We are getting closer and closer to the launch of Apple’s brand new Vision Pro headset which will be released on Friday, February 2.
With that, the company announced today all of the streaming services that will be available to use on the Apple Vision Pro headset. These streaming services include Disney+,4 ESPN, NBA, MLB, PGA Tour, Max, Discovery+, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+, Peacock, Pluto TV, Tubi, Fubo, Crunchyroll, Red Bull TV, IMAX, TikTok, and MUBI.
Of course, Apple’s TV app and Apple TV+ will be offered and available on the Apple Vision Pro too.
Vision Pro users will also have the ability to use Safari to access those streaming services, along with others that may not technically have apps supported for the Vision Pro headset.
The headset will support 2D and 3D content. Disney+ is also said to have support for select films in 3D.
Movies that are said to have this type of support on launch day are said to be “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Dune,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” across the streaming services mentioned above. There will also be support for “Spatial Audio and in an Environment to make the experience even more immersive.”
There will additionally be what Apple is calling “Immersive Entertainment Experiences.”
“Apple Immersive Video features 180-degree 3D 8K recordings captured with Spatial Audio to transport viewers to the center of a place, moment, or story. At launch, users can enjoy a curated selection of immersive films and series on the Apple TV app at no additional cost.”
These include the following pieces of content:
- “Alicia Keys: Rehearsal Room” offers a rare glimpse into the Grammy winner’s creative process with this intimate rehearsal session featuring renditions of her hits “No One,” “If I Ain’t Got You,” and “You Don’t Know My Name.” Users can also access these performances as a special EP exclusively on Apple Music when it debuts.
- “Adventure” follows pioneering athletes as they take on awe-inspiring challenges in some of the world’s most sensational locations. In the first episode, Highlining, viewers step into thin air with highliner Faith Dickey as she takes on her biggest challenge yet: a daring traverse 3,000 feet above Norway’s breathtaking fjords.
- “Wild Life” takes viewers up close and personal with some of the most charismatic creatures on the planet to uncover what makes them unique, featuring the experts who know them best. The first episode brings viewers into the world’s largest rhinoceros sanctuary where a former police captain has dedicated her life to rescuing, raising, and rewilding these gentle giants.
- “Prehistoric Planet Immersive”: The award-winning Apple Original docuseries from Jon Favreau and the producers of Planet Earth returns with an immersive film that transports viewers into the daily lives of dinosaurs, and follows the struggles and triumphs of these majestic animals amid spectacular scenery. Prehistoric Planet Immersive whisks viewers along a rugged ocean coast where a pterosaur colony settles in for an afternoon nap, which proves to be anything but restful.
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