What Happens When You Use Vision Pro Without a Light Seal
The Apple Vision Pro looks like ski goggles, and for good reason: Apple wants you to experience its vision of mixed reality with a design that fully embraces your vision. If the company knows that your peripherals are completely locked down, they can control exactly what you see through the headset.
Part of what makes this design effective is the lightweight seal around the Vision Pro. As the name suggests, it creates a barrier around the headset so outside light doesn’t get inside. This is a common design, especially for virtual reality headsets, where the introduction of external images negatively impacts the sense of immersion.
But while the Vision Pro can offer virtual reality experiences, such as simulating theater environments for watching shows and movies or exploring planets in outer space, most of the time the device is designed for augmented reality use—viewing virtual windows and images. programs layered on top of the real world around you. So, in theory, there shouldn’t be a problem if external light gets into the Vision Pro while working with AR. In fact, if the goal is to eventually have mixed reality good enough to be used with standard glasses, this is a necessary feature.
This Reddit thread , spotted by 9to5Mac , claims that the Vision Pro benefits from this light leakage as it greatly expands the field of view. Thus, it encourages users to remove the light seal when using AR applications. According to the OP, if you want to remove the light seal, place the Vision Pro lower on the nose. If you do it right, your experience will be like watching through glasses.
Many Vision Pro users in the comments seem to like this hack , with some preferring to use it with a standard solo group and others trying it with a double loop. The criticism seems to be mostly focused on features related to using Vision Pro in a way that Apple didn’t intend: you may see an ” eyes too close to the lenses ” popup because it affects eye tracking, and one user was unable to adjust eye calibration in general when wearing the headset this way. It may also not be ideal for those with prescription earbuds , as the extended lenses may come into contact with your eyes or eyelashes.
One of the main drawbacks is that the Vision Pro will not stay on your face without the light seal. This means that you will need to support the device with something else to keep it stable. For FP, it was their hand that is clearly unstable in many situations. However, many commenters have gotten creative with how to keep the Vision Pro upright: check out this user , who put a head strap on the go to keep the Vision Pro on her face in the desired position.
If you have Vision Pro, try this hack, at least for a minute or two. Who knows: maybe third-party manufacturers will create special headbands that make this version of the Vision Pro a reality, or maybe Apple will try something of their own.