The Simpsons predicted revolutionary $3,500 Apple Vision EIGHT years before fans flocked to buy newest tech and show them off in everyday life
The Simpsons has once again shown its need for a crystal ball to predict future events, this time anticipating scenes of people roaming the streets using the new Apple Vision eight years before the product was released.
Apple officially launched the new $3,500 Vision Pro at retail on Friday, and fans have been posting videos of themselves using the new technology in everyday life.
The Simpsons, with its uncanny ability to predict future events, showed scenes similar to what people post online of virtual reality headsets taking over society in an episode released in 2016 titled “Friends and Family.”
Since the show’s release in 1989, The Simpsons has accurately predicted Donald Trump becoming president, Kamala Harris’ inauguration suit, Richard Branson flying in space, smartwatches and more.
In the episode, Mr. Burns hired Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie to play his virtual realty family, which eventually becomes a technology that everyone can access.
The Simpsons, with its uncanny ability to predict future events, showed scenes of virtual reality headsets taking over society in 2016 – eight years before Apple Vision was released
Homer and Marge lay side by side in bed as they virtually kissed each other
Apple officially launched the new $3,500 Vision Pro at retail on Friday, and fans have been posting videos of themselves using the new technology in everyday life. A man crosses the street wearing an Apple headset
A montage shows all The Simpsons characters wearing virtual reality sets as they run into lampposts and fall into holes.
Director Seymour Skinner has a virtual picnic and Homer and Marge lie side by side in bed while virtually kissing.
Ever since the iPhone maker released the Vision Pro, the user experience of the device has been compared to a Black Mirror episode.
Video shared on social media from the Apple Device shows a person wearing brown pants and a gray sweatshirt using the headphones while typing in the air on a New York City subway.
In San Jose, California, a man wearing white pants and a black shirt recorded himself walking down the street while using headphones. He stopped to point at things only he can see on his screen.
In London, video shows a man in a suit wearing the headset and walking down the street with his robot dog.
A person wearing brown pants and a gray sweatshirt uses headphones while typing in the air on a subway in New York City
The headset launched alongside the iPhone 15 family in September and was praised by Apple CEO Tim Cook as an outward-looking device.
“With Vision Pro you are no longer limited by a display,” he said at last year’s event.
The headset runs on VisionOS, which Apple touts as “the world’s first spatial operating system.”
Apple calls it ‘spatial computing’ because it combines content with the space around you.
Spatial computing is a way of describing the intersection between the physical world around us and a virtual world manufactured by technology, while allowing humans and machines to manipulate objects and spaces harmoniously.
Performing these tasks often involves elements of augmented reality and artificial intelligence.
Apple said there are more than 600 new apps designed specifically for the Vision Pro.
In London, video shows a man in a suit wearing the headset and walking down the street with his robot dog
The Apple Vision Pro headset runs VisionOS, which Apple touts as “the world’s first spatial operating system”
Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations, said: “Apple Vision Pro unleashes the imagination of our global developer community and we are inspired by the range of spatial experiences they have created for this exciting new platform.
“With more than 600 new spatial experiences to discover in the all-new App Store, in addition to more than a million compatible apps on iOS and iPadOS, users can discover a wide range of apps that push the boundaries of what’s possible.”
Users can watch movies and TV shows with Vision Pro, which displays a large screen on which to play the content, and they can also play more than 100 Apple Arcade games on a screen as big as they want.
For work purposes, the headset can be used with a trackpad and keyboard to perform tasks that would require a traditional multi-display computer.
Vision Pro can also play memories in your living room, such as videos of your children or a fun party you attended.