Posted on 04/12/2024 5:29:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
Some Apple Vision Pro users are finding that the virtual-reality headset isn’t so easy on the eyes, after all.
Emily Olman got her $3,500 device in February and told MarketWatch that it gave her two black eyes after she wore it for the first time for about an hour.
“I wasn’t able to use it very much the first few weeks because the fit was just off,” said Olman, chief media officer at Hopscotch Interactive, who is based in Kensington, Calif. Olman creates videos with the device for commercial and residential real-estate clients.
She added that she had “like, superdark black eyes,” after wearing the Apple Vision Pro, which, she said, “clearly [placed] too much weight on my cheeks.”
Olman is not the only user pained by Apple’s new VR device. Ian Beacraft, CEO of consulting firm Signal and Cipher, felt soreness at the base of his skull and in his upper back after a two-hour session, he said in an interview. He blamed the fit of the Apple gadget.
Apple Inc.’s AAPL, +4.33% Vision Pro is generating oohs and aahs — and black eyes and other maladies — among early adopters of the heralded mixed-reality headset. While it may have been well-reviewed, the high-tech wearable comes with an important caveat: Wearing it for extended periods of time — more than an hour or so — risks neck pain, headaches, eye strain and back aches, according to users of the device and Apple literature. Some users have taken to social-media sites such as Reddit to grouse about other side effects, like puffy or dry eyes, in addition to dark under-eye circles resembling black eyes.
Apple directed MarketWatch to its user guidelines but provided no formal comment.
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Very interesting! So you are an expert on VR headsets? To me as an actual user they seem very similar to other VR and augmented VR headsets. You appear to be falling for typical Apple marketing hype. It reminds me of so many other “revolutionary” products that Apple has introduced.
I purchased a Samsung “smart watch” to use with my cell phone two years before the “Apple Watch” came out. When Apple released their watch my Apple fan boy buddies started bragging about how amazing they were. What a laugh that was! Samsung was already on their 3rd or 4th generation and was much more capable at that time.
Hehehehee...an absolutely silly movie but I loved it!
She attempted to document this claim with a photo. I didn’t see any discoloration — just ordinary crow’s feet and bags under her eyes.
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