Blind user tries Apple Vision Pro - Game changer? 🤯😎

I was born with blindness (95% non-correctable vision) and I tried a demo of Apple Vision Pro to see if it's accessible for me. I dive into the Accessibility menu upon startup and share my first impressions with Zoom, VoiceOver, and Pointer Control.
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[@Mallchad]

If everybody on this video donate 2 dollars we can get him 10 or more vision pros to test. Do it, the positive interaction and future entertainment is more than a coffee

[@jamesrath]

I appreciate the support! I think this is my first super thanks outside of a live stream 😄

[@semibiotic]

-Donate to deceitful video- ? -No thanks-

[@4louisMC]

@@semibioticTF?!😂 Whats deceitful about this?!

[@semibiotic]

@@4louisMC Title ?

[@jamesrath]

me: *is born with blindness with conditions that are non-correctable with glasses* also me: *tries VR and apple vision pro with accessibility settings made for visually impaired folks* youtube comment: deceitful!!!! me: 👨🏼‍🦯🤷🏼‍♂

[@m3mario]

If it enhances the vision of a blind person, then it’s worth 4K for blind people.

[@philiplubduck6107]

If it made my vision that much better and would make daily life easier and better then its worth $10,000 or more

[@benjatendo5015]

No, if it functions as help for the blind, then it's very fucked up to sell at such a price

[@mmmbreadyum936]

@@benjatendo5015you do realize that the headset isn’t entirely based upon the fact that it’s made for blind people?

[@m3mario]

@@benjatendo5015 do you realize the tech in this thing? And without the tech it won’t function as it is? Everyone who has reviewed it has said it may an expensive product, but it’s not overpriced for what it is. People can buy it on monthly payment plans. It’s worth it for people who find use in it.

[@benjatendo5015]

@@mmmbreadyum936 Yeah, I do, but I also think it is immoral to give ridiculous prices to something that a group of people might to improve their life in such a significant way. The guy in the video was just talking about refinicing his car to be able to afford it. Besides, I wasn't (solely, at least) talking about the price of the headset itself, but the claim of the commenter.

[@HelloBard]

We're in the age of cyberpunk bio-upgrades! So cool to start to see see how AR could change lives

[@not.krosshair]

maelstrom moment

[@eggyroo7181]

@@not.krosshair We're going to need more chrome choom.

[@potatogod3882]

Funny how my eyes also bad but to use any headset i need either glasses or prescription lenses... Because you know

[@Leowavekid]

If the world survives!

[@electrolyteorb]

Sandevistan FTW

[@riceexe]

This use never crossed my mind when seeing the vision pro in action for the first time!

[@cyby124]

if this makes it so you got 8k vision without wearing glasses then i would buy

[@callummac8024]

If your eyesight gets blurry at a distance, then it will help

[@stianthomassen6693]

I remember when the ipad came they interviewed a lady over 90 who loved it. What it did for her was that since the screen was so bright she could see the keyboard and navigate around.

[@iwearLingerie]

And then she died before ipad 2

[@boredyoutubeuser]

Rip ​@@iwearLingerie

[@seauwen6691]

Been waiting for this video since they announced vision pro!

[@PatrykPonichtera]

Now this is a really cool use of the vision pro, I would love to see how other kind of disabilities could take advantage of this new form of computing.

[@jamesrath]

It'll always be a case on case basis but as long as developers and companies are designing with accessibility practices in mind, it'll reach even more audiences and support loyal customers who may develop temporary or long-term disability in the future.

[@FawnTheCreator]

@@jamesrathI have a question if you don't mind. Are you going to browse the Internet now on Vision Pro?

[@NT-or9wh]

I got goosebumps watching this video.

[@waterbucket4358]

"new form of computing" its not new at all lmfao, so many headsets have augmented reality

[@noobyeeter]

Quest 3:

[@Spatial_Computer]

Talk to a nearby university's CS department. They will likely setup multiple studies with you using the Vision Pro in day to day life.

[@endermengalaxy4221]

Hope they see this

[@RyanLynch1]

great idea. find one with an interactive computing school or something

[@ego-lay_atman-bay]

Hey, I'm actually visually impaired myself (I can only see out of my left wye), so it was pretty nice to ser this. I've always been on the fence about the apple vision pro, because, from what I've seen, it doesn't seem to actually be much better than what we currently have, but I guess that changed after I watched this video. Seeing how a blind person used this, and was actually able to see everything, due to it being cameras on your eyes, it made me realize, it may be able to help blind people see. Now, seeing as how it does depend on the user, it may not work for some people, e.g. I am full blind in my right eye, so it wouldn't bring vision to that eye, but it may help me see things with my left eye from a distance better, and then there are people that may have absplutally no vision, and wouldn't be able to use the vision pro. I don't see it replacing existing assistive technology, but I do see it helping some blind people out. It also comes at a heafty price point, that not everyone can afford.

