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Apple Vision Pro: what does it mean for scientists?


The headset opens up possibilities in accessibility and medical research — and raises concerns about human behaviour.

Since its US release on 2 February, the US$3,499 Vision Pro has won accolades as the most advanced VR and augmented reality (AR) headset ever made — although Apple calls it a spatial computer. But the Vision Pro’s high-performance features, including its incredibly realistic ‘passthrough’ — its near-real-time display of the real world — make it unique, say experts. The Vision Pro’s popularity and slick performance could portend a future of smaller devices in which humans interact with virtual overlays on the real world.

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