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#Apple upgraded the #VisionPro to the latest M5 chip. The improved #headset also features a more comfortable strap and better battery life.
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This is where Griff is going to tell us
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about the um M5 Vision Pro.
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Sure. So, it has the uh new M5 chip. I
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was curious if they were going to revive
0:10
the or revise the R1 chip, the the chip
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that handles all the u you know camera
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inputs and all that, but no, it's the
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same R1 chip as before, just the new M5
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chip. So, this is interesting. You know,
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people are wondering like what what is
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the Vision Pro going to do with the
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extra power? they just, you know, only
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updating it to update it so they don't
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have to keep making M2s. But, uh, here
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we go. With the extra power, the
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displays render 10% more pixels on the
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micro OLED displays compared to the
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previous generation, resulting in a
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sharper image and crisper text and more
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detailed visuals. It also has a boosted
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frame rate, so it now goes up to 120 Hz.
0:47
So, that reduces the amount of motion
0:48
blur that it has to do when, you know,
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users look at their physical
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surroundings. Because right now the
0:53
Vision Pro, I think it only goes up to
0:54
90 hertz because it has to drive like,
0:57
you know, over 8K of pixels and do all
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this complicated camera mixing and stuff
1:02
like that. So, it's understandable that
1:04
they can't push that many pixels at that
1:05
resolution, especially with like all the
1:07
phobiated rendering that they have to do
1:09
to, you know, increase the resolution
1:11
around your eyes. So,
1:12
yeah. So, I saw some discussion about
1:13
this, like people were saying, oh, you
1:14
know, maybe that the screens have been
1:15
upgraded, but they haven't, have they?
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They're the they're the same 4K OL OLED
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uh Sony screens. So, it's a little bit I
1:21
think Apple's just doing a little bit of
1:23
you know number man not manipulation but
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I mean it's not but the only thing
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I I think what this means is they're
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increasing the area of pixels on the
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screen that are perfectly clear like you
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know they they have the same displays in
1:35
them but you know now when you look in
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your eye like more of the area around
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where you're looking will be perfect
1:40
will be clearer and it'll be in higher
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resolution
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right because this is to do with foli
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foliated uh whatever it's called
1:45
rendering right because it's only um
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rendering in high resolution the part
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that you're actually looking at
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everything else in your peripheral
1:52
vision is is is at a lower pixel
1:54
density. Right. So,
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um so you get 10% more clarity in that
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tiny little area that you're actually
2:01
actively looking at.
2:02
Yeah. And there is more wiggle room like
2:04
you know you can if you you know tilt
2:07
your head in a certain way and you're
2:08
looking at like you know a line that's
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only supposed to be drawn like a couple
2:11
pixels high you can see like where the
2:13
pixels begin and end because it'll like
2:15
you know step down on like a slightly
2:16
jagged edge or you know you look at text
2:19
and in Safari you can't make text as
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small as it would be like if you were
2:23
just reading it on a computer on your
2:25
phone because the Vision Pro does have a
2:27
lot of wiggle room to to be clearer like
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it's not a perfectly clear display. So,
2:32
I'll be really curious to see how how
2:34
big of a difference this makes.
2:36
Yeah. Yeah. Well, we're going to get one
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and we're going to test it out. So,
2:39
we're doing a review, right, Griffin?
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And
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Oh, yeah.
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Um, the new model promises quote an even
2:44
smoother experience when using Mac
2:46
virtual display thanks to the uh
2:48
resolution and frame rate increases. Um,
2:51
probably because it's driven at 120
2:53
hertz now. So, if you have a Mac display
2:56
with a prootion, like a MacBook Pro, it
2:59
it'll probably be, you know, going at
3:00
the full 120, which is an improvement. I
3:03
don't know. They don't really specify
3:05
what that means, but that's what I
3:06
assume it means. So, we'll see. Uh, the
3:09
battery life has increased. The old
3:11
model claimed two hours of battery life.
3:13
The new one, thanks to the M5, has 2 and
3:16
1/2 hours of mixed usage and 3 hours of
3:19
video playback. And people were actually
3:21
like comparing these. If you buy a
3:23
replacement battery on apple.com, the
3:26
battery itself hasn't changed.
3:28
If you buy a replacement battery, it
3:30
still says like those specs for, you
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know, two hours on the original one, two
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and a half hours on the new one. So,
3:35
that is all thanks to the M5.
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That's crazy, isn't it? That's a That's
3:38
a huge increase, isn't it? Just thanks
3:39
to the chip. I'm surprised.
