Jason SnellJun 6, 2023

Just 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/

Eyes (and head) on with the Apple Vision Pro

Yes, I’ve worn it. One of the advantages of being present at Apple Park for WWDC 2023 was that I got to experience–after having my face measured and my eyeglasses scanned–the Apple Visi…

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Show threadRishi 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?
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Show threadJason SnellJun 8, 2023
@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?
Show threadRishi ÓJun 8, 2023
@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.
Show threadRishi ÓJun 9, 2023
@jsnell Here is another citation from  themselves.. Remember, the display for the Spatial Glasses are right in front of your eyes.
Show threadJason SnellJun 8, 2023
@rishio oh... maybe you're just using hyperbole to shame journalists about something that's not actually true? was it an ugly pink elephant?
Show threadRishi ÓJun 8, 2023
@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
Virtual Reality headsets and Vision

</p>How do Virtual Reality Headsets trick your eyes into thinking that the flat screen, which is just centimeters away, is a three dimensional reality with object meters, or even kilometers away? And how do your eyes react to being tricked this way? Read More</p>

Show threadRishi ÓJun 8, 2023
@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..