Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in Germany
Published: Friday, Jul 12th 2024, 13:50
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Apple's Vision Pro computer glasses have been available to buy in some European countries since today. The iPhone company wants to use the device, which costs around 4,000 euros, to establish a new computer platform - "spatial computing", which combines digital objects and real environments.
The Vision Pro is significantly more expensive than competing devices from the Facebook group Meta or HTC, for example. However, users of the Apple glasses should benefit from the sophisticated technology inside and the interaction with other devices from the Group.
On July 12, the glasses were launched in France, Germany and the UK, as well as in Australia and Canada. Apple was unable to say when the glasses will also be available in Switzerland when asked by the news agency AWP. They will "inform you in good time", they simply said.
Real environment is transferred to the glasses
However, the product is now available over the counter in Germany. Like VR glasses for virtual reality, the Vision Pro has displays in front of the eyes. The real environment is recorded by cameras and transferred to these screens.
It is unclear how many Vision Pro devices Apple has sold since the US market launch at the beginning of February. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple expects to sell between 400,000 and 450,000 headsets this year.
Apple has high hopes for the Vision Pro. It will be a moment that people will remember, said Apple CEO Tim Cook in an interview with the TV channel RTL/ntv and Stern ahead of the sales launch in Germany.
Cinema on the head and spatial videos
The Vision Pro can make large virtual displays appear in front of your eyes. For example, you can watch movies as if they were on a screen - or use several artificial screens to work. Apple's Macbook notebooks can be connected wirelessly to the glasses so that they take over the role of the display while the keyboard and trackpad of the computer can still be used.
Each of the two displays in front of the eyes has a higher resolution than a 4K television. This allows the Vision Pro to deliver detailed images - and without the "fly screen pattern" of previous VR glasses, where individual pixels were visible.
Apple also uses the technology to display spatial videos that look much more realistic than the 3D effect we are familiar with from the movies. The company has developed its own cameras for professional recordings in this format - offering completely new perspectives for sports, among other things.
With an iPhone 15 Pro, consumers can also record spatial videos that can be used to relive memories later in the Vision Pro. This is likely to be one of the most interesting functions for private use.
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