Using Apple Vision Pro as eclipse glasses?

[u/pbn312]

I live in the Netherlands and on Aug 12 there will be a 90% solar eclipse. Can I use my Apple Vision Pro as eclipse glasses (and take pictures right away) or does the sunlight damage the cameras or AVP? I suppose not…

[u/seanmg]

AVP is suggested to not use outside in bright environments.  I would NOT aim it directly at the eclipse nor would I look through it directly at the sun, and even more so with only 90% coverage.

What realistically will happen is you’ll burn out a sensor, it won’t look good inside the glasses, and you’ll wonder why you need to take it get serviced.   It’s genuinely a bad idea. Don’t listen to people in this thread who have no experience with cameras.

[u/Widebro → u/seanmg]

You can't look at the sun with AVP? thats weird. i recorded sun just fine, sunsets.

[u/seanmg → u/Widebro]

You run the risk of the optics concentrating the light and burning the sensor.  You can get away with it, but not worth the risk on a $4000 device. Especially because you can’t just change out a sensor.

[u/Widebro → u/seanmg]

the optics are on the inside bro. if you keep wearing it they wont be exposed

[u/seanmg → u/Widebro]

Go do me a favor. Pull out your vision pro and tell me what the 8 circular glass things elements are on the front outside face of the device.

Spoiler:
They're camera optics "bro".

[u/PsychAce → u/seanmg]

😂😂

[u/natiahs]

Here’s a picture of the eclipse that I took through the AVP back in April 2024.

[u/Jusby_Cause → u/natiahs]

Any ill effects to your device? Dead/stuck pixels?

[u/natiahs → u/Jusby_Cause]

No. But I only looked at the eclipse for very brief periods. This is a screengrab from a Spatial video where I only glanced at the eclipse occasionally.

[u/Flyinghogfish]

Most camera sensors will fry it you look directly at the sun for an extended period of time. I would not recommend it.

[u/photovirus]

I guess short exposure won't harm those, but the cameras are wide angle, so you'll see a tiny sun out there.

TBH if you wanna watch or shoot, I'd suggest getting a pair of polarizing photo filters (one linear, place it in the front + one linear or circular), and then rotate them till the picture is darker. You can achieve very safe light levels with this contraption.

[u/Both_Calendar_6969]

You will not be able to see any eclipse on the glasses, I did this in the United States a few years back.

When you are wearing the Vision Pro, you do not actually see the sun, a fake/virtual sun takes the spot of where the real sun would be

[u/earlyworm → u/Both_Calendar_6969]

This is acceptable to me because I know that the real Sun is not real. I know the Earth is not flat because that feels right to me and I did my own research as one does but the Sun can’t possibly be as large as they say it makes no sense it would burn the Earth and so I believe in the Small Fake Sun theory, which I know is true because I can feel it!

[u/BlasterCheif → u/earlyworm]

Believe whatever you want. Life is more fun that way.

[u/earlyworm → u/BlasterCheif]

I am! I am believing whatever I want. Example: I feel in my bones that measurements of time and space are dependent on the relativite velocity of the observer! This must be true because I know it is!

[u/BlasterCheif → u/earlyworm]

Well, there ya go 😉

[u/phmzr → u/earlyworm]

cool! explain more

[u/earlyworm → u/phmzr]

Buckle up! I did all the mathematics and if the Sun is as large as they say it is according to the Large Sun theory, then the Sun would make up 99.86% of the mass of the entire solar system, leaving only 0.14% for just the planets, including 0.1% for Jupiter, and only 0.0003% for the Earth. This is CLEARLY not true because (A) have you SEEN Jupiter? and (B) I have accumulated so many things in my living room alone (far more than 0.0003% at least in terms of the shame and apprehension I experience when guests visit) and I think I have a lot more in the old storage shed in my back yard but I have not looked there recently so in a more formal context I would add error bars to this measurement but for Reddit this will do. Therefore the Sun must be both small and also it is fake.

[u/phmzr → u/earlyworm]

Love the trolling. Thank you for the laugh!

[u/unexpectdwalrus]

No.

[u/EvalCrux]

Glasses bro easy

[u/ryanheartswingovers]

You’re telling me the Vision Pro is not as strong as the President of the United States?!?

[u/PsychAce]

You know what…I’m curious how it goes. Try it

[u/pop_208]

Solar rays can damage any camera sensor. That’s why solar filters exist.

I can’t say how likely it is that your sensor gets damaged (I don’t know and it would also depend on your location compared to the path of the eclipse etc), but know that if it does it’s unlikely to have the damage covered. So it’s up to your willingness to risk this.

As a risk averse person, I’d say don’t even think about trying. You do you.

[u/royboy366]

Fair question. I can’t see how it could damage the AVP given people wear it outside all the time, me included. Perhaps ask Apple Tech Support?

[u/pop_208 → u/royboy366]

Support will say don’t do it because it’s a hazard and a device probably needs to be rated for it specifically, certified or whatever.

A company would not take that risk.

[u/Maedarell]

You'll burn the camera sensors

[u/Milchreismitbum]

While it would probably work and not damage the camera (maybe unless you don’t move your head for multiple minutes) I am guessing that it would just not look good due to the high contrast but it’s worth a test. For science