Apple Vision Pro (M2) — specification and verdict
This is the Vision Pro that arrived in February 2024, and Apple keeps a separate tech-spec page for it. The pairing is the M2 with the R1 sensor coprocessor, feeding micro-OLED panels Apple describes only as 23 million pixels — the 3660x3200 per eye shown here is iFixit's teardown of this revision, marked as such. Supported refresh rates stop at 100 Hz, which is the cleanest line between this unit and the M5 one: Apple lists 90, 96 and 100 Hz here, and adds 120 Hz there. Interpupillary range is 51 to 75 mm, storage came in 256 GB, 512 GB and 1 TB, and Apple quotes up to two hours of general use from the tethered battery. Apple's own weight is 600 to 650 g including the Light Seal and band; the 478 g here is a measurement of the headset alone.
Nothing about a rollout changed between the revisions, because none of the obstacles were about performance. visionOS is not Android, so our courses do not run on it — that is a platform fact, not a verdict on the hardware. Apple does not sell Vision Pro in Poland, so there is no local warranty path and no straightforward invoicing, and we could not confirm a vendor device-management or kiosk tier from Apple's specification page for this unit. What owning one does still buy is a supported device: it launched with the Solo Knit Band and Dual Loop Band in the box, the Light Seal and cushions come off for cleaning, and ZEISS Optical Inserts remain the route for glasses wearers.
If your company already has one of these, treat it as the demonstration device it always was: excellent for showing a board what high-end mixed reality feels like, unusable as a training fleet. Do not go looking for one second-hand for training purposes — the money buys several standalone headsets that our courses actually run on, that people can share and clean, and that a Polish invoice covers.
How it compares within its class
The axis runs from the lowest to the highest published figure among the VR — standalone devices in this catalogue. The grey tick is the median of that class.
Median for this class: 180 min, from 25 models that publish the figure.
Median for this class: $624, from 36 models that publish the figure.
Full specification
An em dash means the manufacturer does not publish that figure.
- ManufacturerWho makes it — and who you buy support from.
- Apple
- CategoryWhich kind of product this is. It decides which rows below make sense at all.
- VR — standalone
- Device typeWhere the computing happens, and therefore what you need to run it.
- Standalone VR
- AnnouncedThe day it was shown, which is not the day it shipped.
- 2023-06-05
- ReleasedYear the model went on sale. Older is not automatically worse in this category.
- 2024
- AvailabilityWhether you can still order it new today.
- Discontinued in 2025
- Support endsThe date the manufacturer stops supporting it. Decisive for a fleet you are about to buy.
- Support ends: not published by the manufacturer
- PanelThe screen type. micro-OLED gives deeper blacks and higher contrast; LCD is brighter and cheaper.
- micro-OLED
- OpticsThe lenses in front of the panel. Pancake stays sharp closer to the edges than older Fresnel, which decides how much a trainee has to aim their head to read something.
- Catadioptric (Apple)
- Eyes coveredOne eye or both. Over a full shift this is a real difference in fatigue.
- Eyes covered: not published by the manufacturer
- Resolution per eyePixels delivered to each eye. Higher means small text and labels stay readable.
- ≈3660x3200*iFixit teardown
- Refresh rateImages per second. Higher feels smoother and helps people prone to motion discomfort.
- 90/96/100 Hz
- Field of viewHow much of your view the image covers. Bigger is more immersive, not automatically better for work.
- ≈100° horizontal*VRcompare estimate
- Pixel densityPixels per degree of view — the honest way to compare sharpness between a headset and a pair of glasses. Higher is sharper. Only shown where somebody published it; we never compute it ourselves.
- Pixel density: not published by the manufacturer
- BrightnessIn a plant or outdoors, brightness decides legibility more than resolution does.
- Brightness: not published by the manufacturer
- WeightThe device alone. Anything above roughly 150 g is felt within an hour.
- ≈478 g*UploadVR, measured without Light Seal and band
- Visible field of viewWhat the eye actually sees through the optics, by axis.
- Visible field of view: not published by the manufacturer
- Rendered field of viewWhat the device draws. Never smaller than what you see.
- Rendered field of view: not published by the manufacturer
- Binocular overlapWhere both eyes see the same thing — this is where depth happens.
- 65°
- Average pixel densityPixels per degree across the image. More is sharper.
- Average pixel density: not published by the manufacturer
- Peak pixel densityThe sharpest point, usually the centre of the lens.
- Peak pixel density: not published by the manufacturer
- Subpixel layoutHow the coloured dots sit in a pixel. A stripe looks cleaner on text than PenTile.
