The internet is going crazy over the Apple Vision Pro’s new Dual Knit Band, with AI users creating increasingly fantastical mutant versions of the distinctive-looking strap.
The craze started with people turning the white knit headband into a head-covering hat, but kicked into overdrive after X.com user John Dagdelen posted an image Sunday of a samurai warrior dressed head-to-toe in Vision Pro-inspired armor.
“We are not thinking big enough,” Dagdelen said in his X.com post. Dagdelen, founder of the Fluid operating system for VR headsets, who said he used ChatGPT to create the Vision Pro samurai image.
His AI creation clearly inspired others to think bigger … or at least weirder.
A wild array of AI creations followed, including some that animated Dagdelen’s samurai. The jokesters envisioned all sorts of bizarre designs and uses, from Star Wars characters to high-fashion gowns and handbags. There’s even an automotive design where the lenses make up a car’s front grill and headlights.
“There are some pretty creative ones,” Dagdelen told Cult of Mac.
Apple Vision Pro’s Dual Knit Band goes wild in AI creations
Apple’s pricey Vision Pro headset is once again making cultural waves — but for all the wrong reasons. Rather than gushing reviews about the headset’s technical prowess and innovative user interface, people are teeing off on the Dual Knit Band’s eye-catching design.
The new strap looks like the previous model’s Solo Knit Band, a pleated, off-white headband that looks like something out of a sci-fi flick. The Dual Knit Band adds a second strap that arches over the wearer’s head, making the device more comfortable for many folks who use the heavy headset — and triggering some people who seem appalled by just how much of the wearer’s head it now covers.
The updated Vision Pro, which Apple unveiled earlier this month, runs on an M5 chip, but the Dual Knit Band is the real upgrade. However, the online reaction is reminiscent of when people ridiculed the Vision Pro’s ghostly EyeSight feature after the original headset launched early last year.
As you can see below, onlookers seem to find the improved headband rather amusing. They take the Dual Knit Band to new and surprising places — and always “bigger,” as Dagdelen proposed in his samurai post. (One response simply shows the headset strapped over planet Earth.)
‘We are not thinking big enough’
We are not thinking big enough. https://t.co/9RSdU8q0uL pic.twitter.com/PzSc3yOf5A
— johnd (@jmdagdelen) October 27, 2025
Variations on the warrior theme
Loads of people took Dagdelen’s original samurai theme and ran with it. Animated versions brought it to life. (I guess the sumo version isn’t exactly a riff on the samurai, but hey — Japan!)
Hard Look pic.twitter.com/lhEDltIr4E
— Red Dream (@RedDreamSnaps) October 27, 2025
Yes pic.twitter.com/fLbQN2By1R
— Greg Dziemidowicz | MarineVerse (@dziemid) October 27, 2025
Introducing the Apple Vision Pro (Sumo Edition) now with full-body fabric integration pic.twitter.com/HFq3rbzeVU
— James Smythe (@jstjs_) October 27, 2025
— Kabir Sharma (@KabirSharma09) October 27, 2025
Time/Space displacement physicists pic.twitter.com/hLONP2MfmP
— bidth (@bidth44) October 27, 2025
Fashion statements: Vision Pro hat and more
Christian Selig dreamed up the Vision Pro Hat on the day the M5 model debuted. The high-fashion gown, purse and sneakers might actually make it to the runway!
With the Vision Pro getting the dual headband now I just wish they'd fully commit and make a Vision Pro Hat pic.twitter.com/R4QxmBD32M
— Christian Selig (@ChristianSelig) October 15, 2025
This is replaces my previous fave! pic.twitter.com/8gprQDSqmL
— Josh (@jalphonzee) October 27, 2025
Why not?https://t.co/ymNXeT82lM
— Ege (@egeberkina) October 27, 2025
The world is not enough
Now that’s big.
Is this big enough ( 一一) pic.twitter.com/LF79afHIdG
— mayank parnami (@HighBarbarian) October 27, 2025
Star Wars and Halo characters
The Dual Knit Band’s sci-fi look seems like a natural fit for these creations.
Big enough? pic.twitter.com/MIlJsiDHmc
— Arjun (@the_work_of_art) October 27, 2025
so are you. pic.twitter.com/VyNjkgGqIR
— ToolFolio (@toolfolio) October 27, 2025
Michelin man
Giving the classic tire mascot a Vision Pro vibe is genius.
Michelin pic.twitter.com/sr4cFYbd0x
— Emil (@LongDstRunner) October 27, 2025
Spooky …
Is it a mummy or the invisible man? Either way, this look would be just in time for Halloween!
— Bushman♡ (@Bushman_01) October 27, 2025
The Vision Pro car
It’s the Apple car we never got.
— Naveen Krishnareddy (@naveenrajak) October 27, 2025
Vision Pro: Making its mark on culture at last
Ever since Apple released the Vision Pro, we’ve had mixed feelings about the headset. It’s an undeniably magic device — and yet it’s hard to recommend it, due to its high price and its isolating nature.
Perhaps AI-generated craziness like the images inspired by Dagdelen’s provocative post will make the Vision Pro more relatable. After all, there was a time when we couldn’t imagine AirPods not looking ridiculous jammed in people’s ears.