[@LoganDark4357]

oh hey, I can technically see with both eyes but I can only really recognize patterns in my left eye. my right eye is somehow worse at reading and also has the image of the left eye sort of superimposed over it even if the left eye is closed. I found out this is because my eyes don't converge to a point so my brain learned to ignore one of them

[@pennplayz]

I think this is probably the coolest use case I’ve seen for the Vision Pro, and it’s one I never even considered

[@GilmartinMonk]

I’ve had two corneal grafts for keratakonus - i can see if things are within a few inches of my face, but other than that, the world is a blur. I need to try this. Thanks for sharing.

[@lamboking8able]

This should be a more watched video and pushed more. I'm for see through mixed reality over pass through but this is a huge benefit to pass through that ive wondered about for a while

[@Nonnagon]

Yo this should be a fund raiser video so we can easily donate to him getting a apple vision pro!

[@jamesrath]

Thank you, but I can confirm I've managed to obtain one. Been testing it for the last week, I'll be making a videos on it really soon!

[@MightyDantheman]

I'm not exactly sure how this works, but I would love if headsets could adapt to different eye prescriptions. I have to wear glasses and it kinda makes VR suck. Now technology like this needs to come to normally priced headsets. (No I will not be calling this spatial computing, it's just mixed reality.)

[@abdullahak2204]

Really nice! Awesome that it works for you !

[@QWERTIUM1]

$4000 for visions is a deal imo

[@waterbucket4358]

not a deal when you know that there are alternative headsets 4-5 times cheaper and that do the exact same thing

[@onesmileybaldy8303]

@@waterbucket4358 With the exact same pixel density,refresh rate,frame rate,color spectrum,eye tracking, and hand blending? All to prevent motion sickness? Which one is it and where can I buy it?

[@QWERTIUM1]

@@waterbucket4358 oh lol

[@bix3134]

Actually thats a great idea. If they can make a program which adjusts the vision on each eye screen seperaely to match the eyesight of the user, it can be used by people with eyesight issues too. The may even can view the world better than normal vision.

[@fooboomoo]

we need specific apps for legally blind! I mean the AR scans the surrounding, how awesome would it be to feed a high contrast, low detail version of that to the screens

[@awesome_billy_bob]

purchase the vision air, the one that is leaked to come out. cheaper lighter and easier to carry around which will be handy.

[@calebhoff409]

Probably just be vision 2 since this is the first time a first gen had been released as a pro, implying that future versions will be cheaper

[@awesome_billy_bob]

@@calebhoff409 true

[@megaprimegamer1184]

There’s nothing like that in the works. That’s not how product rollouts happen. And certainly not how apple products come out. Plus Apple is struggling to keep up with demands on the pro. They don’t even have to worry about making money or pleasing customers.

[@mktwos]

never seen or heard of this leak before.

[@DumPixels]

You have to learn the difference between a leak and a rumor with no evidence.

[@bfbunny]

I honestly hope the quest have these accessibility features and a better passthrough so that people don't have to automatically get the expensive one from Apple, as of right now. Been a Quest user for quite a while, and I never see this becoming so useful for blind people.

[@corvacopia]

Considering Apple termed this the “Apple Vision *Pro,*” I assume they’re planning a cheaper model

[@WafflesssFalling]

Wow, I wonder how that works- I’m not blind; but surprised since I still have to wear glasses in VR even though I’m near-sighted (because VR lenses make the focal point hit your eye as if it were 2-3 meters away). So I wonder if Apple uses a different kind of lens or something?

[@CrushedAsian255]

wow! i seem to have pretty much the same issues with you and it's nice to know that they can work as i guess electronic glasses, as well as that you can control them even with nystagmus. maybe if they get a bit cheaper and come to Australia i might think about getting one.

