The Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional has an excellent show. That’s the massive takeaway from iFixit’s second teardown video on the headset (with accompanying weblog), because the staff discovered the twin MicroOLED panels inside are the densest they’ve ever seen at 3,386 pixels per inch (ppi). That doesn’t fairly put the Imaginative and prescient Professional at 4K decision, nevertheless it’s shut. (iFixit notes that the buyer normal for 4K UHD is 3,840.) That is the advantage of utilizing MicroOLED and can be an enormous a part of why the Imaginative and prescient Professional is so expensive.
In comparison with different VR headsets, there’s no contest right here. iFixit factors out that the Meta Quest 3 sits at about 1,218ppi, whereas the HTC Vive Professional is even much less dense at round 950ppi. And your common telephone is barely going to be within the mid-100s. (iFixit notes the 15 Professional Max is at 460ppi.)
However as iFixit additionally writes, pixels per diploma is a vital quantity — your eyes are so near the display that issues can get pixelated as you look over to the aspect of the display when the variety of horizontal pixels per diploma (ppd) of viewing angle is low sufficient. iFixit says it estimates the Imaginative and prescient Professional to be about 34ppd, which is decrease than the 94 and 95ppd scores you’d see within the iPhone 15 Professional Max at a foot away or an ordinary 65-inch 4K TV at 6.5 ft away, respectively.
Wanting on the battery pack, iFixit discovered that Apple seems to be limiting the cost to about 80 p.c of the whole precise capability, discovering that the three roughly iPhone-size batteries packed inside have a complete 46.08Wh capability. (Apple labels it as 35.9Wh.) The large Lightning connector is used to output a non-USB normal 13 volts, and iFixit additionally discovered the accelerometer that prompts the pack’s cost LED in addition to temperature sensors, which may additionally assist hold it from getting uncomfortably sizzling whereas in customers’ pockets.
The staff additionally printed findings on the chips contained in the Imaginative and prescient Professional and mentioned the various sensors it has inside and outside to observe the wearer’s face, fingers, and environment. iFixit famous that the Imaginative and prescient Professional has some modularity, together with the battery and the headset straps in addition to the sunshine seal cushion. However relating to stepping into the Imaginative and prescient Professional, it takes “a whole lot of cautious finessing with a warmth gun and a number of prying instruments” to get it aside with out damaging it.