r/VisionPro

If the leaks are accurate, Phoenix looks less like a Quest 4 and more like Meta’s answer to Vision Pro — prioritizing comfort and price over maximum specs.

Meta Project Phoenix — rumored

• ~100–110 g headset
• External compute + battery puck
• 2560×2560 micro-OLED per eye
• Pancake lenses
• Eye + hand tracking
• Look-and-pinch interface
• No controllers included
• Mixed-reality passthrough
• Open-periphery design
• Horizon OS
• Focus on productivity, virtual monitors and media
• Target price reportedly under $1,000
• Possible H1 2027 release
• CPU/GPU, RAM and battery life still unknown

M5 Vision Pro

• 750–800 g headset + 353 g external battery
• ~23 million total pixels (~3660×3200 per eye)
• Micro-OLED
• M5 + dedicated R1 chip
• 16 GB unified memory
• Eye + hand tracking
• High-quality color passthrough + LiDAR
• Optic ID
• 256 GB–1 TB storage
• 90/96/100/120 Hz
• 2.5-hour battery
• $3,499

The tradeoff is pretty interesting: Phoenix could be around 1/7 the head-worn weight and less than 1/3 the price, but with substantially lower display resolution and likely much less processing power.

If Meta really delivers a ~100 g micro-OLED headset with good passthrough and Vision Pro-style eye/hand navigation for under $1,000, I think comfort alone could make it serious competition.

Would you trade Vision Pro’s display quality and performance for something dramatically lighter?

Hey r/AppleVisionPro,

I'm a student , and my team's final challenge is to build and ship a visionOS app. We're completely stuck on the idea itself — not the dev part, the "what should we even build" part.

We keep brainstorming stuff that sounds cool on paper but honestly feels like a tech demo, not something anyone would actually use daily. So instead of guessing, I wanted to ask people who actually wear this thing regularly — at home, at work, on flights, whatever your use case is.

We're looking for something that's realistic for a small student team to build in a limited timeframe, but that solves a real annoyance or genuinely makes your day-to-day life better with the headset on.

If you've ever thought "man, I wish there was an app that did ___" — that's exactly the kind of comment we need. Doesn't matter how niche or simple it sounds.

Appreciate any input, even one-liners help a ton.

Hi everyone!

We’re a student team from Apple Developer Academy @ POSTECH (Korea), currently working on a project around the experience of using Vision Pro during long flights.

Lately, we’ve been curious about what it’s actually like to use Vision Pro on a long flight. We’ve heard a lot about how immersive it can be, but we’d love to hear from people who have actually spent hours with it on a plane — what the experience was like, what you enjoyed, and what you found difficult or unexpected.

We’d really like to hear from people who have actually used Vision Pro on a medium- or long-haul flight. We’re not looking for any particular answer — we’re genuinely curious about what the experience was like for you, including the good, the bad, and the things you wish were different.

Even if you don’t have time for an interview, we’d really appreciate hearing about your experience in the comments. And if you’d be open to a short 20–30 minute online conversation with us, please leave a comment or send me a message. It would genuinely mean a lot to us and help us understand the experience better.

Thanks so much! We’d really love to hear your stories. 🙏

I'm wondering if this is expected but if I'm doing something wrong. If I leave my battery attached to the AVP and take it off, the battery will fully drain overnight. As if the headset is using significant power. But if I disconnect the battery from the headset the battery will retain its charge for weeks. Is this normal? Is the expectation that you pretty much always disconnect the battery from the headset?

It really irks me using MVD on any display size as it's always capped at 60 Hz, so it's a very noticeable and even drastic difference from using visionOS and from my ProMotion MacBook Pro 16" display - do we have any idea why it is not at least 90 Hz or more? Even with the Developer Strap 2nd Generation it's still 60 Hz, very disappointing...

I am using ALVR to play VR games on my PC. Everything works, however every time I load up steam VR interface, I have to pair my PSVR2 controllers in order to navigate the menus. Which is frustrating for me, because I only play MSFS 2024 which I use my xbox controller to play. Is there a way to navigate through Steam VR's UI using anything else such as using my mouse or xbox controller to move around and click on buttons?

Hey everyone, I wanted to get some opinions about something that happened to my Apple Vision Pro.
A couple of days ago, I noticed the typical hairline crack right above the nose bridge.
I sent it in to Apple expecting a standard warranty repair, but the depot emailed me back saying they found another tiny hairline crack near the top-right air vent. Because of this, they told me it's no longer covered under warranty for free and classified it as accidental damage. Now they're asking me to pay $800 for the repair.
Basically, their reasoning is that one single crack is free under warranty, but having two cracks means it's accidental damage.
I honestly feel like both of these are purely stress/quality issues, as there are no marks, dents, or chips anywhere on the glass.
Has anyone experienced something similar with multiple cracks? What should I do in this situation, and is there any way to fight this? thanks.

I know there's no official Netflix app, but do any of the third-party apps that let you watch Netflix also allow downloads? Or do I need to sail the high seas for this? Trying to watch Tires on my flight on Thursday...

Is it a good deal or not ?

The macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate that Apple seeded today has a reference to Headset (N109) in the code. Bloomberg previously said N109 was a second-generation Vision Pro, while The Information said it was a cheaper version of the Vision Pro. A more affordable version of the Vision Pro was reportedly canceled last year. It has not been in prior macOS releases.

Is it worth getting the M5 over the M2 if the difference is $1,000? I can get a brand-new M5 for $1,000 off MSRP, or a used M2 for another $1,000 less. I’m not sure the M5 is worth the extra money, especially considering it still only supports Wi-Fi 6. Would appreciate any input from anyone who’s tried both.

Would love to get some advice as I’ve just ordered an external Blu Ray drive for my MacBook and bought some 3D blu rays on eBay that aren’t available digitally.

I’ve done some googling and found a lots of different apps for both ripping 3D content and seems like there’s a lot of different visionOS apps for playback. Would love any personal recommendations on apps or workflows that you’d recommend - thanks so much!