[@Paul.Oakenfold]

probably you can just get an meta quest 3 instead

[@Dupernite]

@@Paul.Oakenfoldbut it’s a completely different device? It’s a gaming headset, and has some AR

[@Paul.Oakenfold]

@@Dupernite quest 3 can do almost everything that vision pro right now, maybe it gives a little bit less high-end experience (in fact it can do much more at this moment), also it based on same physical principles but for the reasonable price and I think it's 100% an option for somebody with issues like that guy have, if it could be helpful somehow

[@Dupernite]

@@Paul.Oakenfold oh, that’s really interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@user-fe7bo5mm1o]

​@Dupernite it's not necessarily a gaming headset. it is better at gaming than the vision pro but that doesn't mean you have to. it's power is pretty on par with the vision pro but it has worse quality (plastic instead of machined aluminum) and a bit worse AR mode (although it could be improved in an update as meta is now competing with apple)

[@KennethYimHomes]

Faith in humanity restored

[@Z3R0-FC]

Didn’t even think about this as a use for vision pro. Kinda crazy

[@hanro50]

Actually considering your condition. I wonder if the headset was constantly adjusting things in the background. Which is why things suddenly appeared clear. Essentially it could have been constantly adjusting the image you where seeing with your eyes. Meaning that relative to your eyes the image it was displaying was basically still. Could totally be an unintentionally thing the headset does to reduce motion sickness, but in your case it basically corrected your vision.

[@sety5591]

no, it's like looking at phone & screen, first we adjust our head closer or further away until the image on screen is clear, then everything displayed on the screen will stay clear as long as we don't move the phone. If we can wear it on our head, then we don't have to hold them.

[@TrainedSniper12]

That is why Apple is good for people like this dude

[@Robman92]

Dude, that’s incredible! You need to get one!

[@JulianplayzRBLX]

Well the Apple Vision Pro is not considered a medical device but it’s comin into one

[@TechWithShon]

Apple packed so many features and they didn’t even tell anyone about it, it’s a finders’ finder situation

[@wanderingkenknight]

Thank you for sharing. Hard to know if my fishing is worse than yours, so I would be unsurprised if it was. After all, unless you were joking about the car, neither of us is ever going to drive. I wondered how Apple would deal with people who could not use IT tracking, so that was excellent information, having said that, I still do not think I will be getting a Vision Pro because I don’t know how well it would work for me having just a single eye.

[@corvacopia]

This is just the first model, so hopefully down the line if it’s something that’ll seem useful to you there’ll be something similar that’d be usable for you

[@wanderingkenknight]

I don’t know details but it does seem like there is a monocular mode. Yes I fully expect a lot to change. The tech behind this is only now starting to be really useful. Display and battery tech are improving.

[@TrainedSniper12]

Technology can be used for good I’m happy technology was able to help this young man

[@humanbeing7938]

I need to stop watching apple vision pro videos or else im gonna want one

[@robh7800]

Strip away the computing aspect and just recreate the headset for increased vision clarity .. could make them significantly less bulky and more accessible for daily use. Probably too niche of a market unfortunately

[@JaxenCollins]

YES!!!!! I just need glasses to correct my vision. but when i cant find them, i use my phones camera, because everything is right in front of me, and i can see everything clearly. But when i tell people this, they don't understand. I'm glad to see my last minute desperation idea used on a much bigger scale

[@meliponalord8892]

NGL, pretty sweet. Hopefully it can be put into a far cheaper, far more comfortable package. One worth the price with a decent headband and internal battery.

[@hyacinthtiger62]

I hate Apple but I respect this. I can appreciate some of their technologies. This is a game changer for disabilities. This and the Quest 3 are both gonna push technology SO far ahead throughout the next decade. Also an honourable mention to Microsoft for giving it a go with HoloLens and Windows MR before killing them off and letting the rest of the industry come through.

[@Rudgged]

Wish HoloLens worked out for consumers. The Minecraft demo they had was awesome

[@Turbonuts78]

Thanks

[@Ziltoid_Knows]

That's cool. I never considered that type of an application.

[@marsshhman]

I feel like you could just attach and screen and a camera to glasses and it be the same effect but much cheaper and a lot less bulky tell me if I'm wrong

[@Rudgged]

Oh you ignorant child

[@MwelwaOnCos]

I thought blind meant you can't completely see. He meant Partial blindness

[@jackr0101]

THERES ALSO PERSCIPTION LENSES

[@Stella-se1lg]

Wow! That’s wild❤

[@BubbIes_G]

I’m vision impeached aswell and I am in Australia Demos start next week and I’ll be trying for sure I really hope Apple realises the potential they have to change so many peoples lives even if it costs them more to make it more acsassable for people like us My visual impairments are nystagmus and Optic nerve hypoplasia

[@c421t]

So if the vision pro helps you see why wouldn't glasses do the same

[@Rudgged]

Vision Pros cameras can give better detail closer to his eye. Glasses just correct blurry vision. People with blurry vision can still get the detail, just need glasses to essentially straighten out the edges of everything. Easiest way to describe it

[@KennethYimHomes]

Wait a second, did you say you have a car as a vision-impaired person? ... I guess that's OK, my step-father can sail boats vision impaired

[@1Kekz]

I didn't even notice that... He obviously can't drive as a vision-impaired person. I guess it was a joke.