3:41
Yeah. Like an extra 25% more battery.
3:43
That's crazy.
3:44
Yeah, Matt.
3:45
Uh but the big difference comes down to
3:48
the design. Um the the headset itself is
3:51
mostly unchanged, but it comes with a
3:53
new dual knit band that combines the
3:56
best of both bands that they offered
3:58
with the original one. So, and Apple's
4:01
marketing images, you know, you're all
4:02
familiar with like, you know, the the
4:03
the solo knit band, the stretchy one,
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the one that looks really cool. I always
4:06
think it looks kind of like a like an
4:07
astronaut equipment or something like
4:09
that.
4:10
The one that's in all the marketing
4:11
images. That's not the one that most
4:12
people use. Most people use the um I
4:15
don't I remember what they call it, the
4:16
the CPAP strap.
4:18
Yeah. Yeah.
4:20
the the Velcro band. It's like a Velcro
4:22
band that has like, you know, a thin
4:23
little strap around the back and one
4:24
that goes on top. And I don't like it.
4:27
It's kind of finicky. Um it's kind of
4:29
annoying to put on and take off. It's
4:30
not super easy to use like the the Solo
4:33
knit band. Well, now the dual knit band
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uh combines the best of both worlds.
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It's basically a solo knit band in back,
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but it has an a second, you know,
4:42
matching stretchy strap that goes over
4:44
the top of your head as well. And and
4:46
this is really clever. They have um they
4:49
they've re-engineered the fit dial, the
4:51
little simple little dial you can spin.
4:53
You can still spin it to tighten it in
4:55
the back or you can pop it out and spin
4:57
it and it'll tighten it on top. So now
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it it does both, which is pretty cool.
5:03
Very nice. Yeah, that engineering in
5:05
that band is crazy. They put tungsten in
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it, didn't they? To to balance it, to
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counterweight the the weight of the
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Vision Pro on your face. So it's got
5:12
more weight. It's got tungsten inserts
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in the back now to try and, you know,
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pull your head back.
5:17
Oh, I didn't know about that. That's
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cool.
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And it's that's why people were saying
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there's a weight increase. There's
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actually a weight increase. And that's
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what that's due mostly, I think, to the
5:25
um to the tungsten inserts.
5:26
Huh. Yeah, that that makes sense. Um I I
5:29
had heard about that that they were
5:30
inserting tungsten into it. But uh
5:32
that'll explain it because that is that
5:33
is something that that stood out to me.
5:35
The new one is something like 23%
5:37
heavier than the old one. Like not a
5:39
small increase in weight, a pretty
5:40
notable increase in weight. Yeah, that's
5:43
what everyone wanted, an even heavier
5:44
headset.
5:45
Yeah,
5:45
but apparently it's more more balanced
5:47
now. So,
5:48
that'll be an interesting thing to to
5:50
test out.
5:51
Yeah. Um, and it's worth noting that the
5:53
uh the the the dual knit band is
5:55
backwards compatible with the old one.
5:56
They didn't change the connector at all.
5:58
So, you can buy the dual knit band for
5:59
just $99 and you can get it on your
6:01
original Vision Pro. So, that's pretty
6:03
nice. Um, they didn't they didn't touch
6:06
the price at all. They didn't touch the
6:07
specs at all. So, it's still 34.99 for
6:11
256 gigabytes of storage. I was hoping
6:14
at least Apple would, you know, tweak
6:16
one or the other, like, you know, double
6:18
your storage or lower the price a little
6:20
bit, but it doesn't seem like they're
6:22
interested in that at this time. So,
6:25
really what I'm what I'm seeing from
6:26
this is this is a just a revised product
6:30
for the people who still have yet to buy
6:33
a Vision Pro who want to. They're
6:35
they're not they're not seeking to get
6:37
any original Vision Pro owners to
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upgrade, you know, to the upgrade from
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the M2 to the M5. This is like, you
6:44
know, if anybody hasn't yet bought a
6:45
Vision Pro, if they happen to buy one
6:47
this year or next year, they'll happen
6:49
to get a faster one.
