dave marsh

I also heard nothing of the Accessibility update that Apple Executive Relations advised me months ago was coming to deal with the lack of prism support.  So, while I appreciate their offering me a full refund after the two week window closed, I love the product enough and continue to struggle along with third party optical inserts with prisms that I have no intention of returning it.  I can view content clearly now, but have to drag every window right up near me to directly touch controls to manipulate content, since visionOS can’t determine where my eyes are looking to allow vision control.  Perhaps when they release visionOS 2.0 public beta in July I’ll discover the unmentioned controls in System Settings.  Fingers crossed.

I think it’s pretty clear Apple released the M4 in the new iPad Pros because they are low volume devices.  M4 production is currently constrained by TSMC.  I would think the low volume sales of the Mac Studios would make them another prime candidate for early use of the M4.  It won’t spread to the rest of the higher volume devices until TSMC can produce enough.  So, it’s sad to think I may have to wait another year to upgrade/replace my 2017 iMac Pro, if this rumor is correct.

I’m hoping Apple will release the promised prism/double vision fix for visionOS so I can start using my Vision Pro properly.  It’s tedious using its interface with one eye closed to identify targets.   Just let me adjust the angle of one screen up/down/left/right to bring it into sync with my other eye.

Apple’s basic flaw for me was in not working out the eye alignment issues for users with prescription lenses using prisms.  They didn’t allow for prescription prisms, but then also failed to provide a software eye alignment tool to make up for this.  So, my basic prescription without prisms gives me in-focus/sharp images, but leaves me with double vision, preventing the Vision Pro from properly tracking my eyes.  I’ve been told by Apple corporate that a software fix is in the works, but not when I can expect it.  The result is that I’m keeping the unit while waiting for the fix, and only taking it out once in a while to play with it using one eye until the eye alignment fix comes out.

Don’t forget that all iPad apps are supposed to run on the Vision Pro.  So, while streaming apps may not initially be native, their iPad counterparts should run ok.  Using the immersion knob to enlarge the viewing area should be a killer feature if it doesn’t downgrade the video substantially.