When Apple officially announced Vision Pro at last year's WWDC keynote, a nine-minute video posted on YouTube showed off the open sky environment, with a narrator briefly describing the feature: "In Vision Pro, you can also transform your space, and beautiful environments can transcend the size of the room." Now, those with a sharp eye have discovered that the "open sky environment" is no longer shown in the edited clip, suggesting that this feature may not appear in the video when pre-orders begin on January 19.
Apple's Vision Pro marketing text has also been edited to no longer mention "Open Skies" or anything similar to this feature.
It makes perfect sense that the video showing off Apple Vision Pro was edited, and potential buyers previously attracted by the company's mixed reality vision have little to complain about when a feature no longer appears in marketing materials.
One X user, @M1Astra, spotted the changes and provided all the differences on the account page, including that Apple's edited text had also changed. Back in 2023, the text states: "Choose from a curated selection of beautiful landscapes, or magically transform your ceiling to a clear, open sky."
And now, it reads: "Choose from beautiful scenery, or use Cinema Environment to turn your room into a personal movie theater." Given that these changes were made without letting users know, this suggests that the Open Sky Environment feature should have been in Apple Vision Pro from the beginning, and removing the feature from Video suggests that it is not part of the suite of apps, although it is possible that it will return.
Ahead of the launch of the Apple Vision Pro on February 2, the California-based giant is taking every step possible to make a positive first impression with the product. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, initial shipments of AR headsets are expected to be only 80,000 units, and Apple has invested millions of dollars in research and development, so it needs to cherish every sales opportunity.
While this might not be a big deal to some, we're curious to see how Apple explains the removal of a feature this time around. After all, a brand new product costs $3,499, whether it's a high-tech gadget or a kitchen sink, and when some of the previously thought-about features don't work, it can cause dissatisfaction among users.