Virtual reality has been a long time coming for Apple and on Monday, the world got its first look at the company’s new headset.
During the 2023 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple unveiled the Vision Pro, an augmented reality/virtual reality headset to be released in early 2024. While virtual reality is nothing new for the tech space, with the Meta Quest 3 just recently announced at the start of the month, the Vision Pro is Apple’s first foray into the spatial computing frontier.
The announcement was Apple’s biggest of the day, with the ski goggle-like device set at a price point of $3,499 when it releases first in the United States.
Welcome to the era of spatial computing with Apple Vision Pro. You’ve never seen anything like this before! pic.twitter.com/PEIxKNpXBs
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) June 5, 2023
There’s a lot the Vision Pro can do — from being able to browse menus, read texts, and watch movies with just your vision and hand tracking — but the internet was focused on one thing only: that the headset looked straight out of the movie Ready Player One.
Yeah, I can see it! With virtual reality expanding more into people’s daily lives with each passing day, it’s no surprise the Vision Pro was directly compared to a movie all about a virtual reality universe.
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The internet had a field day making Ready Player One jokes after Apple's Vision Pro announcement
Ready player one for $3500. pic.twitter.com/HixvGM8vOv
— Wade Westt (@WadeWestt) June 5, 2023
Can someone please tell Apple the VR dystopia of READY PLAYER ONE was not intended to be read as aspirational pic.twitter.com/6T2RQFNoEZ
— Isaac Feldberg (@isaacfeldberg) June 5, 2023
That it . It’s over!! We are going full ready player one. Say goodbye to this reality. pic.twitter.com/GevIqk9dBM
— Jesse Wellens (@Jessewelle) June 5, 2023
Ready Player One is really happening right before our very eyes with the Apple Vision Pro!!! pic.twitter.com/CO0bO2VBpA
— MilesAboveTech (@milesabovetech) June 5, 2023
I didn't think we'd be entering the "Ready Player One" timeline this quickly 🙃 https://t.co/Ksg7GYQ1nn
— Ashley (@itsmesombra) June 5, 2023
Idk about y'all but I've read Ready Player One and when something like that got invented in that universe society literally became a dystopia 😭 https://t.co/DdntErdKqR
— sova (@abysshriek) June 5, 2023
It’s giving Ready Player One, but tbh give it a couple of years and this is gonna be super fun https://t.co/P8uReIb4vD
— Seth-ery (@SettiWap) June 5, 2023
Hurdling towards Ready Player One by the second https://t.co/e8zr93EwJN
— Mike Fuentes (@mikefountains) June 5, 2023
This vision pro thing looks pretty cool kinda like the stuff from ready player one but still I wouldn’t wanna buy that 😵💫 https://t.co/tAIUgZuO2A
— Smiley (@UnproblematicMr) June 5, 2023
