Seeing Through Apple's Vision Pro: Privacy in the Age of Mixed Reality
Digging into mixed reality's privacy implications and Apple's vision on design and privacy.
In early June, Apple announced the release of their Apple Vision Pro at their annual Worldwide Developer Conference. Given the fawning praise from the press, you would have thought they announced a cure for cancer. Still, where others saw a ton of promise, I immediately wondered — what does this mean for privacy?
There are a few features that set the Vision Pro apart from existing VR tech like Meta's Quest or the Magic Leap headsets. For one, it's an augmented or mixed reality headset -- or as the marketing team is calling it, a "spatial computing" system -- designed to augment and enhance your world, rather than replace it with the Metaverse. That means, Apple designed this not to be something you wear just in the confines of your own home -- but also when you’re out doing things in the world and interacting with people.
Navigation is controller-free -- you "navigate simply by using your eyes, hands, and voice" according to the…
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