At the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2023, Apple introduced the Vision Pro. The Vision Pro is a Mixed Reality (MR) headset, more specifically it is a Virtual Reality (VR) device with an additional Video See-Through (VST) capability. The VST capability turns the Vision Pro also into an Augmented Reality (AR) device. The AR feature is enabled by streaming the real world via cameras to the (VR) screens in front of the user's eyes. This is of course not unique and similar to other devices, like the Varjo XR-3. Nevertheless, the Vision Pro has some interesting features, like an inside-out screen that can show the headset wearers' eyes to "outsiders" or a button on the top, called "Digital Crown", that allows you to seamlessly blend digital content with your physical space by turning it. In addition, it is untethered, except for the cable to the battery, which makes the headset more agile, compared to the Varjo XR-3. This could actually come closer to the "Ultimate Display", which Ivan Sutherland had already sketched in 1965. Not available to the public yet, like the Ultimate Display, we want to take a look into the crystal ball in this perspective to see if it can overcome some clinical challenges that - especially - AR still faces in the medical domain, but also go beyond and discuss if the Vision Pro could support clinicians in essential tasks to spend more time with their patients.

翻译：在2023年6月的全球开发者大会（WWDC）上，苹果公司推出了Vision Pro。Vision Pro是一款混合现实（MR）头戴设备，更具体地说，它是一款具备额外视频透视（VST）功能的虚拟现实（VR）设备。VST功能使Vision Pro同时也成为一款增强现实（AR）设备。该AR特性通过摄像头将真实世界实时流式传输到用户眼前的VR屏幕上实现。这当然并非独创，与Varjo XR-3等其他设备类似。尽管如此，Vision Pro仍具备一些有趣的功能，例如一块外向屏幕可以向外展示佩戴者的眼睛，以及顶部名为"数字表冠"的旋钮，通过旋转可实现数字内容与物理空间的无缝融合。此外，除连接电池的线缆外，该设备无需外部连接，这使得头戴设备相比Varjo XR-3更为灵活。这或许已更接近伊万·萨瑟兰（Ivan Sutherland）早在1965年构想的"终极显示器"理念。鉴于该设备尚未面向公众发售（与终极显示器一样），本文将通过前瞻性视角探索：Vision Pro能否克服当前（尤其是）AR在医疗领域仍面临的部分临床挑战，并进一步讨论该设备是否可支持临床医师在处理关键任务的同时，将更多时间投入患者诊疗。