- Subpixel layout: not published by the manufacturer
- Foveated renderingWhether detail is dropped outside where you look, to save performance.
- Foveated rendering: not published by the manufacturer
- PassthroughWhat the front cameras give you: colour, grayscale, or nothing.
- Colour
- Passthrough camerasResolution, density and frame rate of that camera feed.
- Passthrough cameras: not published by the manufacturer
- IPD adjustmentMatching lens spacing to the eyes. Motorised is fastest when one headset passes between people.
- IPD adjustment: not published by the manufacturer
- IPD rangeHow far the lenses travel to match eye spacing. A narrow range excludes part of any group of adults, which matters when one headset is shared.
- 51–75 mm
- Works with glassesWhether people who wear glasses can use it — fits over them, or takes prescription lens inserts.
- Yes
- Vision correctionHow somebody who wears glasses uses it, and in what dioptre range.
- Lens inserts available
- DimensionsWidth, height and depth of the device itself.
- Dimensions: not published by the manufacturer
- Weight with strapWith the strap it ships with — the weight you actually wear.
- Weight with strap: not published by the manufacturer
- Head strapSoft band or a rigid one. Decides how the weight sits over an hour.
- Rigid strap with a dial
- MaterialsShell and facial interface, in the vendor’s words.
- Aluminium · glass · fabric facial interface
- ColoursColours the manufacturer sells it in.
- Silver · Black
- Haptics in the headsetVibration in the headset itself, not in the controllers.
- Haptics in the headset: not published by the manufacturer
- TrackingWhether content stays put in the room (6DoF), follows head rotation (3DoF) or is simply fixed.
- inside-out 6DoF
- Base stationsWhether boxes have to be mounted on the walls before it works.
- Not needed
- Tracking camerasHow many cameras it uses to know where it is.
- 12
- Tracking rateHow often position is recalculated. Higher is steadier.
- Tracking rate: not published by the manufacturer
- Depth sensorA dedicated sensor for distance, on top of the cameras.
- Yes
- Hand trackingWhether bare hands can operate the interface, without a controller or the phone.
- Yes
- Eye trackingThe headset knows where the trainee is looking. Enables sharper rendering where they look, and attention analytics.
- Yes
- Face trackingTracks facial expression — for avatars, not for training scenarios.
- Yes
- Body trackingHow much of the body the device knows about. Estimated legs are not tracked legs.
- None
- Controllers includedWhether motion controllers come in the box, or are bought separately — or the device is hands-only.
- No
- Controller tracking6DoF controllers track position and rotation, so a hand reaches in space; 3DoF only point. “None” means hands only.
- None (hands only)
- Other input methodsWays in beyond controllers and bare hands.
- Voice · Look and pinch
- PerformanceHow much the headset can run — sharper scenes, more objects, smoother mixed reality. Higher is better.
- Highest — the heaviest scenes
- ProcessorThe processor and memory inside. This is what the performance grade above is derived from.
- Apple M2
- CPUCores and clocks, where the manufacturer publishes them.
- Octa-core Avalanche / Blizzard (4 x 3.5 GHz, 4 x 2.4 GHz)
- GPUThe graphics part of the chip.
- Apple M2 10-core GPU
- MemoryRAM on the device. Together with the chipset it sets how complex a scene can be.
- 16 GB
- PlatformThe platform an application is built against — and what an MDM has to speak.
- visionOS
- StorageOn-board space for downloaded courses. More matters for an offline library in several languages.
- 256 GB · 512 GB · 1024 GB
- SD card slotWhether storage can be added with a card.
- No
- BatteryRuntime as the manufacturer states it. A hot-swappable pack matters more than the figure.
- 120 min
- Battery capacity (Wh)Energy in the cell. Bigger is longer, given the same power draw.
- 35.9 Wh
- Battery capacity (mAh)The same fact in the other unit vendors use. We never convert between the two.
- 3166 mAh
- Charge timeFrom empty to full. Rarely stated by the manufacturer, so it usually comes from whoever timed it.
- 90 min
- ChargerPower of the supplied charger — it decides the charge time above.
- 30 W
- External batteryBattery on a cable or a puck instead of on the head.
- Yes
- Charging caseExtra runtime carried in the case the glasses ship with.
- Charging case: not published by the manufacturer
- Hot-swap batteryWhether a charged battery can replace the empty one without ending the session. This is what decides if a headset can hold an all-day training station.
- No
- Runs Skillsive appsOur own statement about whether Skillsive training applications run on it today.
- No
- Suitable for trainingOur judgement on whether it survives real deployment: comfort, hygiene, fleet management.
- No
- Kiosk mode / MDMVendor tooling to enrol devices, push an app and lock the headset to it. Practically required above ten devices.
