What's Apple 'EyeSight'? New Tech Lets Users See Their Surroundings With Headset On

Apple's new mixed-reality headset is called Vision Pro and marks the company's first major product launch since the Apple Watch. The headset comes with a technology called "EyeSight" that lets users be aware of their surroundings.

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Understanding Apple's EyeSight

The Apple Vision Pro's EyeSight allows the user to see an approaching person while showing the user's eyes to the person in front of them. The Vision Pro headset is designed to provide visual cues to show that the user is busy, or otherwise. These cues are based on whether the user is browsing the internet or watching a film.

"Your eyes are a critical indicator of connection and emotion," said Alan Dye, the VP of human interface at Apple during WWDC, the company's annual developers' conference that took place on Monday in Cupertino, California. "Not only does EyeSight reveal your eyes, it provides important cues to other about what you're focused on."

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With such AR-VR glasses, the biggest worry has always been about how they can completely cut off the person from the outside world and immediate surroundings. EyeSight could help eliminate such concerns if it works as Apple claims.

Currently, the Apple Vision Pro is the only such headset to support tech like EyeSight. Meta also announced its Quest 3 glasses recently that do not support anything like this. This is where pricing comes in - the Apple Vision Pro costs $3,499 while the Quest 3 costs $499.

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The Vision Pro will be available to order in early 2024. But it's unclear whether Apple's latest device will be available in India. Apple has called the Vision Pro its "first spatial computer."

The device will run on visionOS, the company's dedicated OS for AR-VR glasses. What do you think about Apple's latest device? Let us know in the comments below. For more in the world of technology and science, keep reading Indiatimes.com.