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In the latest edition of his weekly Power On<\/em> newsletter, Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman reports in part Apple employees are concerned with the size and weight of the forthcoming Vision Pro headset. In addition, the company\u2019s Vision Products Group, the team responsible for developing the headset, is looking at ways to reduce the size and weight of future models. Gurman says the OG Vision Pro weighs \u201cabout a pound.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA key focus for Apple is making its [mixed-reality] device more comfortable to wear\u2014with a smaller and lighter design,\u201d Gurman said of Apple\u2019s planned future roadmap for its newest product. \u201cThe company\u2019s first headset, the Vision Pro, has caused neck strain in testing due to its size and weight. That could turn off consumers already wary of mixed-reality headsets, which meld virtual and augmented reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apple CEO Tim Cook said last month at the company\u2019s \u201cWonderlust\u201d media event Vision Pro is \u201cstill on track\u201d for release early next year.<\/p>\n

Gurman\u2019s report this weekend is notable from an accessibility perspective insofar as it corroborates plausible ergonomic concerns with wearing Vision Pro. As I wrote back in June, the ergonomic considerations of Vision Pro are equally as important (and fascinating) as its underlying visionOS software system. After all, the headset does no one any good if it\u2019s too hefty and heavy to wear, no matter how technologically cutting-edge it is. To Gurman\u2019s point about Vision Pro\u2019s size and weight reportedly causing bodily strain, this is precisely the kind of issue I had in mind when I wrote extensively of the device over the summer. As I\u2019ve written ad nauseam, wearing a computer on one\u2019s face is a completely different beast than wearing a computer on one\u2019s wrist (Apple Watch) or in one\u2019s ears (AirPods). This means the ergonomic appeal is even more crucial, particularly to many in the disability community. Apple can, and likely has, make the most accessible mixed-reality software platform on the planet in visionOS; yet all that compute power means little if the device is uncomfortable to wear. As I also wrote, in this context, that Apple has stated Vision Pro gets only two hours of battery life may actually turn out to be an asset rather than a liability.<\/p>\n

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Add the hefty-in-itself $3,500 price tag, and Gurman\u2019s right about leery customers and Vision Pro. All told, these are all factors which don\u2019t necessarily bode well for a disabled person. Especially for a person with disabilities, it\u2019s all the more imperative for Apple to show what, functionally speaking, is made more accessible in spatial computing.<\/p>\n

I should state once more I\u2019ve not had functional hands-on time with Vision Pro besides getting relatively up close to the display models following the WWDC keynote. Nonetheless, as a lifelong disabled person, what I\u2019ve written about the headset, including in this very piece, is all legitimate informed speculation. So much of the analytical energy emanating from the tech press and pundits have focused on what Vision Pro can do in terms of software; Apple\u2019s even hosting developer labs and seeding developer kits all over the world to help app makers build for the device. It\u2019s not an either\/or proposition\u2014of course<\/em> functionality would be central to usability and the user experience\u2014but Vision Pro\u2019s advent is a prime lesson in the idea that hardware<\/em> accessibility matters as much, if not more so, as classical software does. It seems exceedingly obvious, and perhaps a little flippant, to point this out but it\u2019s really true: All the patents and cameras and high-resolution displays in the world mean zilch if Vision Pro literally is uncomfortable to use. Again, this ideal is particularly true for disabled people whose condition(s) involve a certain degree of physical and sensory sensitivity such that Gurman\u2019s aforementioned reporting on neck strain makes using Vision Pro untenable in many more ways than one. It\u2019s a valid concern.<\/p>\n

Even the most cutting-edge technologies contain dull ends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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