- No
- Business tierAn official business tier, so devices belong to the company rather than to employees’ personal accounts.
- No
- Swappable facial interfaceRemovable, wipeable face padding. A consumable, and the difference between shared use and complaints.
- Yes
- CertificationsIndustrial certifications stated on the manufacturer's own page. Empty means unconfirmed, never "probably fine".
- Certifications: not published by the manufacturer
- PortsPhysical sockets and charging contacts.
- USB Type-C
- Wi-FiThe Wi-Fi generation — it decides how well wireless streaming holds up.
- 6
- BluetoothFor controllers, headphones and accessories.
- 5.3
- Video from a computerWhether a computer can drive it, over a cable or wirelessly.
- Wireless (Mac Virtual Display)
- AudioBuilt-in sound. Matters most where somebody has to hear a remote expert while working.
- Built-in speakers
- MicrophoneBuilt-in microphone — the other half of talking to a remote expert.
- Yes
- MicrophonesHow many. An array picks a voice out of a noisy hall; one does not.
- 6
- Price bandThe band it sits in, rather than a price that goes stale.
- Premium
- Launch priceThe manufacturer's launch price. Fixed history, so it never goes stale.
- $3499
- Price by configurationWhat each configuration cost at launch.
- 256 GB $3499 · 512 GB $3699 · 1 TB $3899
- Price todayApproximate current net price in USD — a general figure, since these barely differ between regions once tax is stripped out. A snapshot from the date shown, not an offer.
- Price today: not published by the manufacturer
- Comfort (from reviews)How it wears over a full session. Scored from agreement between independent reviewers, not from our own testing.
- Comfort (from reviews): not published by the manufacturer
- Edge clarity (from reviews)Sharpness away from the centre of the lens. Scored from agreement between independent reviewers.
- Edge clarity (from reviews): not published by the manufacturer
- Tracking reliability (from reviews)How tracking holds up in poor light and fast movement. Scored from agreement between independent reviewers.
- Tracking reliability (from reviews): not published by the manufacturer
- Hand tracking quality (from reviews)How usable controller-free hand tracking is in a training scenario. Scored from agreement between reviewers.
- Hand tracking quality (from reviews): not published by the manufacturer
Who this device is for
This is the launch Vision Pro, the M2 model that Apple sold from 2024 and replaced in 2025. It belongs on this list because plenty of companies bought one and still have it — the page is here to say what it can do and where it now stands, not to sell it. Our courses do not run on visionOS, so its role stays evaluation, review and demonstration.
How it differs from its predecessor
Against the M5 revision it is the same optics, the same 478 g and the same external battery, with the older chip, visionOS without the newest features and the Solo Knit Band that reviewers consistently name as the comfort limit. The M5 refresh changed the band and the silicon; everything that shapes a rollout stayed put.
What is missing, and what the manufacturer does not publish
Apple publishes neither per-eye resolution nor weight, so both come from third-party measurement. There is no vendor device management in our data, no support for our training applications, and — since 2025 — no new units: this revision is discontinued, and a replacement means either a second-hand M2 or the M5 model at full price.
Apple Vision Pro (M2) in independent reviews
Reviews we consider worth your time, each with a note on what the reviewer actually tested and why it matters for a training rollout. We do not own this hardware, so the tests are theirs — the reading of them is ours.
- Marques Brownlee2024
The launch review of this exact revision, and the framing has held up: tomorrow's ideas on today's technology. The chapters on comfort and on the external battery describe the two things that decide whether anyone wears it for a working session.
Watch on YouTube - Linus Tech Tips2024
A PC and VR user's view of the M2 model, which is the comparison a training buyer makes — against Quest and PC VR, not against an iPad. Blunt about what the price buys and what it does not.
Watch on YouTube - The Wall Street Journal2024
Twenty-four hours of wearing it through an ordinary day, which is a harder test than a lab review and the closest thing here to a workplace trial. The parts about wearing it around other people are the ones nobody else covers.
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Apple Vision Pro (M2) — frequently asked questions
- How do I tell an M2 Vision Pro from the M5 model?
- By the chip and the head strap. The M2 shipped from 2024 with the Solo Knit Band; the 2025 refresh has the M5 chip and the Dual Knit Band, and runs visionOS 26 features the older unit gets only partially. The display, the 478 g and the external battery are identical.
- Is a second-hand M2 Vision Pro sensible for a company?
- Only as a demonstration or evaluation unit. Our training courses do not run on visionOS at all, there is no vendor fleet management in our data, and Apple discontinued this revision in 2025 — so it is a device to show spatial computing with, not one to train on.
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