Jason SnellJust posted on Six Colors: Eyes (and head) on with the Apple Vision Pro
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/06/eyes-and-head-on-with-the-apple-vision-pro/
Forrest Tanaka@jsnell Thanks for this! That means they scanned your glasses and then made those magnetic lenses for you right there based on that? I’ve been curious about what they said in the keynote about those magnetic lenses.
@forresttanaka they just scan them and choose from a preselected set of adapters, I assume. I don't think they're "making" anything
Marina Epelman@jsnell @forresttanaka What about people who wear progressives — do they use just one of the prescriptions or both? And what about astigmatism?
@marinaepelman @forresttanaka no idea, but I have both and it worked fine 😉
Ged Maheux@jsnell super fair assessment I’d say. Thanks for the even handedness.
Scott Willsey
Jim Lipsey@jsnell Appreciate that you go into detail on how UI interactions work.
I'm curious how well text selection works. Did you have a chance to try it?
Jason Meaden@localhost @jsnell Likewise, and how do you type text, how does that work? Is it a virtual keyboard floating in space (given how much I love my clicky tactile keyboard this worries me), or do I still use a real KB attached that I can see through/via the Vision Pro? I need to be able to edit and create and not just consume content.
Chance Miller@ChanceHMiller @jsnell @localhost Thanks! I had literally just started reading it from my RSS feed when I got Jason’s toot. Exactly what I wanted to know. Keep up the great work on 9to5 BTW.
@localhost I didn't.
Julián Gustavo Gómez@jsnell great measured and sober take on it! your comments toward the end are my biggest question on this – I want to be able to share this experience with my partner when watching a film or some other activity in AR, but I didn’t see that demoed at all (that being said I don’t think we’re ready to drop $7k plus tax on a pair of Vision Pros quite yet anyhow!)
Michael 
@jsnell Thanks for that detailed description of your hands-on, it sounds like Apple really have done everything they can to centre the experience on what will work for people, especially in what seems to be another thoughtful Apple UI. Not sure I get what the “must-have” part is yet though…
thierry@jsnell thank you for posting your impressions. I was really looking forward to reading them. Now if I could only try it… might have to wait a very long time since I live in Canada.
Fediverse Frank 
@jsnell Great piece. It’s not every day you get to use the word “personae” 🤓
Filmgeek47@jsnell Great work as always, sir. Can’t wait to try this thing.
Richard2001@jsnell Re: forehead hurting, was this due to the pressure of the light seal? You mention loosening but imagine too loose means no complete seal.
@Richard2001 I tried it all ways
Dennis@jsnell thanks for this first insight 😊
Patryk Chojecki@jsnell > (Apple reps had already prepped my headset with lenses based on my glasses prescription, so I could see clearly without my glasses.)
Great review! Do you know anything about the process of swapping lenses? I wonder if it's cumbersome.
@cherrysandwich they suggested it's just a magnetic attach, so I would think it'll be easy, but I didn't see it
Keith Bradnam 📈@jsnell that was really informative, thank you.
mia@jsnell Obviously I have not experienced it myself, but it does feel like, as impressive a technical achievement the Vision Pro is, it truly lacks an actual purpose. And, speaking as someone who is married and has 2 small children, sharing content and watching things together is a constant. Headsets like these close that off: you need 2 of them, at least…
Brian Gerfort🇺🇦
@jsnell English is not my first language, but I think you missed a ‘big’ in “made a deal”? (That whole paragraph makes a great point by the way.)
Pontus@jsnell How similar was the eye tracking calibration to PSVR2? Continuously moving point or did it stop? Bright or dark background?
Yitz Jacob@jsnell Did you by any chance try drag and drop *inside* an app while using the vision pro? How do individual ipad apps work w/ multitouch? if you grip a window and start moving it, can you look at the grip of another window and select that with your other hand? I'm so psyched for this device but i feel like having to look at what you want to manipulate will limit potential multi-tasking..?
JS_WordSmith@jsnell you’re piece got me a little more excited. Still won’t be able to afford it though. Still, thanks for the insight!
Dr Pages@jsnell these are gonna sell like hotcakes
Chris@jsnell
Thank you so much for writing a bunch of text I can read. My friends were forwarding around a bunch of "hands on" videos that were just people talking into the camera since no one could actually show the device, and I really just wanted something I could quickly read through.
Thank you so much for writing a bunch of text I can read. My friends were forwarding around a bunch of "hands on" videos that were just people talking into the camera since no one could actually show the device, and I really just wanted something I could quickly read through.
Rishi Ó@jsnell As amazing as the Vision Pro is, practically everyone is ignoring the ugly elephant in the room. You have LCD’s mere millimeters from the eye. One cannot stare at that for more than 30 minutes without causing damage. Does no one care about the health consequences?
@rishio I'd love to see your citations about the medical research into these devices. They've been making VR headsets for a while now, so if this were a catastrophic health threat there would be a lot of it, right?
@jsnell There is a lot of concerning things out there. I’m not sure if you are mocking me as a fool or if you really want to see the citations. I’m hoping some popular, intelligent journalists, like yourself, might inquire more about this aspect - that’s all.
@jsnell Here is another citation from themselves.. Remember, the display for the Spatial Glasses are right in front of your eyes.
@rishio oh... maybe you're just using hyperbole to shame journalists about something that's not actually true? was it an ugly pink elephant?
@jsnell No, not shaming journalists. I like your piece! I love everything I’ve learned about this Spatial Interface UX and I’m genuinely interested in more talk about using LCDs close to the eye in headsets. I’ve been googling different websites on the topic, and I’m finding some consistent concerns with using it over 30 minutes. has not addressed this at all and it would be great to have a discussion on it. Here’s an example: https://www.contactlenses.co.uk/education/virtual-reality-headsets-and-vision
@jsnell Apple themselves said a healthy eye needs to have variable focus in nature. The headset has a fixed lcd millimeters from the eye which contradicts that. Maybe that’s ok for short periods of use, but is talking about watching 2 hour movies with it and using it all day. Don’t you think that warrants discussion? I’m not saying it’s bad for your eyes, I’d just like apple to give us more health data given it’s something so new and different..