Apple Vision Pro specs, preorders, and more hands-on experiences
9to5Mac Happy Hour
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4.4 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Chance talks about his second time going hands-on with the Apple Vision Pro, including trying the newly announced Disney+ experiences. We also discuss the preorder process, and the newly released tech specs and accessories for Apple’s upcoming headset. There’s also an ongoing debacle about exactly what third party apps, if any, will be available on visionOS at launch.
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Chance Miller
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Benjamin Mayo
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Links
- Apple Vision Pro: EyeSight, comfort, and more impressions from my latest demo
- Vision Pro: Apple's first spatial computer is now available for pre-order
- Apple Vision Pro available in three storage configurations
- Apple Vision Pro accessories: $200 Travel Case, $200 Battery, $200 Light Seal, and more
- Here's how much Vision Pro AppleCare and deductibles cost
- Apple Vision Pro comes with these pre-installed spatial apps
- Vision Pro shipping estimates begin slipping to March for some configurations
- Apple Vision Pro custom engraving offered on optical inserts from ZEISS
- PSA: Here's what to expect if you buy Vision Pro but don't live in the United States
- Apple offers in-depth look at Vision Pro in new 'Guided Tour' video
- Vision Pro replacement/repair costs up to $2,399 without AppleCare
- Apple reveals Vision Pro's weight for the first time: Here's how it compares
- Vision Pro supports AirPlay mirroring to iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and more
- YouTube, Spotify, and some other popular apps (probably) won't be available on Vision Pro at launch
- Vision Pro Immersive Video makes it the ultimate entertainment device, says Apple
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Mayo, how has you a week been? |
| 0:02.0 | Fabulous, I've had to go nowhere, do nothing. |
| 0:06.0 | Well, work like normal, but no jet setting. |
| 0:10.0 | I haven't been to New York and back twice or everything. |
| 0:14.0 | My week started on Monday. |
| 0:18.0 | I was supposed to leave Waco at about 5 AM. |
| 0:21.0 | We got a little bit of snow in Texas so then it got pushed to 7 a.m. |
| 0:25.1 | and I was like okay just go back to sleep for a little bit. |
| 0:26.9 | Then it got pushed to 10 a.m. then it got pushed to like 1130 then five |
| 0:32.4 | minutes later got pushed to like 2 p.m. And then it got canceled. |
| 0:35.6 | So that presented a few problems for me, but I still was able to make it on |
| 0:39.5 | Monday to New York City, which I got a demo of Apple Vision Pro that we'll talk about in a little bit, hung |
| 0:46.4 | out with our friend Parker or Tylani at the Vox Media Offices, our friend Ian Selboe, had a good time in New York. Then Thursday I jet-setted to |
| 0:56.1 | Detroit for something that I can't talk about yet, but maybe we'll talk about it next week. |
| 1:01.2 | Got back to Waco last night about 1 a.m. then woke up promptly at 7 a.m. |
| 1:07.1 | for Apple Vision Pro pre-orders. You almost missed it. I almost missed it. I was tired and my time zones are messed up because I was on eastern time then back to central time |
| 1:17.1 | So Prater started here at 7 a.m. and I woke up at 6.58 |
| 1:22.1 | You can't be fine, but you made it, right? |
| 1:24.7 | I made it. |
| 1:25.5 | I got my Apple Vision Pro pre-order in |
| 1:27.8 | for launch day delivery. |
| 1:29.8 | So that's February 2nd. |
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