The Apple Vision Pro. | Image: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge I tried the Vision Pro, and just like the introduction of the iPhone 4 over a decade ago, there’s no going back from here. I still remember using the iPhone 4 for the first time in 2010. That was when Apple shipped its first-ever Retina display and Steve Jobs said that, once you use it, “you can’t go back.” It was something I couldn’t unsee, like looking through prescription glasses for the first time. That’s exactly how I felt after a demo of the Apple Vision Pro yesterday at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California. A computer you strap to your face should be primarily judged not only by…

Macworld At Apple’s WWDC23, I think I saw the future. [Pausing to ponder.] Yeah, I’m pretty sure I saw the future–or at least Apple’s vision of the future of computing. On Tuesday morning, I got to try the Apple Vision Pro, the new $3,499 mixed-reality headset that was announced this week and ships next year.  I’m here to tell you the major details of my experience, but the overall impression I have is that the Vision Pro is the most impressive first-gen product I’ve seen from Apple–more impressive than the 1998 iMac, or the 2007 iPhone. And I’m fully aware that other companies have made VR headsets, but Apple does that thing that it does, where it puts its understanding…

This year's WWDC keynote was another shiny, practiced, and well-oiled presentation for a bunch of new things coming down the pipe. It's a clear sign that Apple's is probably done with the way it used to handle announcements — and that's sad.Tim Cook at WWDC 23The coronavirus pandemic changed a lot of things, but in-person events were always expected to go back to normal. For the most part that has definitely happened, but it sure looks like Apple's not quite ready to jump back on that particular bandwagon. Read more...

This year's WWDC keynote was another shiny, practiced, and well-oiled presentation for a bunch of new things coming down the pipe. It's a clear sign that Apple's is probably done with the way it used to handle announcements — and that's sad.Tim Cook at WWDC 23The coronavirus pandemic changed a lot of things, but in-person events were always expected to go back to normal. For the most part that has definitely happened, but it sure looks like Apple's not quite ready to jump back on that particular bandwagon. Read more...

This year's WWDC keynote was another shiny, practiced, and well-oiled presentation for a bunch of new things coming down the pipe. It's a clear sign that Apple's is probably done with the way it used to handle announcements — and that's sad.Tim Cook at WWDC 23The coronavirus pandemic changed a lot of things, but in-person events were always expected to go back to normal. For the most part that has definitely happened, but it sure looks like Apple's not quite ready to jump back on that particular bandwagon. Read more...

This year's WWDC keynote was another shiny, practiced, and well-oiled presentation for a bunch of new things coming down the pipe. It's a clear sign that Apple's is probably done with the way it used to handle announcements — and that's sad.Tim Cook at WWDC 23The coronavirus pandemic changed a lot of things, but in-person events were always expected to go back to normal. For the most part that has definitely happened, but it sure looks like Apple's not quite ready to jump back on that particular bandwagon. Read more...