Apple Surveys Vision Pro Users About Competing Headsets and Smart Glasses

Apple contiguous sent retired surveys to immoderate Vision Pro users, asking them a bid of questions astir the inferior of assorted features, owned accessories, and astir interestingly, competing devices.


Much of the survey asked for feedback connected surface resolution, fit, and different factors, but determination are immoderate highlights. Apple asked astir Guest Mode, whether the Vision Pro iPhone app is useful, and what accessories, if any, are utilized with the headset.

There were circumstantial questions astir competing mixed world and virtual world headsets, on with a question astir astute glasses. Users were asked if they owned the following: Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest Pro, Other Meta Quest headset, PlayStation VR, Valve Index, oregon ByteDance Pro. As for astute glasses, Apple asked astir the Meta Ray-Ban astute glasses, the Amazon Echo Frames, and the Snapchat Spectacles.

The PlayStation VR and Meta Quest devices are Vision Pro competitors, but Apple does not person a merchandise that is the equivalent of the Meta Ray-Bans oregon Amazon Echo Frames arsenic of now. Apple wants to vie with those products, though, and rumors suggest that it is developing astute glasses that volition beryllium akin successful relation and signifier to the Meta Ray-Bans.

Over the weekend, Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple volition release its archetypal astute glasses successful 2027, though different sources similar Bloomberg's Mark Gurman judge they volition motorboat successful 2026.

Kuo says the astute glasses volition person aggregate framework and temple worldly options for a customized look, on with enactment for dependable control, motion recognition, and audio playback. Integrated cameras volition let users to seizure photos and videos, with the cameras besides feeding accusation to a built-in AI adjunct that volition person biology awareness. The 2027 astute glasses volition beryllium followed by "XR Glasses" with an integrated show for augmented world features.

As for the Vision Pro, a revised exemplary could travel arsenic soon arsenic this year, with Apple adding an M5 spot but nary different features. In 2027, Kuo claims Apple volition merchandise the "Apple Vision Air," a caller Vision Pro exemplary that's "substantially lighter" and little expensive, incorporating an ‌iPhone‌ spot alternatively of a Mac chip. In 2028, Apple is readying for the second-generation Vision Pro with an overhauled design, Mac-grade processor, and little price.
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