After using the Vision Pro for more than a week, I continue to be amazed by the movie-watching experience that I first experienced at the Apple store. However, it is not without its flaws. With the Vision Pro, you can watch a movie from anywhere as long as you have WiFi. Naturally, I was excited to find the most comfortable way to enjoy a movie night by myself.
My favorite place to watch a movie or show is from my bed, so I decided to start there. It was almost as comfortable as I had imagined, but it felt isolating to watch something alone instead of with my boyfriend. However, I found it easier to find a comfortable position and stay there throughout a movie while wearing the Vision Pro. Although, I did have to reposition my window to keep it in my line of sight.
After some time, the comfort of watching in bed wore off, and the weight of the Vision Pro made laying down feel awkward. The 22.9-ounce headset isn’t exactly comfortable after a few hours of wearing it, but supporting my neck with a pillow helped alleviate some of the discomfort. The weight also made watching in my living room more difficult. Sitting up in the Vision Pro for over 90 minutes made watching a Marvel movie on Disney+ nearly impossible. The position is more suitable for 30-minute episodes than three-hour films. Eventually, I ended up laying back on my couch to get some extra neck support, but that didn’t solve the fact there was a bright display inches from my eyes.
Overall, I felt fine after watching a movie or a couple of 45-minute show episodes, but I couldn’t do a movie marathon or binge hourlong episodes as I’d normally do on my TV. Unfortunately, most streaming services still don’t have an app for the Vision Pro. There are some sites that you can log into on Safari, but others prompt you to watch “on your phone or tablet.”
Inside the Vision Pro, I can bring my windows close up to my eyes or watch from across the room if I want. For my movies, I went for a distance somewhere in the middle. I have a 55-inch 4K smart TV, and that size is usually perfect for me to watch. But my motto while watching through the Vision Pro was “Go big or go home.” The Vision Pro can project a jumbotron-like big screen onto my ceiling, so of course I had to do just that.
I’m not a stickler for super high-definition displays, but the quality of the Vision Pro’s micro-OLED screen didn’t look much different from my 4K TV. It was easy to have a snack while watching my shows, but the headset felt like ski goggles that forced me to physically turn my head to see my bowl of popcorn instead of just glancing at it. As for drinking, I was surprised when my glass audibly clinked the front of my Vision Pro as I took a sip. The device didn’t stop me from having a drink, but its presence was certainly felt.
Thanks to the immersion capabilities of the Vision Pro, I could watch a film in a dark theater or a forest at night even if it was bright noon in my living room. I took full advantage of those features when I wanted to zone out from the world around me, and it was convenient to step out of those environments to interact with the people around me. I didn’t know I needed to be able to watch a movie from the side of a lake with the starry sky above me before getting the Vision Pro, but it’s become my favorite way to have some alone time.
