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Bloggers started publishing their reviews of Apple Vision Pro, providing additional impressions on device capabilities.

Reviewers highlight potential limitations with AR, especially ability to read text in low-light environments.

Launch screen icons could not be rearranged in the current visionOS version.

Most reviewers claim that Digital Persona feature is 'not yet there'. Most of them agree that it looks uncanny. Feature is currently is in 'beta' state.

Virtual keyboard is also considered unusable for longer typing. Bluetooth keyboard is a must for those who expect to type a lot with Vision Pro.

Also, next watchOS release will allow to skip 'double tap' gesture recognition on the watch while using Vision Pro.

References and further reading/watching:

• Apple Vision Pro Reviews and Unboxing Videos Shared Ahead of Launch
• Reviews highlight nine problems with Vision Pro passthrough: ‘VR trying to be AR’
• You can’t edit your Apple Vision Pro home screen: visionOS apps are arranged alphabetically
• What Reviewers Have Learned about Apple Vision Pro
• Apple Vision Pro battery life test results: under promise, slightly over deliver
• Here’s what it’s like using Vision Pro as an external Mac display
• Apple Watch can ignore double tap gesture when using Vision Pro
• ★ The Vision Pro

With more details on Apple Vision Pro being available during WWDC23, developers found out that in current release of visionOS access to outward facing cameras will not be provided to third-party applications.

The only access apps could get is simulated camera with user's Digital Persona (and only if user approves access). This camera will act like front facing camera on iPhone allowing recoding of user's face reconstructed using ML model.

In order to build immersive AR experiences developers have to rely on ARKit entities and scene understanding capabilities.

Reference: Vision Pro keeping camera access under lock and key compared to iPhone and iPad

This fall businesses will be able to accept digital ID stored in Apple Wallet to verify customers. This could be used to verify identity or just customer's age. Biometric authentication will be required to access ID.

Starting this fall, businesses will be able to accept IDs in Apple Wallet — no additional hardware needed. This will streamline their ability to securely check a customer’s age in person for things like alcohol purchases, or to verify a customer’s identity at checkout for car rentals, and more. To seamlessly and securely present their ID in Wallet to an enabled business, users simply hold their iPhone or Apple Watch near the business’s iPhone. Users will be shown what information is being requested and whether the receiving party will be storing the information. Users will then be asked to authenticate and consent by using Face ID or Touch ID.

Apple Newsroom

Apple Newsroom: Apple previews new features coming to Apple services this fall

References:

• Apple Announces Businesses Can Accept iPhone IDs Later This Year
• Apple to expand how digital IDs can be used this fall