Apple Vision Pro is here and we’re never leaving the house — here’s a list of everything it can do

The Apple Vision Pro has been in the works for nearly eight years, and today, Cupertino-based tech giant finally pulled the curtains back on its long-rumored mixed-reality headset at WWDC 2023.

Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to $3,000 of pure simulated-reality decadence. I’m talkin’ dual 4K OLED displays, numerous cameras and sensors that translate your facial expressions and bodily movements to a mixed-reality world, and more.

Ironically, while Apple boasted that Apple Vision Pro will help users connect with others more closely with an immersive, virtual-reality version of the FaceTime app, the Cupertino-based tech giant is coddling my inner anti-social dream. Thank you, Apple! The more I can digitally connect with people inside this sleek, ski goggles-esque device, the less I have to leave the house. Hallelujah!

Without further ado, let’s dive into the many features and specs Apple Vision Pro sports that low-key caters to our inner misanthrope.

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Apple Vision Pro: All the things it can do

• A fully 3D-dimension interface that can be controlled with your face, hands, and more.
• Place apps anywhere you want in AR (overlayed on top of your real-world surroundings). For example, you can experience mindfulness artifacts superimposed in your space.
• There’s a reality dial on Vision Pro. It lets you decide how immersed you’d like to be. You can be fully inside virtual reality, or you can allow your real-world surroundings to appear instead.
• Browse the system just by looking and using your eyes. You can also use pinching gestures to select and a flicking gesture  to scroll.
• Voice input. Dictate commands with your voice.
• Siri – Use Siri open and close apps, play media, and more.
• Safari. You can browse through Safari right in front of you. The tabs can be stacked any way you want. Plus, you can multi-task with several apps in front of you.
• Pull out 3D images and content from your Messages app that you can interact with inside the mixed-reality environment.
• Works with Magic trackpad and Magic Keyboard and other Bluetooth-enabled, Apple supported devices.
• You can bring your MacBook along, too, just by looking at it. It gives you another 4K display right before you.
• Collaborate with others on apps, including Whiteboard and other platforms.
• You can use FaceTime, too. You can join with others in one virtual room. Spatial audio is in effect, too, so you can hear their voices coming from the direction from where their tile is located.
• You can scroll through your gallery of Photos. You can expand or minimize photos to your liking. Panaroma photos, in particular, look stunning.
• Play and capture videos from a 3D, spatial video perspective, making them much more immersive than 2D photos.
• Watching videos is a cinematic experience. You can scale the videos beyond the dimensions of your room. There is a cool dim that surrounds videos, allowing you to be fully immersed. You can watch 3D movies inside Vision Pro, too.
• Bring Vision Pro on a plane. It drowns out all the other noise on the plane and you can enjoy your favorite shows, films, and more right in front of your eyes on a massive virtual screen.
• Play Apple Arcade Games like NBA2K23. 100 arcade titles available to play day one.
• Apple collaborated with Disney for some cool Vision Pro-compatible entertainment.  Watch The Mandalorian, NBA games, Marvel films, and more from an incredible point of view inside the headset.