasses support Bluetooth connectivity with any supported devices. Like game controllers and AirPods, you can also connect them to your laptop or computer and display your work in an augmented or virtual reality environment.

◉ Through the 3D camera, you can take pictures of your memories, diaries, and activities, so you can live them again.

The Apple Vision Pro glasses are revolutionary glasses in the world of technology, and they promise to change the way you experience reality and communicate with others. Its price is $ 3499, which is a very high price compared to other mixed reality glasses, and it is at this high price, it is not intended for the average user, and it is the same as all the devices that we use today, as it was at its first appearance a high price, until the time came and competitors entered line, and its price has become affordable to the vast majority, it is expected that the Apple Vision Pro glasses will be launched in the market early next year.

The glasses are only available in America, and do not think that even if you pay $ 3500 that you can get them, because it is expected that Apple will produce small quantities, and it will end immediately, and it will be even more expensive, perhaps double in the black market, so the glasses, as we mentioned, will be for every specialist only, It is a glimpse into the future.

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