Report: Apple Continues to Explore Health Capabilities of Vision Pro

If this can actually work and be reliable, it'd be life changing. Even if it never comes to fruition, props to Apple for trying to make it a reality.

Upon detection of such a problem, the Vision Pro would then display relevant images and play sounds that could improve the wearer's mental state.

This will be the ultimate AR application: make reality appear more tolerable than it actually is.

"Apple has explored using its Vision Pro headset to diagnose and treat mental health problems, among other health monitoring capabilities…"

That is the single most ironic statement I've ever read in reference to entertainment technology. Using the product to mitigate the damage the product causes. Genius!

Still a scuba mask, or Sega genesis game controller stuck to someones face. No thanks just yet...

I love the functionality but the design.... Im sure they will do great on future revisions. Maybe these added features will be worth it... but lets se what comes.

One thing I know for sure.. wearing that will cause you mental health issues... the number of people laughing at you! Laughing at you for the look, and the fact you spent that much money on it too.

It should come with a warning... wearing this may result in extreme embarrassment.

Somehow I doubt keeping a screen a few cm away from your eyes for potentially long periods of time is considered healthy

I don't absolutely love it. In fact, I've offered in writing more than once that it could turn out to be a big pile of...

I lean positive on the concept because of how much time & money Apple has put into it. It is my experience that Apple usually puts out good tech stuff. Can they make mistakes? Of course they can. But their track record is above average and I'll let that bias me a bit to the positive on this brand new product from Apple after 6+ years in development.

Rather than jump to a conclusion that it IS a pile of..., I reserve judgement until I can see it and try it myself. Right now, it's still mostly vapor, into which we can imagine any amount of negative of positive. I certainly see some very positive potential in it- like the ability to have a desktop-sized screen or two wherever I might try to get work done on a laptop.

However, I readily acknowledge some of the negatives:

* It IS something on people's faces.
* It WILL be a weird thing to see for at least a while out in the wild (as is all new, very visible things)
* 2-hour battery life seems towards pitiful.
* The cord to connect headset to battery seems to have great snag potential.
* That rumors say they can't even make very many implies small uptake even if they sell every unit they make... and small numbers do not excite developers.
* Price seems VERY high, even for Apple vs. fairly popular competitors already established (very iPod-like when it launched vs. established competitors).
* Will heavy usage lead to acne issues, blemishes, sustaining marks on a face?
* Vpro hair (like bed head) on removal?
* Etc. (there's plenty of tangible, plausible fuel for pessimism)

Obviously, I can readily take a pessimistic stance too. There's clearly a number of apparent features & benefits I do NOT love.

But, I can then switch lenses and see obvious, sizable benefits too. For me that any-size screen, anywhere I want to get some laptop work done is HUGE... a very obvious solution to a very tangible problem for me. As is, many tech makers are trying to find ways to put bigger screens in mobile use scenarios with Folds and Rolls. I see this as an Apple crack at the same without the crease & mechanical wear... and far larger screens than the 2X or 3X potential in unfolding/unrolling pocketable tech.

Working on an ultra-wide desktop most of the time, an ultra-wide laptop screen without the weight and size of a same-sized physical laptop is VERY APPEALING to me. So against my issues with 2-hour battery life, price, cord, thing on my face, etc. I can see many positives too.

If you were to read a good cross-section of my posts, you would see that I'm neither extremist Apple fan nor extremist Apple pessimist. I should come across as clearly somewhere in the middle... as objective as I can be, solely biased to viewing all through a CONSUMER (not a stockholder) lens. Sometimes, that has me faulting some Apple decisions and products and sometimes I'm praising. But I'm never an extremist.

And for products that do not interest me at all- like Apple Watch- I waste no time in threads about Watch, as there's nothing for me there and I don't expect to save anyone from owning something that doesn't interest me. To the millions and millions who own and love an Apple Watch, good for them. I'm glad it exists for them.

I don’t necessarily completely agree nor disagree with all that you have said, but I respect the thought you have put into your perspective and your efforts to communicate it. Most especially, I respect your nuanced, sincere, and open minded commentary and find it useful and worth my time to have read.

I only wish there this forum could have more thoughtful dialogue such as yours and less of the herd mentality, snarky posts from mindless attention sluts trying to out troll each other.
For some reason, AVP articles seem to be a particularly strong attractor for useless, repetitive, and uniformed posting that just gets in the way of actually interesting, productive discussion about something that has potential to become a rather significant topic.
Thank you.