Three questions about the Apple Vision

[andrewducker]

I have three questions about the new Apple Vision virtual reality/augmented reality headset:

1) Have they *really* got the overlay completely nailed to the background? If I move me head quickly, is it definitely not going to drag things around the place and feel off?
This is the one I'm most confident they have gotten right - by doing it as a VR headset with cameras on the front they've made this much more plausible than the existing devices which try to overlay pixels on transparent-ish glass like the HoloLens/Magic Leap.

2) Can I wear it for an hour without my face getting sweaty?
I feel moderately confident about this one. Every headset up to this point that I've used has felt sweaty after about 10 minutes, but I've heard that the Apple Vision is well ventilated and comfortable. I'm looking forward to some more detail here though.

3) Will the next version have more than a two hour battery life?
This is pretty key, and it's disappointing that it's so low at the moment. The marketing always(?) shows it being used without tethering it to cables, and if in reality that's not the case, and it won't let you get through a few hours on a plane/train then that's a bunch of the reasons people might want one off the table for the first version (which should generally be avoided anyway).

If the answers are all yes then I'm completely sold on version 2. Not that I'm likely to be able to afford one for the forseeable future unless they can also bring the price down by about 80%!

Meanwhile, here are some thoughts from someone who's worked on similar products.

Comments

Few more questions from a Wait then Grudgingly Adopt-er

[agoodwinsmith]

How Big are the head straps?

I can't bear to have things buckled snuggly to my head. Also I have a big-in-circumference head and most straps and hats and similar just give me merciless crabby headaches.

How heavy is the facegoggle arrangement?

If I have to support it with my hand like my glasses that ski off my nose continually, I will get very tired of the whole rigamorole. I have no brow, so there is just a smooth slop right onto my eyeballs.

If I need to view a screen through the goggle (looking up weather online for whatever reason), how much glare and weirdness is there?

[birguslatro]

not planning on getting one of those, but I do have a Tilt Five, (two, actually), and the real world looks like the real world, because it is real, (albeit slightly darker, like in sunglasses), and it's very light on your head. I can't imagine it getting sweaty. battery life will depend on your phone's battery life - real soon now. can't see you using it on a plane though. :) even so, you do need it. stop depriving your children, Andrew! :)
https://twitter.com/jeriellsworth/status/1664759880845238273

[snippy]

I doubt it mixes well with the vertigo I suffer from.

[melchar]

I have vision that would need correction - which I have heard is not being offered as a standard feature. In addition to that, I have vertigo & motion sickness issues that no VR headset I have yet tried addressed, so my guess is that Apple's device will also end up lacking in that respect. I'm willing to give it a try, but my guess is that it will also not end up on my wishlist.

[andrewducker]

I've worn glasses with previous headsets. I'm intrigued to know how well it works with corrective lenses.

And I very much had nausea with early models, but not recently. I guess I'd have to try it and see.