At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month, Apple unveiled the Apple Vision Pro, its first spatial computer. The mixed reality headset supports both virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) content, and it makes use of a function called EyeSight that enables users to see their surroundings using the sensors located all around the battery-operated gadget. With the help of the dial on the wearable’s right side, users may alternate between AR and VR modes. The business also made available the visionOS SDK on Wednesday to assist programmers in creating apps especially for the headgear, which is said to include a “guest” mode.
on the freshly published visionOS SDK, as discovered by 9to5Mac. Despite being registered to a certain user, this guest mode will let users utilise an Apple Vision Pro headset. The choice of whether to enable or disable this function will apparently be given to Vision Pro owners. According to the article, the headset may also be locked by the owner so that guest users won’t be able to access particular programmes or settings without Optic ID, Apple’s security feature that scans the user’s iris for biometric verification.
The pricey $3,499 (about Rs. 2,88,700) Apple Vision Pro will be available for purchase via the US Apple website and Apple retail outlets in the next year. Whether the corporation intends to introduce the headset in areas other than the US, such as India, has not yet been made official by the company.
However, given the high cost, it is realistic to predict that not everyone will choose to purchase the Apple Vision Pro, and it is doubtful that more than one person in a family will make an investment in the gadget. Therefore, the Guest Mode could actually be helpful to Vision Pro owners, allowing more than one person to enjoy the headset while preserving the owner’s data.
According to the rumour, owners of the Apple Vision Pro would have the option of employing Optic ID to lock hidden and deleted images or other assets. This works in a manner similar to the Touch ID- or Face ID-based security used to secure particular folders in the iPhone Photos app. Before the Apple Vision Pro headset goes on sale in the US next year, further information regarding the guest mode should become available in the upcoming months.
