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Apple Vision Pro (pictured above) price starts at $3,499 in the US
Apple's ambitions, as evident by a newly filed patent by the company for a future version of the Vision Pro with lenses that may be tunable for vision correction.
An Apple patent submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and published on August 22 describes a head-mounted device with fluid-filled adjustable lenses. Both lenses would be aligned corresponding to the 's respective eyes. When a – suffering from presbyopia (farsightedness) – is wearing the device, the optical power of adjustable lenses may be tweaked to counteract it.
The patent also suggests that the fluid-filled lenses may for various situations. For instance, they may adjust to provide a 0 power diopter when the is looking far away but may adjust to provide the optimal amount of power when the viewfinder is pointed towards a nearby object, to make up for their farsightedness.
The said device may be paired to another electronic device that would send it sensor data and instructions for changing the focal point based on the obtained information. It would do so upon receiving a trigger, such as a notification, gesture or button press, from the . Its suite of sensors could include 3D Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), radio frequency sensors, infrared or visible light cameras, gaze tracking sensors, force and sensors, in addition to gyroscope, ambient light sensors and more.
If this Apple Vision Pro model is developed, it could potentially make the Zeiss inserts redundant, which the company currently bundles with its MR headset for people with vision impairments.
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