6:50
Yeah. Right. No one's No one's going to
6:51
upgrade. I mean, everyone's going to buy
6:52
the Nitband. That's it. Our current
6:54
current owners,
6:56
uh, they now have the their their fancy
6:59
new 40 watt dynamic power adapter in the
7:01
box that dynamically goes up to 60
7:04
watts. when it's running at peak
7:05
performance. Uh the Zeiss optical
7:08
inserts, I'm pretty sure are are still
7:10
compatible. I checked on Apple's
7:11
website, you know, they this is actually
7:13
worth noting. In a lot of areas, Apple
7:15
doesn't mention that there are two
7:17
versions of the Vision Pro. They're not
7:18
calling this the Vision Pro 2. They
7:20
don't call this Vision Pro parenthesis
7:22
M5. Uh there are a lot of areas where
7:25
they only they still only call it Vision
7:28
Pro. So, this is really like Vision Pro
7:30
1.5 or you know Vision Pro that happens
7:32
to include an M5 inside of it. Like they
7:35
if you go to the um Apple Store website
7:37
and look at the and you expand the
7:39
little compatibility tab on any of the
7:41
Vision Pro accessories, it just says
7:43
compatible with Vision Pro and it
7:46
doesn't even mention that there are two
7:47
of them. So,
7:50
have they have they um stopped selling
7:51
the old one now?
7:52
They have stopped selling the old one.
7:54
The rumors say that they stopped
7:55
manufacturing the old one a while ago
7:57
and were just selling through their
7:58
inventory of it, but um
8:00
one at a time.
8:02
Yeah.
8:03
When I was actually at the Apple store
8:04
picking up my iPhone, I noticed there
8:05
was nobody getting um demos.
8:09
I mean, you know, weird day for it, but
8:10
I I thought the exact same thing. They
8:12
got it positioned right there at the
8:13
entrance of that Union Square one, you
8:15
know, Giant Vision Pro. Well, not I mean
8:18
on a poll, right? A couple of them. And
8:20
it's just like nobody's at all even
8:22
looking at them or anything else.
8:24
They're just like sitting there. People
8:25
are coming up and like filling out
8:27
receipts and and whatever on on the
8:29
table.
8:31
It's a shame. It's a shame because
8:32
that's, you know, it's a great demo.
8:34
It's it's absolutely magical. I was
8:35
totally blown away with the with the,
8:37
you know, when they the 30 minutes where
8:38
they um they walk you through it and
8:40
it's free. I mean, it's it's absolutely
8:42
superb. It's it's totally fun. Uh
8:45
everyone should be doing it and
8:46
especially at Apple Union store, Union
8:48
Square. I mean, that thing is full of
8:49
tourists and it's packed night and day.
8:52
I'm surprised that no people aren't
8:53
taking advantage of that.
8:54
I'm surprised that tourists don't do it,
8:56
you know, like uh like because it's like
8:58
a a free 30 minute VR extravaganza,
9:01
right? I mean, you you could you could
9:03
see like down in Fisherman's War if they
9:04
could charge you, you know, 20 bucks for
9:06
it,
9:06
right? Yeah.
9:08
I mean, the other thing is if there if
9:09
there's like an immersive video that
9:10
sounds interesting to you, any of the
9:12
listeners, go to an Apple store and see
9:14
if you can just watch it. They're not
9:15
that long. They're usually under 30
9:17
minutes. That's kind of the problem I
9:18
have with it. But
9:19
you could probably stay there all day.
9:21
Yeah.
9:21
Yeah. They're they're sitting there all
9:22
day if there's nobody else, you know,
9:24
having an appointment booked, which
9:25
there probably won't be. You can
9:26
probably just watch a whole immersive
9:28
video on it. Um I I recommend that any
9:30
any listeners uh who want to try it out.
9:33
So all the accessories for the old
9:35
Vision Pro are still compatible with the
9:36
new one. They it still comes with almost
9:38
everything the same in the box. So this
9:40
is very much like the same product
9:42
except with a better chip in it. Right.
9:45
I was I was kind of shocked by that
9:46
battery life statistic. I mean I didn't
9:49
realize just how I mean like you can't
9:52
get through like some movies on the
9:55
battery right right now. Like I mean a
9:56
lot of movies are over two and a half
9:58
hours long.
9:59
Yeah. I mean the truth is that almost
10:01
all the time when you're watching a
10:02
movie sitting in a Vision Pro you're
10:04
plugged in
10:04
sitting down stationary. You can just
10:06
have it plugged in anyways. I only ever
10:08
unplug the Vision Pro if, you know, I'm,
10:10
you know, actually in the middle of
10:12
something and I don't want to take it
10:13
off when I walk over to the kitchen to
10:15
fill up my water or, you know, make
10:17
lunch.
10:17
Don't you worry when you're washing up?
10:19
Yeah. I don't really use the battery on
10:22
it too often and if I do it's only for
10:23
like an hour or so at a time because I'm
10:25
only you know ever not sitting down for
10:27
an hour or so at a