What is exciting is not only the new era we may usher in, but also the impact of this product’s interactive design on current head-mounted devices. After the release of Vision Pro, you can see that many bloggers who have experienced Vision Pro are very surprised by the interactive design of this product; VR Gyro has also recently had in-depth exchanges with many people in the industry, and you can feel everyone's enthusiasm for Apple. Interaction designs also consistently express the feeling of shock.
In terms of screen, Apple Vision Pro is equipped with two Micro-OLED displays. According to Apple officials, the silicon-based display can accommodate 64 pixels in the space of one iPhone pixel, which is equivalent to an Apple Vision Pro. The pixel density is 64 times that of an iPhone, but the overall width is only 7.5 microns. In other words, on two screens that are only about the size of a postage stamp, there are a total of 23 million pixels, and the single-eye resolution can even exceed 4K.
In the audio-visual experience, after talking about "seeing", "listening" is naturally indispensable. Apple Vision Pro is equipped with a new spatial audio system. Dual-driver audio components integrated on both sides of the headset can create ambient spatial audio, thereby providing users with excellent spatial sound effects. This technology, which Apple calls audio ray tracing technology, allows Apple Vision Pro to adapt the sound to the space where the user is located by analyzing the characteristics and materials of the space.
In terms of optics, Apple Vision Pro uses a three-piece Pancake lens solution (3P Pancake), which can bring users a better display effect with its high transparency and clarity. Apple Vision Pro does not support diopter adjustment, nor does it allow users to wear their own glasses, but it provides customized services for Zeiss magnetic myopia lenses. At the same time, although its FOV has not been announced, based on the three-piece Pancake lens solution, there is a high probability that it will not be lower than 110°.
In terms of chips, it is a dual-chip configuration of M2 + R1. One M2 is used as the main chip to process the massive data generated by the daily use of the device. In addition, it is also equipped with a newly developed R1 chip, which specializes in processing various data collected from various sensors. According to Apple official news, under the processing of R1, Apple Vision Pro can control the delay between screen displays to less than 12ms (milliseconds).
The sensors of Apple Vision Pro are mainly camera × 12, microphone × 6, and sensor × 5. Specifically, the 12 cameras include: 2 RGB cameras, 4 eye-tracking infrared cameras (located on the inside of the device), 2 outside-view cameras, and 4 bottom-view cameras; the 5 sensors include LiDAR laser radar and depth camera and environmental sensors, etc.
In terms of battery, it is also consistent with previous revelations. For the sake of fashion and comfort, Apple adopted a separate design and changed the battery, which would have been the largest and heaviest accessory on the VR device, to an external power supply. To put it simply, users can now put the battery in their trouser pocket instead of putting it on their head. However, putting aside the unsightly cables, due to the high energy consumption of the chip and the power loss caused by various applications, even the external power module can only provide two hours of battery life for Apple Vision Pro.
