#vision-pro

#vision-pro

When I got a Vision Pro, I used it a lot: I watched movies on planes and in hotel rooms, I walked around my house placing application windows and testing out weird new ways of working. I tried all the neat games and educational apps, and I watched all the immersive videos I could get ahold of. I even tried my hand at developing my own applications for it.

The original Vision Pro had a fatal flaw. You could wear it for 30 minutes before the front-heavy weight started digging into your forehead. The Solo Knit Band slipped. The Dual Loop Band created pressure points. Extended viewing sessions meant discomfort, which meant the immersive content didn't matter if you couldn't stay immersed. Apple's new Dual Knit Band addresses this directly. The design looks simple but hides serious engineering.

Now, Cognixion is bringing its AI communication app to the Vision Pro, which Forsland says has more functionality than the purpose-built Axon-R. "The Vision Pro gives you all of your apps, the app store, everything you want to do," he says. Apple opened the door to BCI integration in May, when it announced a new protocol to allow users with severe mobility disabilities to control the iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro without physical movement.

To be clear, there is a lot to like about it. And I have a lot more to write about such things - once it is started up, I often don't want to stop using it (hence the song in my head).