Apple today unveiled the Apple Vision Pro, a revolutionary spatial computing device that seamlessly integrates digital content into the real world, allowing users to be present and connected to others. Vision Pro creates an unbounded canvas, allowing apps to break the limits of traditional displays and bring users a new 3D interactive experience, controlled by the most natural and intuitive input methods - eyes, hands and voice. Vision Pro is equipped with visionOS, the world's first space operating system, which makes digital content as if it existed in the real world through the mode of user interaction with digital content. The breakthrough design of the Vision Pro consists of an ultra-high resolution display system with 23 million pixels in two displays and a custom Apple chip with a unique dual-chip design to bring an immersive, instant experience to every user.

"Today marks the beginning of a new era in computing." Apple CEO Tim Cook said, "Just as the Mac brought us into personal computing and the iPhone brought us into mobile computing, the Apple Vision Pro will bring us into spatial computing." Building on decades of Apple innovation, the Vision Pro is far and away the most innovative, bringing a revolutionary new input system and thousands of innovative technologies. It's a great experience for users and exciting new opportunities for developers."

"Building the first spatial computing device required reinventing almost every aspect of the system." "By closely integrating software and hardware, we were able to design a standalone spatial computing device with a compact wearable size that is the most advanced personal electronic device to date," said Mike Rockwell, vice president of Apple's technology development team.

Great new experience

The Apple Vision Pro will change the way users interact with their favorite apps, capture and relive memories, enjoy amazing movie-watching experiences, and connect with others via FaceTime calls, bringing a new dimension to powerful and personalized computing.

An unbounded canvas for apps, for both office and home scenarios: visionOS offers a 3D interface that allows apps to be side-by-side without the boundaries of the display. The Apple Vision Pro lets users take advantage of endless screen real estate to increase productivity, access popular apps, and open up new ways of multitasking. With keyboard and dashboard support, users can customize the perfect workspace, or wirelessly connect the Mac's power to the Apple Vision Pro for a large, personal, and portable 4K display that delivers crisp text.

An engaging entertainment experience: The Apple Vision Pro transforms any space into a personal theater with two ultra-high-resolution displays that feel as wide as 100 feet and feature an advanced spatial audio system. Users can watch movies and TV shows, or enjoy amazing 3D movies. Apple Immersive Video offers 180-degree high-resolution video with spatial audio, allowing users to watch a series of stunning immersive videos and instantly be transported to a whole new space.

Spatial computing makes possible new types of games that offer different levels of immersion and take players into new worlds. Users can play more than 100 Apple Arcade games on an unlimited screen, enjoy great immersive audio, and support for popular game controllers.

Immersive space environment: The space environment allows the app to transcend the boundaries of real space in the user's world, and the dynamic and beautiful landscape helps the user focus on or simplify the cluttered environment. By adjusting the digital knob, the user can control the immersion level of reality and experience in the spatial environment.

Memories come alive: The Apple Vision Pro features Apple's first 3D camera, allowing users to capture, relive and immerse in cherished memories together with spatial audio. Each spatial photo and each spatial video brings the user back to a memorable moment, a special experience such as a celebration with friends or a meaningful family gathering. Users can access iCloud's full photo library and view their photos and videos at true size, in bright colors and in great detail. Each panoramic photo taken by the iPhone can unfold and surround the user, bringing the feeling of having been there.

Spatial FaceTime calls: Apple Vision Pro lets FaceTime calls take advantage of the user's space, with each participant represented in a life-size window during the call, plus spatial audio that sounds as if the voice is coming from where the person is. Users wearing the Vision Pro will be presented with a Persona created by Apple's most advanced machine learning technology during FaceTime calls, which instantly reflects the user's face and hand movements. Users can watch movies, view photos or collaborate on presentations through the sharing service.

More app experiences: The new Apple Vision Pro App Store allows users to explore apps and content from developers and access hundreds of thousands of well-known iPhone and iPad apps that run automatically and smoothly on the new Vision Pro system. Apple's developer community can further leverage the powerful and unique capabilities of Vision Pro and visionOS to design new apps and reshape the experience of existing apps for spatial computing.

