The Apple Vision Pro is a true 'heads-up' display

Jon Bentley finds reasons to be optimistic about Apple's new headset - it may save both his posture and his sanity

For me the new Apple Vision Pro headset isn’t just about mixed or virtual reality – its killer feature is that you’ll be able to do more things ‘head back’ rather than ‘head down’.

The problem with so many gadgets – including phones, tablets and laptops – is that you use them with your neck bent forward, concentrating on the task in hand, rather than with your head back and relaxed. I could scream, the amount of time I’m forced to be ‘head down’ to do what I need to do.

Over the years I’ve developed a bad case of ‘tech neck’ or ‘gadget stoop’, a curve of the back and a roundness of the shoulders that comes from crouching over small screens. It was never this way with TV – you’re always looking straight at or even up at the screen, your shoulders kept straight, your neck muscles uncontorted and at rest.