Apple releases public beta of Apple Vision Pro's 'Spatial Persona' feature that displays faces in mid-air
Apple introduced ' Spatial Persona ' on April 2, 2024 for Apple Vision Pro with visionOS 1.1 installed. Several media outlets that have tried out this spatial persona have reviewed its usability.
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https://www.roadtovr.com/apple-vision-pro-spatial-personas-hands-on/
'Spatial Persona' in Apple Vision Pro is a feature that was announced at a developer session after the WWDC keynote in June 2023, and a beta version was released in February. Initially, it was unpopular with ``the eerie faces and hands floating vaguely in space,'' but a public beta version that made this look more natural was released on April 2, 2024.
The following is a spatial persona created by Raymond Wong, deputy editor in charge of reviews at overseas media Inverse, based on his own face. Previously, her hair looked like plastic, but that has been improved.
When Wong started using Spatial Persona on FaceTime calls after receiving an invitation from Apple's PR team, the faces, hands, and torsos of two staff members appeared on either side, making it appear as if there were three people standing and talking. It seems that it feels like it is happening.
In Spatial Persona, the two people moved closer and further away as Wong physically moved around his living room, rather than simply seeing a face floating in the air. Wong also said that when he tried to pass through another spatial persona, the other person's spatial persona turned into a round contact card, which made him feel like his personal space was respected.
The Spatial Persona considers direction as well as positional relationships, so when Mr. Wong points with his left hand to the Spatial Persona on the left, everyone else will also be informed, and the person pointed at will be able to point to the Spatial Persona on the left. I could see that he had turned his hand.
In addition, in normal video calls using a laptop or smartphone, the positions of the screen and camera are different, so it is difficult to make eye contact, but with Apple Vision Pro's Spatial Persona, you can naturally look into the other person's eyes and talk. As a result, they were able to have more realistic and intimate conversations.
Road to VR, another IT news site that reviewed Spatial Persona, also cited 'movement' as the most interesting aspect. With the Spatial Persona, you can physically walk closer to another person's avatar, but instead of moving yourself, you can also move the Spatial Persona closer or further away, so the other person's Spatial Persona can move closer or further away. It is said that it is possible to adjust the distance even when it is outside the physical space.
Road to VR points out that when you collide with another person's spatial persona, the other person turns into a card, making it appear that you are the same person, ``This is probably to avoid the possibility of it being used for harassment or vandalism.'' I am.
The headset also supports spatial audio, so you can hear the other person's voice from the other person's direction, so you can feel as if the person you are talking to is in your own room. Acoustics also change depending on the environment you set up, so for example, in the environment of Joshua Tree National Park , you may hear people's voices echoing off nearby rocks, and you may notice that the sound is fading out from your room. It was a little bit of magic to hear him do it,” said Road to VR.
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