Apple’s Vision Pro headset, a brave new world for computing

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I took two test drives of the tech giant’s just-launched $3,499 futuristic ‘spatial computing’ headset – and I was thoroughly impressed

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I knew that none of the images presented before my eyes were an actual flesh and blood reality, but after a few seconds I didn’t care. I felt myself being carried away by what I was looking at. I had a bona fide experience that was richer and light years beyond what it feels like to stare at and interact with files, words, and images on my MacBook Air.

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