Apple Vision Pro was released, and just as Apple’s “next big thing” hit stores, company CEO Tim Cook appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair wearing a headset. This is significant because Cook, or any other senior executive at the company, has not been seen wearing a headset online since the Vision Pro’s announcement.
Tim Cook has already released a short clip showing how the Vision Pro is made, but this is likely the first time Cook has talked about the headset in detail. Cooke first wore the headset, which wasn’t yet finished, “probably about six years ago, seven years ago, eight years ago.” At the time, a headset was just a combination of a screen, some wires coming out of it that connected to a supercomputer in another room, some buttons, and a camera that “sticked out like a whisker.” did not.
Cook describes it as a “monster” and a “device.” “I hadn’t worn it yet at the time. It wasn’t wearable by any stretch of the imagination,” Vanity Fair quoted Cook as saying.
Cook was “on the moon” with Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, and saw “the ghostly glow of ancient dust beneath a black, star-studded sky.” It is said that All of this was happening in a secret room where other Apple employees and his own hands were visible.
“We’ve known for years that we would get here. We didn’t know when, but we knew we would get here,” Cook said.
Tim Cook talks about the future of AR/VR technology
When asked whether AI, spatial computing, and other technologies will rely on technology and “what will the future of all of that look like if technology advances too quickly?” he answered, “Precisely I think it’s difficult to predict.”
“But you’re making it. So you can’t predict it?” he was asked.
“What we do is get really excited about something and then start pulling the strings and see where it takes us,” Cook said.
“And yes, we have things on the roadmap and so on, and yes, we have definitive views. But a lot of it is also exploration and unraveling. Sometimes the dots connect. “And they can lead you to unexpected places,” he added.
What Mr. Cook said about Vision Pro at the financial results conference
During the latest earnings call, Apple’s CEO said Vision Pro will be available in the US first, and will be available in other countries later this year. He said the headset was “built on decades of Apple innovation.”
“We are announcing these results on the eve of what will undoubtedly be a historic day as we enter the era of spatial computing. Starting tomorrow, Apple Vision, the most advanced personal electronic device ever, will Pro is now available in the Apple Store for customers in the U.S. and will be expanded to other countries later this year,” Cook said.
“Apple Vision Pro is a revolutionary device that builds on decades of Apple innovation and is years ahead of other devices. Apple Vision Pro includes groundbreaking new features. It has an input system and thousands of innovations that give users and developers an amazing experience not possible on any other device,” he added.
Apple Vision Pro costs $3,499 and is the first major release since the Apple Watch nine years ago.
The featured image for this story appeared on the cover of the digital edition of Vanity Fair magazine.
Tim Cook has already released a short clip showing how the Vision Pro is made, but this is likely the first time Cook has talked about the headset in detail. Cooke first wore the headset, which wasn’t yet finished, “probably about six years ago, seven years ago, eight years ago.” At the time, a headset was just a combination of a screen, some wires coming out of it that connected to a supercomputer in another room, some buttons, and a camera that “sticked out like a whisker.” did not.
Cook describes it as a “monster” and a “device.” “I hadn’t worn it yet at the time. It wasn’t wearable by any stretch of the imagination,” Vanity Fair quoted Cook as saying.
Cook was “on the moon” with Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, and saw “the ghostly glow of ancient dust beneath a black, star-studded sky.” It is said that All of this was happening in a secret room where other Apple employees and his own hands were visible.
“We’ve known for years that we would get here. We didn’t know when, but we knew we would get here,” Cook said.
Tim Cook talks about the future of AR/VR technology
When asked whether AI, spatial computing, and other technologies will rely on technology and “what will the future of all of that look like if technology advances too quickly?” he answered, “Precisely I think it’s difficult to predict.”
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“What we do is get really excited about something and then start pulling the strings and see where it takes us,” Cook said.
“And yes, we have things on the roadmap and so on, and yes, we have definitive views. But a lot of it is also exploration and unraveling. Sometimes the dots connect. “And they can lead you to unexpected places,” he added.
What Mr. Cook said about Vision Pro at the financial results conference
During the latest earnings call, Apple’s CEO said Vision Pro will be available in the US first, and will be available in other countries later this year. He said the headset was “built on decades of Apple innovation.”
“We are announcing these results on the eve of what will undoubtedly be a historic day as we enter the era of spatial computing. Starting tomorrow, Apple Vision, the most advanced personal electronic device ever, will Pro is now available in the Apple Store for customers in the U.S. and will be expanded to other countries later this year,” Cook said.
“Apple Vision Pro is a revolutionary device that builds on decades of Apple innovation and is years ahead of other devices. Apple Vision Pro includes groundbreaking new features. It has an input system and thousands of innovations that give users and developers an amazing experience not possible on any other device,” he added.
Apple Vision Pro costs $3,499 and is the first major release since the Apple Watch nine years ago.
The featured image for this story appeared on the cover of the digital edition of Vanity Fair magazine.