Revolutionary operating system and user interface

Building on decades of engineering innovation from macOS, iOS and iPadOS, visionOS has been designed from the outset with the need for low latency in spatial computing in mind. A revolutionary operating system was born that leverages the space around the user to deliver a powerful spatial experience, unlocking new opportunities at work and at home.

visionOS features a new 3D interface that makes digital content look and feel like it exists in the user's real world, using variations in natural light and shadows to help users understand scale and distance. To allow users to interact with digital content, Apple Vision Pro brings a new input system that users control with their eyes, hands and voice. Users browse apps by simply looking at them, pinching their fingers to select, flicking their wrists to scroll, or dictating input.

The Apple Vision Pro comes with EyeSight, an extraordinary innovation that helps users stay connected to those around them. When someone approaches the user who is wearing the Vision Pro, the device's viewing area becomes transparent, allowing the user to see the person, while the person approaching will also see the user's eyes. When you're immersed in a space or using an app, EyeSight provides visual cues to let others know what you're focusing on.

Breakthrough design

Based on Apple's innovation and experience in designing high-performance products such as the Mac, iPhone, and wearable products such as the Apple Watch, the Apple Vision Pro is the culmination of the most advanced personal electronic device to date. To achieve the ambitious goal of perfect compatibility of performance, mobility and wearability, Apple uses the most advanced materials.

The Apple Vision Pro packs a surprising amount of cutting-edge technology into a smart design. A single piece of glass molded and laminated in 3D, with an optically polished surface, is used as a lens for a range of cameras and sensors, blending digital content with the real world. The custom aluminum bezel curves slightly around the user's face and blends perfectly with the glass, and the modular design can be customized to suit the vast majority of individuals. Lightweight eye masks are made of soft fabric and are available in a variety of sizes and shapes to suit each user's face. The adjustable and tight side band ensures that audio remains close to the user's ear, and the 3D woven headband in multiple sizes is comfortable, breathable and elastic. The headband is secured by a single mechanism, making it easy to change size and shape.

Unparalleled hardware innovation

The Apple Vision Pro is designed to deliver unmatched computing performance on a compact wearable device. Equipped with a breakthrough ultra-precision display system powered by Apple chips, the Vision Pro uses micro-OLED technology to fit 23 million pixels into two stamp-sized displays, supporting a wide color gamut and HDR. This technological breakthrough, combined with custom reflective refractors, delivers stunning sharpness and clarity for an incredible experience. Users with visual correction needs can insert an additional Zeiss optical insert to ensure visual fidelity and eye tracking accuracy.

The advanced spatial audio system is at the heart of the Apple Vision Pro experience, as sound flows in from all sides of the user and integrates the sound into the space. The audio components on each side have a set of dual drive units to deliver personalized spatial audio tailored to the shape of the user's head and ears.

In addition to the groundbreaking display and advanced audio experience, the Apple Vision Pro's efficient eye tracking system uses a high-speed camera and a ring of leds to project invisible light images to the user's eyeball for immediate, intuitive feedback.

These breakthrough innovations are driven by Apple chip technology, where the unique dual-chip design - the M2 - delivers unparalleled performance, while the new R1 chip processes information from 12 cameras, five sensors and six microphones to ensure that content appears to the user without delay. The R1 can stream new images to the display in 12 milliseconds, eight times faster than the blink of an eye. The Apple Vision Pro can be used all day when plugged in and for up to two hours with an external high-performance battery.

Industry-leading privacy and security protection

Based on strong privacy and security protections, Apple Vision Pro puts users in control of their data.

Optic ID is a new security authentication system that quickly unlocks the Apple Vision Pro by analyzing the user's iris under various non-visible LED light and comparing it with the user registration Optic ID stored in the security partition. The Optic ID information of the user is completely encrypted and stored on the device, it will not be stored on the Apple server and cannot be accessed by any app.

Users' browsing and eye-tracking information while using the Apple Vision Pro will not be shared with Apple, third-party apps, or websites. In addition, the information from the camera and other sensors is processed directly on the device, so the app does not need to see the user's surroundings to provide a spatial experience. EyeSight also includes a visual indicator to let those around you know that the user is taking a space photo or video.