Apple is always investigating ways to make the Vision Pro more comfortable to wear. The company has filed for a patent for “Device Securement Arms” for the spatial computer.
About the patent filing
In the paten filing, Apple notes that various components of devices such as the Vision Pro — including display screens, viewing frames, securement arms, speakers, batteries, and other components — operate together to provide an immersive and comfortable experience. However, the anatomy of each user’s head is unique.
One user’s head can be larger than another user’s head, or one head can be a different shape. Other anatomical features, including relative positions of a user’s nose, forehead, and ears, can vary widely between users as well. Apple says the anatomical variety of heads presents a challenge for head-mountable devices designed for comfort and reliability.
In some head-mountable devices, for example, securement arms that extend along, or make contact with, opposing sides of a user’s head can be used to secure the device to the user’s head. However, the dimensions, angles, shape, positions, and other physical characteristics of the arms that can be sufficient to comfortably and reliably secure the device to one user’s head may not be sufficient to comfortably and reliably secure the device to another user’s head, according to Apple.
Additionally, head-mountable devices can be used in a variety of different settings and during a variety of different activities, as well as in a variety of different orientations. These can range from lying down still in bed to mountain biking or hiking outdoors. Even for a single user, the securement arms of a head-mountable device that are comfortable and sufficient for securing the device during one activity may not be comfortable or sufficient for another activity.
Apple says what’s needed “are head-mountable devices and systems accommodating users having a wide variety of anatomical features and who participate in a wide variety of activities with comfortable and reliable components.”
Summary of the patent filing
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent filing: “The head mountable electronic device can include a display frame and a securement arm extending from the display frame. The securement arm can include a proximal segment including a first contact feature, a distal segment including a second contact feature, the proximal segment disposed between the distal segment and the display frame, and a joint, the distal segment rotatably coupled to the proximal segment at the joint, wherein an interior side of the securement arm defines a interior radius of curvature and an exterior side of the securement arm opposite the interior side defines an exterior radius of curvature, the exterior radius of curvature being greater than the interior radius of curvature.”
About the Vision Pro
Demos of the Apple Vision Pro at Apple Stores in the U.S. can be reserved on Apple.com. To reserve a free Vision Pro demo online, go here, then follow the steps to book an appointment at your local Apple Store.
Pricing for the Vision Pro starts at US$3,499 with 256GB of storage. ZEISS Optical Inserts are available: $99 for reading lens and $149 for prescription lens.
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