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ZEISS Optical Inserts – Prescription (2024)

This essential Apple Vision Pro accessory is quite personal—perhaps unique—and I feel it deserves its own entry. ZEISS Optical Inserts for Apple Vision Pro allow users who need vision correction and do not wear contact lenses to experience the Apple Vision Pro with precise visual acuity. ZEISS describes the lenses:

“ZEISS and Apple are setting the standard for optical inserts. For those who need vision correction, ZEISS Optical Inserts reveal the stunning visual experience of Apple Vision Pro—so you can enjoy Apple’s new era of spatial computing.”

After sending ZEISS your eyeglasses prescription, they custom-build lenses for you. ZEISS describes that the lenses are “crafted especially for your eyes in your unique prescription.” The extremely lightweight inserts snap into the Apple Vision Pro with magnets. When in place, the Apple Vision Pro “recognizes” the unique prescription and sets up the device with my user profile. When I remove my inserts, the device prompts a user for “Guest User” mode.

If an Apple Vision Pro user uses off-the-shelf “readers,” ZEISS also offers “ZEISS Optical Inserts – Readers” that are available in three common refractive ranges:

  • SPH +0.75 to +1.25D
  • SPH +1.50 to +1.75D
  • SPH +2.00 to +2.75D

ZEISS describes their company as “a global technology leader in the fields of optics, precision mechanics, and optoelectronics…shaping progress and advancing the world of optics for over 175 years.” In addition to optical lenses, the company works in the fields of microchip production, medical research, complex brain and eye surgeries, and award-winning films.

Sources: Apple, ZEISS

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Apple Vision Pro Travel Case (2024)

The Apple Vision Pro Travel Case is described by Apple as having “a retractable handle and specially designed compartments for your battery, ZEISS Optical Inserts, Apple Vision Pro Cover, and additional accessories.”

The exterior of the Apple Vision Pro Travel Case uses a material reminiscent of a windbreaker and loosely covers the polycarbonate protective structure. Apple refers to this white covering as “Ripstop,” defined by Wikipedia as “a woven fabric, often made of nylon, using a reinforcing technique that makes it more resistant to tearing and wear.” The case is printed on one side with the words “Apple Vision Pro” in light gray in Apple’s San Francisco font.

The outer retractable handle is light gray and borders the entire upper curve of the case. When not in use, it hugs tightly to the contour of the case.

The interior of the Apple Vision Pro Travel Case is lined with microfiber in a color and texture similar to Apple’s infamous polishing cloth. The Apple Vision Pro fits perfectly in the case and includes a velcro strap to securely hold the battery. A white circular drawstring bag fits in the space in the open area between the front of the headset and the headband.

The Apple Vision Pro Travel Case measures 11.69 inches tall, 8.78 inches high, and 6.5 inches deep.

The Verge offered: “The huge case costs an additional $199 and looks like a marshmallow from space. I love it.” I concur wholeheartedly that the case looks like a marshmallow from space, and add that it would pair well with a NASA or SpaceX spacesuit.

Sources: Apple, Wikipedia, The Verge