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Apple’s Vision Pro is ‘spatial computing.’ Nobody knows what it means.

Do you want a technology that can’t define itself?

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February 2, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. EST
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Apple insists that its $3,500 Vision Pro ski goggles, which officially debuted Friday, is not virtual reality but “spatial computing.”

One problem: No one agrees on the definition of spatial computing. Ask 10 people in technology and you might get 12 different answers.