Yes, white haze is exactly what I’m experiencing. I did not notice this in the demo, but on my units that I brought home it’s like this. Makes it unusable.
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Glad I'm not the only one - this pretty much eliminates the chances of my unit being defective. Have to decide if "watching movies outdoors" in Yosemite/Mt Hood day time immersion to avoid the glare issue is a good enough compromise for $3500.
I have a hard time believing the review units. Were this bad, so wondering if there is a defective batch? If it’s as bad as I’m seeing then it’s really unusable.
Experiencing the glare as well when looking at anything colorful in a dark environment… kind of disappointing, might be a deal breaker for me.
Hope you get the glare issue resolved and they can figure out what is causing it. As a point of reference, I have not had any glare (so far). Used in bright, middle, and dark environments. All indoor so far.
Got my Vision Pro. The glare is horrendous. It’s definitely from inside. This thing is incredible and also fundamentally flawed. Definitely being returned, but I’ll post a review here first.
The lens design requires much brighter light source (than fresnel lenses on other VR kit) - and some of the light will be bouncing off your eyeball, and between the layers of the lens. Changing the position of your eye vis-a-vis the lens may reduce this effect.
This is absolutely an issue with the lens design and not the fit. I can confirm. The glare just became more and more obvious the more I used it.
Also, with how reviewers were talking about the high resolution, I was expecting much, much sharper. It's not bad, but when I take off the AVP and look at my MacBook Pro with its miniLED display, there's no question that my MBP is much sharper. As is my iPhone.
Passthrough is also a grainy mess in anything but the very brightest conditions.
Also, with how reviewers were talking about the high resolution, I was expecting much, much sharper. It's not bad, but when I take off the AVP and look at my MacBook Pro with its miniLED display, there's no question that my MBP is much sharper. As is my iPhone.
Passthrough is also a grainy mess in anything but the very brightest conditions.
I wish it wasn’t true, but I’m also definitely noticing the glare in dark environments. I really wanted to keep this, but the many compromises and imperfections really do add up.
I’m also having a glare issue. It’s mostly in the left lens. I have the haze around windows in certain circumstances but there is glare on the lens in a lot of situations. I thought it was from my prescription lenses but I tried it without and it was still there. Planning to inquire with Apple but guessing there is nothing that can be done
Don't bother, - it's an inherent flaw with the design.
I also tried realigning the lenses in a dark environment and no luck (there is a setting that allows you to move the individual lenses horizontally). For me there’s a constant glare on the lower outer edges Which are not at noticeable in bright environments watching bright content but extremely noticeable in dark environments / content. Add to that random glare depending on content (light sabers!) and it’s like you’re watching through dirty/ hazy glasses.
another way to describe it is when you’re wearing sunglasses and with your back to the sun so the sunlight reflects off you inner lens.
i had lasik surgery about 10 years ago. others who have the issue - did you also have lasik?
this is a deal breaker. Otherwise - the experience was good, not great. What was especially frustrating was text input. The virtual keyboard was awful and I had to resort to voice input
another way to describe it is when you’re wearing sunglasses and with your back to the sun so the sunlight reflects off you inner lens.
i had lasik surgery about 10 years ago. others who have the issue - did you also have lasik?
this is a deal breaker. Otherwise - the experience was good, not great. What was especially frustrating was text input. The virtual keyboard was awful and I had to resort to voice input
I’m having this issue and do not have lasik. At first I was getting some glare from an improper light seal fit with light coming in the sides, but got a better fit and am still seeing the glare when watching movies in the cinema theater. Total bummer
yes, it’s like seeing reflections on a tv (from a window, room lights, etc.
Do you ever wear sun glasses and get glare on the inside of the lens because the sun is behind you? or you can actually see the reflection of your eyeball? like that.
in my case, there’s a constant reflection of the lower outer edges of the lens Which is cloudy white haze but in the shape of the lens edges, and then various cloudy white haze throughout the screen depending on what content I’m watching.
If that’s the case, then it’s bad. No crystal clear movie viewing experience for me and certainly not worth the money.
The glare seems to be impacted by the fit for me, and repositioning it changes or illuminates the glare so I would say it has something to do with the light seal, if the light seal is impacting the fit
I moved the headset around manually on my face to test this. Effects the degree of the glare but does not remove it.
As others have said, it’s easy to rule out the light seal as the cause of the glare by simply using your headset inside a completely dark room.