Folks with a Vision Pro headset can now use it to shop at Best Buy’s online store. The retail giant on Thursday launched the Envision augmented reality (AR) app for Apple’s Vision Pro headset in an effort to make the shopping experience a little more fun and engaging. It also released a bunch of images … Read more
The app was rolled out last Friday for use on the US$3,499 mixed-reality headset, which the US tech giant released in February in the United States, the only market where the wearable device is currently available. Apple chief executive Tim Cook has said that the Vision Pro is expected to be available in China this … Read more
Apple has teams investigating a push into personal robotics, a field with the potential to become one of the company’s ever-shifting “next big things”, according to people familiar with the situation. Engineers at Apple have been exploring a mobile robot that can follow users around their homes, said the people, who asked not to be … Read more
At Apple’s office in Shanghai, Cook on Wednesday met two billionaire company founders: Wang Chuanfu, the chairman and chief executive of the world’s largest electric vehicle maker BYD, and Zhou Qunfei, the chairwoman and chief executive of touch screen manufacturer Lens Technology. Also present at the meeting was Chen Xiaoshuo, chief executive at electronic components … Read more
Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Wednesday met Chinese video game developers, a filmmaker and the billionaire founder of BYD in Shanghai, ahead of the company’s new store opening in the city, as the US tech giant goes on a charm offensive amid weak iPhone sales in the world’s largest smartphone market. This marks the … Read more
Apple may face some trademark and marketing issues in China with its mixed-reality Vision Pro headset given that Huawei Technologies registered the name three years ago on the mainland, according to local media reports and public trademark records. Shenzhen-based Huawei trademarked “Vision Pro” in China in 2021, covering a wide range of goods and services … Read more
Picoheart, a Singapore-based affiliate of ByteDance, earlier this month invested an undisclosed amount to acquire a 9.5 per cent shareholding in state-backed InnoStar, which is headquartered in Shanghai, according to data from company registry information provider Qichacha. That investment was made “in hopes of utilising the memory chips produced by InnoStar in Pico’s VR headsets”, … Read more
Luke Larsen / Digital Trends Code found within visionOS appears to reveal the countries in which Apple’s Vision Pro headset will launch next. Spotted by MacRumors on Wednesday, the code found within the Vision Pro’s operating system points to keyboard support for other languages, specifically: Cantonese, TraditionalChinese, SimplifiedEnglish (Australia)English (Canada)English (Japan)English (Singapore)English (UK)French (Canada)French (France)German … Read more
Apple is enlarging its applied research operations in mainland China, as the US technology giant’s iPhone sales slow in the world’s largest smartphone market amid increased competition from Huawei Technologies and other major domestic handset vendors. Cupertino, California-based Apple plans to expand its research centre in Shanghai to support all of its product lines and … Read more
Some Vision Pros have cracks in the middle, at the bottom of the front glass. Wohinbistdu and dornbirn / Reddit The front glass of Apple’s Vision Pro is cracking down the middle for a small, but growing number of people. The cause is a mystery because the owners say they didn’t drop, mishandle, or abuse … Read more
