Apple Vision Pro: 13 very interesting secrets that we still didn’t know about

Apple Vision Pro They go on sale on February 2nd, and while since their launch we haven’t stopped covering details that Apple didn’t reveal during the product presentation, like the refresh rate of the screens or the prices of the ZEISS lenses, there are things we couldn’t know until now; thanks to first impressions and options for some youtubers and the American media, which have already been able to test them from their own experience.

These are details that demonstrate both Apple’s progress in the field of artificial and advanced intelligence, as well as some other shortcomings of the Apple Vision Pro, which, we recall, goes on sale in the United States. priced at 3499 euros. On the other hand, some of the things we didn’t know about the company’s virtual and augmented reality headsets are just curiosity; those little details that a company usually offers in its product.

For example, on a design level, there are a few details we didn’t know about the Apple Vision Pro until now. viewer has a maximum head size. This was confirmed by Apple when Edge he asked her about it. The company, however, has not specified the maximum size compatible with Apple Vision Pro; in any case, users can determine their size by scanning their face through the App Store.

Another interesting design detail of the Apple Vision Pro is that There is no button to turn the device on and off., just like a Mac, iPhone or iPad does. Unless the battery runs out (in which case it will turn off), Apple Vision Pro will always go to sleep when the user takes it off their head. On the other hand, you should know that the ZEISS lenses that Apple sells for glasses wearers Magnetically attached to the viewer. You just need to hold them up to the Vision Pro lenses and release them as shown in the iJustine video.

Additionally, the Apple Vision Pro battery cable can be completely detached. It has cable Lightning on the back side, which is removed with a key similar to the one used for SIM cards.

You can use the keyboard in two ways

Something else we didn’t know about the Apple Vision Pro was the software. VisionOS has some small features that are worth mentioning and which, of course, Apple did not go into detail during the presentation. One of them is related to the virtual keyboard, which appears when the user needs to write something with the headset turned on.

Apple in particular allows you to use it in two ways. On the one hand, pressing key after key in the air. For another, using vision and making a claw gesture, which is also a gesture for opening applications. In the MKBHD video, YouTube states that the fastest recording method is the second one. Of course, you can also use your voice for dictation, just like on the iPhone or iPad.

Another software tidbit is that when the Vision Pro is charging, The Apple logo appears on the external screen.

Apple Vision Pro takes you to the Steve Jobs Theater

Apple Vision Pro also has various applications that are compatible and adapted to virtual and augmented reality, and there is one in particular that allows the user to enter the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park and imagine that you are on stage giving a presentation. This is a Keynote app that has a mode for practicing presenting in different scenarios, such as an office conference room or the aforementioned auditorium.

If you wish, you can use Apple glasses in a virtual reality environment. That is, without seeing anything from the real world. To achieve this, the company has developed a kind of immersive backgrounds that transport you into the landscape. These are real places but the backgrounds are not imagesbut rather artificial structures created by the company, albeit very photorealistic ones.

Out of curiosity: although not recommended, you can use Apple Vision Pro to cook. In a video from The Wall Street Journal, you can see how VisionOS allows you to activate multiple timers—one for each pan, for example—and by being able to see what’s happening in the environment, you can read a recipe while you’re cutting or cooking your food.

Using FaceTime with Apple Vision Pro, users have the ability to create what Apple calls a “persona,” a kind of virtual avatar capable of expressing the same expressions as a person in real life. But not only that: Apple Vision Pro using sensors can also recognize hand gestures and show them virtually over the phone, as MKBHD showed in the video.

Apple Vision Pro has a guest mode

If you want to leave Apple Vision Pro to a family member or friend, know that you can activate guest user mode similar to what we find on Mac. Thus, the user can interact with applications without accessing the owner’s data, and delete all information after exiting this mode.

In terms of performance, Apple Vision Pro allows you to dock your Mac to use desktop apps in augmented reality; as if it were a giant monitor. Unfortunately, When connecting a headset to a Mac, it is only possible to have one screen..

Last but not least: You can reset the Apple Vision Pro firmware from the iPhone itself, in case of failure due to a software update. In this case, the glasses will go into recovery mode and prompt the iPhone to reset its firmware, just like the Apple Watch or Apple TV does, he says. 9to5Mac.