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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Apple’s Vision Pro Headset Offers a Glimpse of the Future

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Apple’s Vision Pro headsets will be available in U.S. stores tomorrow. But what can you do with it—and, with its price tag of $3,499, who is it even for? WSJ senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern recently spent 24 hours wearing the Vision Pro, and she tells host Alex Ossola what you can (and probably shouldn’t do) with it on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sometimes running a business can feel like cycling uphill, with square wheels!

0:07.0

But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business.

0:15.0

So you can stay one step ahead.

0:18.0

Soon it'll feel more like free-wheeling downhill.

0:20.0

Wuho!

0:21.0

On a tandem!

0:22.0

Alright, mate! With a masseur on the back.

0:25.0

Oh, that's nice.

0:26.0

Search Zero with an X, because healthy business is beautiful business.

0:30.0

Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Thursday February 1st. I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal.

0:40.0

Coming up on today's show, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was one of the big name

0:44.3

tech executives who went before Congress yesterday. They were there to answer

0:48.0

questions on their platform's child protection policies. W.S.J. Tech Policy reporter Ryan Tracy tells us what the hearings mean for the companies and for

0:56.6

lawmakers.

0:58.0

And then, Apple's Vision Pro headset hits stores tomorrow.

1:02.0

But what does living in mixed reality actually look like?

1:04.9

W.S.J. Senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern

1:08.1

took the headset for an intensive test run.

1:10.5

She'll tell us what kind of future spatial computing could bring.

1:15.0

But first, yesterday, the CEOs of several big social media companies, including Meta and

1:21.8

Tik-Toc, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

1:25.4

They faced pointed questions and criticism from lawmakers about child protections on the platforms

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