The Apple Vision Pro's scary side

The reviews are in, and the tech press praises the Apple Vision Pro headset for meeting the company's promises. It's well-designed; the vision and sound are stunningly precise, and the "Minority Report"-style gestural interface is futuristic. Nobody knows what it's for or whether even the Readiest Players One will pay $3,500 for it, but that's what gadgets are all about.
However, this is a new technological frontier. The Vision Pro, like Meta's similarly outfitted Quest 3 and Quest Pro headsets, use "passthrough" video – cameras and other sensors that record and duplicate imagery from the outside world within the device. They feed you a synthetic environment that seems like the real thing, with Apple apps and other non-real