Subj : Apple Vision Pro update promises to fix two of its most glaring w
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Date : Wed Feb 07 2024 11:45:04

Apple Vision Pro update promises to fix two of its most glaring weaknesses

Date:
Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:36:14 +0000

Description:
A beta update for Apples Vision Pro improves its Personas and helps you out 
if you forget your passcode.

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The Apple Vision Pro is shaping up to be one of the best VR headsets you can 
buy, but its still come in for its fair share of criticism since launching 
last week. Now, though, Apple is working to fix two of its most glaring 
problems with an update to the devices visionOS operating system. 

The first issue concerned the Vision Pros Personas feature for video calls. 
Instead of showing you with a giant VR headset wrapped around your face on 
the call, the Vision Pro did a bunch of clever processing to digitally remove 
the headset, making it look like you were just conducting a normal video 
call. 

At least, that was the intention. In practice, lots of people found their 
Personas to be downright creepy, with the results veering into uncanny valley 
territory. Luckily, Apples update improves those Personas to make them a 
little less uncomfortable. 

After installing the visionOS 1.1 beta update, youll be prompted to rescan 
your Persona to get the latest appearance updates. While the new scan looks 
fairly similar to old personas, plenty of people on social media have 
reported that their results feel like an improvement over the old versions. 
Apple says that Personas are still in beta, so hopefully theyll continue to 
improve over time. Reset your passcode (Image credit: Future) 

Thats not the only way the visionOS 1.1 beta is improving Apples headset. 
Earlier this week, it was reported that youd have to take your Vision Pro 
into an Apple Store if you did something as simple as forget its passcode . 
Fortunately, that wont be necessary anymore once you update your headset. 

News outlet 9to5Mac spotted code in the visionOS 1.1 beta that will allow you 
to erase all content on the headset if you forget the passcode. Thats a 
drastic step, but it will at least let you create a new (and hopefully more 
memorable) passcode. Note that since the Vision Pro comes with Activation 
Lock enabled, youll need to enter your Apple ID password to reactivate it 
after the reset. 

Previously, you could only reset your passcode in the Settings app, but the 
Settings app itself was inaccessible without a passcode, creating a situation 
that was impossible to resolve without Apples help. It was a strange 
oversight for Apple, a company that is usually so on the ball when it comes 
to small details. 

Regardless, these are two welcome changes coming to the Vision Pro. Hopefully 
they could be the start of Apple fixing a few of the headset's other issues 
and missing features to help make it an even better device. You might also 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/apple-vision-pro-update-promises-to-fix-tw
o-of-its-most-glaring-weaknesses


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