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Apple’s Vision Pro brings a burst of bizarre to Zoom calls

Get ready to zoom into the future.

Your meetings are about to turn wild and sci-fi with Apple’s latest strap-on gizmo, the Vision Pro headset.

As of Friday, you can (well, at least virtually) come into a conference room near you and ditch your tired old office attire and trade it in for a digital avatar whose fake smiles and eyebrow movements can be imitated in real time.

Zoom is preparing you to be your pixel-perfect self and join meetings from the comfort of your chosen reality with the new visionOS app.

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The Zoom call seems to be going crazy.

Imagine dialing into a work progress meeting not only from your cluttered home office, but also as a sophisticated avatar complete with hand gestures and more. Your boss’ avatar may have a floating cup of joe, and your colleague’s digital self may be wearing a virtual Hawaiian shirt. Because why not? Zoom’s new persona feature It’s basically FaceTime on Vision Pro, so much so that you’ll wonder if you’re in a meeting or playing a video game.

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turn you into a game character

But hold on to your ergonomic chair. That’s not all. Zoom doesn’t just turn us all into glorified Sim characters. With Vision Pro’s His AR feature, video calls appear as floating windows in real space, and soon you’ll be able to pin your colleague’s avatars around the room like futuristic sticky notes. Forget about sharing boring old spreadsheets. 3D object sharing is just around the corner, allowing you to bring the latest 3D models into your virtual life right in front of your eyes.

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Apps not appearing in Vision Pro at startup

Well, not everything is perfect in virtual paradise. Netflix and YouTube They work hard to get them and won’t be at the launch party. So if you’ve been wanting to sneak in some Netflix while considering your budget, you’ll have to settle for a less immersive browser experience. But it’s not all doom and gloom, as it also comes with around 200 other apps, including all the streaming powerhouses from Disney+ to Crunchyroll.

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Vision Pro: The next big thing or a new technology fad?

The Vision Pro is priced at a hefty $3,499, but it remains to be seen whether it’s the next big thing or just another technology fad. But one thing’s for sure: With the new Zoom app, work meetings are a lot less predictable. Put on your headset and get ready for takeoff. The future of work is here, and it looks… interesting, to say the least.

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A woman wearing an Apple Vision Pro headset. (apple)

Cart important points

Apple Vision Pro and the new Zoom app promise to revolutionize the way we work and communicate in the future. They offer us the opportunity to escape the everyday and embrace the extraordinary, express ourselves in new and creative ways, and collaborate with others in immersive and interactive environments. However, some questions also arise about the impact of such technology. Are we ready to blur the lines between reality and virtual, human and avatar, work and theater?

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