[@jamesrath]

I have steered a boat with sighted assistance... but no i don't have a car that was just some blind humor 😉

[@OsinakiKun]

Apple: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN If you can do this right apple... I will respect you

[@ReyAlanTitan]

I know he's technichally blind, but not blind blind, you know what i mean

[@blindslowhappy6842]

I was also thinking: Why not make an app that lets you just zoom around in the representation of the real world (passthrough)? Like. If you don't open any apps you just see the world around you. Why not build a zoom and vision enhancing feature for this. It seams like it wouldn't be hard to program and it would make the apple vision pro a legit wearable magnifier. I am currently using a similar device called the Oxsight Onyx and it has a bad camera. But still it let's me work as a voice actor. Something that would not be possible without this device. Imagine how many lov vision people could benefit from having an actually good device on their head. The best wearable magnifiers right now are just VR Goggles with old Samsung smartphones in them. Imagine just using an Apple Vision Pro for that. It hes much better latency and is much lighter. You can also see with two eyes instead of through a phone camera. Please upvote this comment so some app diveloper sees it and makes this come true.

[@bobbyavitia]

I feel like it's such a missed opportunity that they haven't tried to use this technology for medical purposes.

[@SO_DIGITAL]

You looked a bit moved there for a moment when you realised "It's helping!".

[@seeingwithsound]

Unfortunately, Apple blocks pixel-level access to the live camera view on the Apple Vision Pro, thus making development of third-party computer vision apps for the blind impossible on this device.

[@jamesrath]

True at least as I've been told by developer however perhaps with this video and other low vision users benefiting from such an API, maybe Apple will open this up sooner rather than later.

[@seeingwithsound]

@@jamesrath I hope so! The same raw camera view restrictions affect Meta Quest 2 and 3 headsets. I have a camera-based and platform-independent web app for totally blind users that runs on iPhone and Android phones, just not on these headsets, which is frustrating. (I think I cannot provide a link in the comments.)

[@deezpleez3832]

Sure, Apple may not have groundbreaking innovations, but what they do great at is making their products usable for the vulnerable. I mean (no knock on Android), you see more of the disabled people use an iPhone/Apple products because their accessibility settings make it easier to use for them!

[@JasonB808]

Fake. The screens are mini LEDs, same tech that is on Mac Laptop screens, while they are higher resolution than most VR head sets. They are not as clear as regular eye sight. It will not cure blindness. Having blind people wear VR headset is almost as dumb as installing Brail menu at a Drive Through window.

[@euphemir1596]

Thanks! I was waiting for this kind of review; I have low far vision, severe photophobia and nystagmus so this helps 🙂Did you try fullscreen zoom? Just need the release in Europe to try it myself ahah

[@kimberlyjacobsen4148]

Did you try the meta quest 3??

[@hakanakdag9491]

wow this is interesting

[@Tybek1]

Try Oculus Quest 3

[@paroperha]

Aw man theres so many scifis about this.... Blind folks with epic cool visors Ace Attorney's Godot is the only one coming to mind but... You get the idea

[@3DJapan]

That's great until the migraine starts.

[@shockafter7]

Just had a discussion a few days ago with a mate about this and he asked me if I could see better with the iPhone camera and I did. A lot better. It didn’t cross my mind that the camera uses lenses like glasses and with the added benefit of a high resolution screen. But, I can’t afford it and not readily available in my country anyway. 😂

[@LSnium]

I think for the price of 3500 this can really change lives in good ways.

[@dougf9900]

I am curious, if a 95% blind person can see the room clearly and operate the Vision Pro without prescription inserts, why are the inserts necessary at all?

[@AnthonyMunyi]

He's literally saved the Vision Pro's whole career

[@celebrityrog]

Turns out you need glasses and an eye doctor. Either that or you’re pretending to be blind

[@peterwan816]

wow good for you! :)) its great to hear that the apple vision pro have help improving your vision :) wish you the best and stay healthy :))

[@liketheduck]

Amazing. As much as Apple needs to change in other ways, their accessibility options are spectacular.

[@tomcatt1740]

wish I could afoul Apple Vision Pro low veshen sucks

[@CrushedAsian255]

yeah ikr

[@FlabbyTabby]

Sounds like he just needs some kind of visual equipment similar to glasses then? Or is it some kind of video feed projected onto his eyes?

