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，苹果发布了Vision Pro。Vision Pro是一款混合现实（MR）头显，更具体地说，它是一款具备附加视频透视（VST）功能的虚拟现实（VR）设备。VST功能使Vision Pro同时也成为了一款增强现实（AR）设备。AR功能通过摄像头将现实世界流式传输到用户眼前的（VR）屏幕上来实现。当然，这并非其独有特性，与其他设备（如Varjo XR-3）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，可向“外界”展示头显佩戴者的眼睛；以及顶部的“数码旋钮”按钮，通过旋转它能无缝地将数字内容与物理空间融合。此外，除连接电池的线缆外，它是无线的，这使得该头显相比Varjo XR-3更加灵活。这可能更接近伊万·萨瑟兰（Ivan Sutherland）在1965年就已构想的“终极显示器”。由于尚未像“终极显示器”那样面向公众开放，我们愿在此文中展望未来，探究它是否能够克服医学领域中——尤其是AR——仍面临的一些临床挑战；同时进一步讨论Vision Pro能否在关键任务中支持临床医生，从而让他们有更多时间陪伴患者。