Lenses for Apple Vision Pro: keep your eyes open when buying light seal
Anyone who buys lenses for the headset after purchasing the Vision Pro should definitely pay attention to Apple's Light Seal recommendation. It's not cheap.
Vision Pro: Light Seal including optical inserts.
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If you need to use glasses to use the Vision Pro, you should pay attention to Apple's information on possible changes in the size of the light seal. Otherwise, technical problems and comfort restrictions may occur during use. It therefore makes sense to order the lenses – called optical inserts by Apple – at the same time and not to purchase them later. This may save you a lot of money.
Glasses need more space
If you order the optical inserts that Zeiss produces for Apple in China, you always have to go through a measurement process when ordering the Vision Pro via Apple's online store or when ordering the lenses at a later date. This is done using a Face ID-compatible device (iPhone or iPad). You can then find out whether a different Light Seal size is required. This is because, although the optical inserts are narrow, they still require sufficient space and eye relief.
If you buy a new Vision Pro, you will immediately receive the correct Light Seals that fit the lenses. However, if you buy the optical inserts later, you will have to pay a lot of money: in addition to the price of the prescription lenses of 169 euros (price in America: 149 US dollars plus sales tax), you will have to pay a whopping 219 euros (USA: 199 dollars plus sales tax) for a new "light seal".
Cushion in the package
You really need the new Light Seal if it is recommended by Apple: Tests indicated that the (then too small) standard version no longer fits adequately for normal head sizes. This manifests itself in error messages (display too close to the eyes) as well as very practical headaches when using the Vision Pro and even sometimes afterward.
Spectacle wearers should therefore urgently order optical inserts immediately, together with the appropriate "light seal". Their sizes are a bit of a mystery, which is why you should stick to the Face ID measurement. Meanwhile, a guide available on Apple.com also helps with the selection. For the aforementioned 219 euros, you not only get the Light Seal, but also two new cushions on which the head rests – both in the standard format and in the thicker version (which creates a little more distance, but can reduce immersion). If you were to buy these, they would cost 58 euros for two.
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