A valuable honest review comparing Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 reveals, is Apple Vision Pro worth buying?

Regarding Apple's first headset-type spatial computing device ' Apple Vision Pro ' which will be released in the United States on Friday, February 2, 2024, a person who actually used it for several days in advance posted on the online bulletin board site Reddit, We have posted a review comparing it to the stand-alone MR headset ' Meta Quest 3 ', which is available at about one-seventh the price of Apple Vision Pro.

[Long post]Tried Vision Pro. Here's what I thought : OculusQuest
https://old.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/1aetqks/long_posttried_vision_pro_heres_what_i_thought/

Apple Vision Pro has an aluminum frame that feels solid to the touch. The glass part of the front panel was glossy and easily attracted fingerprints. The lens is smaller and squarer than that of Meta Quest 3, and the field of view seems to be narrower than that of Quest 3.

Reddit user iloveoovx was surprised to find that the vision was clearer than Meta Quest 3 when wearing Apple Vision Pro, commenting, ``It's really amazing, you can see every detail of the skin clearly and there's no distortion.'' He also said that he felt that Apple Vision Pro had a better dynamic range for pass-through video.

However, when iloveoovx looked at a person walking several meters away with Apple Vision Pro on, he noticed motion blur. Also, when I looked at the PC display on the desk, it was obvious that the sides of the display were distorted, and even if I moved my head, it did not correct. Furthermore, it seems that there was some bleeding in the colors, and iloveoovx said that the pass-through of Apple Vision Pro was ``I thought it was on the same level as Meta Quest 3.''

Mr. iloveoovx had experienced the PC-connected VR device 'Oculus Rift CV1' and was surprised by the experience of seamlessly transitioning his hands from reality to virtual space, but with Apple Vision Pro, He said that he could not have had an experience that exceeded his surprise. When actually wearing Apple Vision Pro, there was a gap between reality and virtual space, and the scale was slightly different.

Mr. iloveoovx thought, ``Maybe the interpupillary distance (IPD) is a little off,'' and consulted other people who had experienced Apple Vision Pro, but the conclusion was that ``Meta Quest 3's He concluded that the scale of the pass-through image is closer to that of reality.

Apple has claimed that the pass-through delay of Apple Vision Pro is only 12 milliseconds, but iloveoovx says that this is just a delay until the image taken by the camera is displayed on the display. iloveoovx criticizes Apple's appeal as a misleading expression, rather than a delay in ``Motion to Photon,'' which adjusts the image according to the movement of the body and line of sight.

The display resolution of Apple Vision Pro (one eye) is 3800 x 3000 pixels, which is higher than Meta Quest 3 which is 2064 x 2208 pixels. However, iloveoovx accessed YouTube from Safari and watched HDR videos and said, ``I don't really feel that Apple Vision Pro is clearer than Meta Quest 3.''

One of the features of Apple Vision Pro is that it is equipped with 'eye tracking' which uses your gaze as a cursor. However, when humans actually look at something, they often look at the object and its surroundings roughly, so it was quite difficult to ``intentionally concentrate and focus on the goal''. For example, when a pop-up appears asking for permission, 'Yes' is displayed at the bottom left and 'No' is displayed at the bottom right, but after scanning from the top left to the bottom right, select 'Yes'. Even when he tried to choose, he ended up choosing 'No' many times due to eye-direction.

iloveoovx said, ``Human eyes change over time throughout the day.Compared to Meta Quest Pro , which also has eye tracking functionality, Apple Vision Pro has twice as many cameras for eye tracking, but the accuracy is... It hasn’t changed much.”

One of the functions of Apple Vision Pro that can be used when linked with the same Apple iPhone is the viewing of 'spatial videos' that can be shot using the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max. iloveoovx said, ``It's like a 180-degree VR video, and the overall quality is better than I expected, and the visionOS UI helps a lot.There's a hazy layer around the content. 'It feels like a memory, and you can touch cultural and sci-fi connections,' he said, giving it high praise. However, when set to full screen, block noise may appear on the video depending on the image quality.

Also, when viewing a panoramic photo with Apple Vision Pro, there were moments when it seemed like there was real depth, and iloveoovx evaluated it as ``amazing.'' However, since this panoramic photo cannot be set as the visionOS wallpaper, iloveoovx predicts that some people will probably complain, ``Why can't I set it as the wallpaper?''

And iloveoovx reports that the battery life of the Apple Vision Pro was about the same as the Meta Quest 3. In the end, iloveoovx said, ``Apple Vision Pro's strengths were mostly within expectations.The overall impression from the developers I spoke to was that it wasn't as complete as I had imagined.'' ” states.

After using Apple Vision Pro for a few days, iloveoovx said, ``80% of what the $3,499 (about 514,000 yen) Apple Vision Pro can offer, or even more, can be obtained with the 74,800 yen Meta Quest 3. ” argues. Of course, the Apple Vision Pro's display and other specs are higher than the Meta Quest 3, but iloveoovx said, ``Considering the weight of the Apple Vision Pro, I prefer using a laptop or laptop for long hours of work and media viewing. I would like to use a 4K projector,' he commented. Even if we discount the high price, we cannot say that Apple Vision Pro exceeds Meta Quest 3 in terms of weight, heat, and battery life.