Positive reviews for Apple Vision Pro, but long-term VR use may have significant consequences on the human brain, affecting perception and causing side effects

Business Insider February 11, 2024, 12:00 PM UTC

Summary: The Apple Vision Pro headset has received positive reviews for its design and precise video and sound. However, long-term use of VR headsets like the Vision Pro could have significant consequences on the human brain, affecting perception and causing side effects such as nausea and distorted vision. Passthrough technology, used in these headsets, may lead to a society-wide experiment that could rewire our sense of reality and make it harder to agree on what constitutes reality. This could have social and ethical implications.

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