Day 51: Apple Vision Pro

2026-03-29

Hello! A friend gave me a camera rag and cleaning kit. Autastic.

I've taken a photo of an Apple headset before. In Toronto, Canada, I took a photo of it a few months after it was officially released, and before it became available to purchase in all countries.

I then uploaded the photo to Wikimedia Commons and licensed it appropriately. You can see my thoughts on Creative Commons and Wikipedia on a previous article where I submitted a different photo for a competition. The headset I photographed in Toronto now shows up on its Wikipedia page, if you scroll down a little.

This photo doesn't have anything to do with Wikipedia though, and doesn't have a special license. While killing time, I walked into a shopping mall that had loads of luxury brands, including automobile manufacturers, jewelry companies, and tech companies like Apple.

The science fiction idea of a headset that displays an alternate reality has probably been talked about loads (there are, after all, five lights), but right now, the only customers of these alternate reality headsets are rich and fringe.

To get this photo, I just walked in with my camera. The staff there are friendly, as always; as they tried to demonstrate new features to my family, I scanned the store to get candid moments of people trying various products. People were trying to put on the headset (including me), but the staff warned us that it was bolted on. You've got to book some time with the headset, and my lazy bum decided it wasn't worth the effort.

But so long as you're not being disruptive (and it doesn't look like you're taking commercial photos), the staff at Apple and Porsche don't mind.

By the way, companies like Apple have extensive style guides that mandate how you should be referring to their products and features, including this headset. I've read some of it for today's article, but it's bollocks and I can't be arsed to follow it to their exacting standards. They tell me to never call this a headset, but I exclusively refer to it as such. I found out about this silly style guide from a one-off game show on YouTube, of all places.

Finally, a music recommendation. I was looking for a specific genre of music, and I haven't found it yet. But I found this along the way! British singer Celeste's album Not Your Muse is sometimes smooth, sometimes energetic. I like the energetic songs more (especially Stop This Flame, with its release cut piano sound), but they're all worth a first listen.

Cheers,
David