I didn't realize those were swimming goggles at first, and was concerned about what he could possibly be doing that required safety goggles but no shirt.
From what I understand the thing isn't see through and the eyes are actually projected outside. Can somebody explain why they had to add tech to do it?
Because there are screens in the way? The choice was to either not have the viewer's eyes be visible, or use a screen to display eyes (not even real eyes, you can supposedly have cat eyes for an example). Considering the device is meant to be AR (augmented reality) and not VR, it kinda makes sense to show the user's eyes since they're still "connected" to the outside world. Otherwise you'd have a bunch of blank visors walking around and then people can't tell if you're looking at them or your furry waifu.
You actually remove your eyes before inserting the optical couplers into your sockets. You put your eyes in the storage compartment on the front giving the appearance that you're looking out through the device.
I think this is kind of a temporary workaround. In Apples ideal world, the Vision Pro would actually be transparent and you could see the users eyes for real, but the tech isn't ready to project what apple is doing on glasses. So they settled for a VR headset and put eyes on the outside. Eventually in however many years it takes, they will actually use glasses and won't have to do the screen on the outside.
They must believe, that being able to see Vision Pro users eyes is integral to the product, or at least important to the product being accepted by everyone.
Imagine you're sitting in restaurant waiting for the waiter while doing some work on your Vision Pro. The waiter shows up and says 'sir...'. You look at him and... there were two options:
it's just a black screen so it's not clear if you're actually looking at him. Are you paying attention? Of are you still 'inside' and can't hear/see anyone
you have this fake eyes indicating that you're actually looking at him
It's a really stupid "solution" to a huge problem all VR/AR has The actual solution? Don't buy it.
The one on the left holds up rich assholes who (sadly) have either all the impact on the world, or none of it
The one on the right holds up furries and femboys, who have all the impact on the IT and telecom infrastructure in the western world, which hold up everyone.
I respect the one on the right for obvious reasons.
Expensive and difficult to get high resolution (good quality precise microscopic mirrors). Apple went for higher DPI regular display because that's a far more well known engineering problem