[@Gu3stish3r3]

Bro with this it’s just very expensive glasses plus a VRheadset

[@Drew-zp8dp]

Brother I think it's gonna be life changing to you, but also the possibility of eye strain is still there, they need to make low blue light lenses

[@danielkuttel7867]

I m glad that this overprized gadget brings for some people life changing benefits.

[@arch391]

But blind people don't need to wear such a big device on their face. I am sure there are better solution for that.

[@joelwatts6890]

Apple, if you’re watching this, give this guy a Vision Pro.

[@clancy9]

"James are you sure you wanna go on the freeway?" "Ya I got the Apple Vision Pro, I can see now!" 65mph later... "How is it?" "Oh it's going great! Oh no it's dead"

[@anthonyo.thector32]

Game changer indeed.👍

[@bartoszbudzynski8761]

Refinance your car. A car. You have a car, even though you can see whats 3 meters in front of you.

[@AZITHEMLGPRO]

This just in : Apple Visio pro cures mans blindness

[@vVex_]

You should try a Meta Quest 3, because it has a lot of similar features and it’s a fraction of the cost

[@TENshu-beyond]

Cooks apples changing blindness in a way well if you wanna get one hope you can see with it really well

[@ManishM-o2q]

In close to 100 years you would not be able to disabled in these ways I hope future is here

[@joaovmlsilva3509]

Someone please do a barebones version of the AV and just put the see through vision

[@samuelgunter]

thought this was a shitpost at first based on the title/thumbnail (because, generally, my interpretation of "blind" is "can't see at all")

[@TheAppleLoadout]

Even “blind” people understand how click bait works. “Vision Impaired tries Vision Pro” is too much to ask.

[@silentwhisper868]

​@@TheAppleLoadout im pretty sure he's legally blind so it's not clickbait. Most blind people can see something.

[@wheelieblind]

That's nice but they do not work well inside depending on lighting.

[@gptty]

Good usage

[@Jant-u3k]

You should buy because this is probably going to inprove your life a lot

[@johnmarshalward]

Your Health Insurance should buy you one. "Should"

[@Morrisdweck1]

You should get one. Seeing is better than driving

[@BltchErica]

For anyone with similar vision problems, Meta has much cheaper alternatives that should work well at a fraction of the price, as low as $400.

[@florentammour525]

I watch some video who compare both, if Meta have similar product, Apple Vision Pro is best at almost every level (its logic, is a high end product). You choose what you can afford. But I think when it’s about health issues, I prefer to have the best product

[@BltchErica]

@@florentammour525 It's $3,500

[@shirleyprieto9790]

I just got the QUEST 3 (after having the QUEST & QUEST 2) and today demoed the Vision Pro for my near-blind father. This is a game-changer for him and is a far superior product for those with sight and other challenges, especially because it will allow him to more easily view his desktop environment. Meta apps for this just do not compare. For many in his situation, the cost is worth sacrificing in other areas.

[@BltchErica]

@@shirleyprieto9790 For computing purposes Vision Pro is definitely superior, but I think for a person who doesn't use computers much, Quest 3 and Quest Pro can work pretty well for just a fraction of the cost. It's important to keep in mind that you'd be spending at least $1k extra if you wanna compute with the Vision Pro as their computers are crazy expensive as well, and you'd be stuck in their ecosystem.

[@Rudgged]

Not even close to the same pass through, nice try

[@YerStewpid]

This is very off topic, but I have that same shirt but in a short sleeve variant

[@JonasViatte]

Apple should really integrate the ability to “pin” an app just like the zoom window is pinned and follows you around. For anyone using this while walking around and not just sitting on a couch, that would be very useful.

[@Novex-101]

Ironic how its called the Apple 'Vision' Pro.

[@impc8265]

can't wait for deaf people to try out airpods max

[@ASH7388]

Wait…. Why do you have a car when you are vision impaired?

[@Gmodifire]

Sooo, very expensive glasses 😂

[@gravecode]

So essentially their like Geordi La Forge's visors

[@soulstriker6]

If this help you with your vision, then definetly get one.

[@-R_R-Neroism]

Go to a doctor and ask them if it ok for you to use vision like this, I think this is bad for your eyes because the close panel, just ask a doctor, don't promote Apple's Vision MR like this, it's your eyes, even me won't use a VR set up this long, it damage my eyes surely, but I don't know if it is ok for you.

[@Phoenix-ov5gg]

Thanks for imparting your wisdom Mr armchair expert

[@marsmech]

I wonder if this could be added to your eye insurance.

[@luisbetancourt-dp7hh]

I mean you are legally blind... Not blind as a mole blind

[@Ripperr_]

if this man buys one, i will be at peace