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I finally look slightly less creepy in myAppleVision Pro mixed reality headset.
It took around 15 minutes for the download and installation to complete.
My original Persona(Image credit: Future)
Despite the update, Personas remains a “beta” feature.
visionOS 1.1 improves the quality of Personas and adds a hands-free creation option.
Before we start, here’s a look at my old Vision Pro Persona.
My original Persona(Image credit: Future)
Don’t look away.
The 3D image is not a video feed of your face.
Instead, Vision Pro creates this digital simulacrum based on a Spatial Photography capture of your face.
My original Persona(Image credit: Future)
Even the glasses I have on my Persona are not real.
All this lets the stereo cameras capture a 3D image map of my face.
This update is ostensibly designed to help with that.
My original Persona(Image credit: Future)
Apple, though, added a new wrinkle to the process.
Good luck finding a platform that’s at the exact right height.
Hand capture still happens while you’re wearing the headset.
Scanning my face for my new Persona using the hands-free mode.
It took a minute or so for Vision Pro to build my new Persona (see above).
The result looks a lot like me and is, in my estimation, less creepy.
It still matches my expressions and hand movements almost perfectly.
My new visionOS 1.1 hands-free Persona(Image credit: Future)
Where my original Persona looked like it lacked a soul, this one has more warmth.
I also noticed that the capture appears more expansive.
My ears and bald head look a little more complete and I can see more of my clothing.
My new visionOS 1.1 hands-free Persona(Image credit: Future)
I feel like a full-body scan and total Persona won’t be far behind.
This by itself makes the visionOS 1.1 update worthwhile.
Other useful feature updates include the ability to remove system apps from the Home View.
My new visionOS 1.1 hands-free Persona(Image credit: Future)
Apple also says it updated the virtual keyboard.
In my initial review, I found this keyboard one of the weakest Vision Pro features.
My accuracy was terrible.
Apple Vision Pro vision 1.1 remove system apps from Home View
In the update, accuracy and the AI that guesses what you intended to punch in appears somewhat improved.
