- A user named Dante posted a video of himself getting pulled over for driving a Tesla while wearing the new Apple Vision Pro glasses
- Dante posted the video on Friday, the same day the $3,500 headphones were released
- Apple explicitly warns against driving while wearing glasses on its safety information page
Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro camera hit the shelves on Friday, and one user shared a video of what not to do while wearing the new tech — driving a Tesla hands-free.
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On Friday, the same day as the virtual reality headset's launch, a user named Dante posted a video on X – formerly known as Twitter – showing himself driving a Tesla while wearing the new technology.
The video shows him wearing gray pants and a black long-sleeved shirt while driving his car on a highway in an unknown location with the Apple Vision Pro covering his eyes.
At one point, he takes both hands off the steering wheel and appears to touch a screen that can only be seen on the virtual headset.
The 25-second video posted on Twitter shows him being stopped by police. Dante sits in the parking lot as the cop car and its lights turn on behind him.
It is not known where he was driving or which police station stopped him. His Twitter account says he lives in Palo Alto, California.
The Apple Vision Pro safety information page on the company's website explicitly prohibits the use of the headset while driving.
“Never use Apple Vision Pro while operating a moving vehicle, bicycle, heavy machinery, or in any other situations that require attention to safety,” the site said.
The headset was launched alongside the iPhone 15 family in September. It's five times more expensive than rival Meta Quest 3, but Apple sold out pre-orders for the device on January 19 – 200,000 units are reserved.
While the headset starts at around $3,500, customers can purchase upgrades like storage and prescription accessories for $149.
It runs VisionOS, which Apple describes as “the world's first spatial operating system.”
Apple calls it “spatial computing” because it integrates content into the space around you.
Spatial computing is a way of describing the intersection between the physical world around us and the virtual world created by technology while enabling humans and machines to manipulate objects and spaces harmoniously.
Accomplishing these tasks often includes elements of augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence.
There are more than 600 new apps designed for headphones, and some of the virtual experiences include attending an Alicia Keys recording session, walking a tightrope, and petting a dinosaur.
A video of the Apple device shared on social media shows a person wearing tan pants and a gray jacket, using a headset, sitting in a New York City subway car and typing in the air.
In San Jose, California, a man wearing white pants and a black shirt was recording his walk down the street while using a headset, pausing to point out things that only he could see on his screen.
In London, a video clip shows a man wearing a suit and headphones walking with his robotic dog down the street.
An episode of The Simpsons from 2016 foreshadowed some scenes of people walking the streets wearing virtual reality headsets.
In the episode, Mr. Burns hires Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie to play a virtual reality family, which is finally becoming a technology accessible to everyone.
A montage shows all the Simpsons characters wearing virtual reality sets as they walk into lampposts and fall into pits.
Principal Seymour Skinner takes a virtual picnic and Homer and Marge lie side by side in bed where they almost kiss.
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