I went to the loneliest baseball game on Apple Vision Pro
A tech reviewer tests the Apple Vision Pro by watching a live MLB game between the Red Sox and Yankees. While the immersive visuals are impressive, the reviewer finds the headset's weight and the nature of baseball's slow pace make it an impractical viewing experience.
Why it matters
This highlights the current limitations of wearable VR technology in replacing traditional media consumption habits for long-form sports.
This weekend, I strapped on an Apple Vision Pro to watch a baseball game in immersive virtual reality for the first time. It was technically impressive, visually pretty remarkable, and also didn’t make that much sense.
Apple and Major League Baseball chose a classic match-up of the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees for the first of its series of four games streamed on the device. I do not review tech for The Verge, but I do watch a lot of baseball — if there’s a game on and I’m at home, it’s likely on my television. If this is the future of sports, live events, and wearable technology in general, I’d like to see what all the fuss is about.
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