Unlike other headphones, you can’t control the Apple Vision Pro headphones using any type of input device. Instead, the headphones track your hand and eye movements. When you want to select something, just look at it and tap with your finger. As Nilay Patel said in his review, it’s pretty magical – until it isn’t. When hand or eye tracking doesn’t feel right, the easiest thing to do is to recalibrate it.
There are many reasons why you might want to recalibrate. Maybe you purchased your Vision Pro without the Zeiss optical inserts and later decided to add them. Maybe your eyeglass prescription has been updated. Maybe a friend really wants to try out the headphones but doesn’t want to drag themselves to an Apple store. Whatever the reason, here are some ways to get back to hand and eye tracking.
If you want to reset hand and eye tracking at the same time, there’s a shortcut:
You will be asked to do two things. First, reach out and look at your hands. Then, look at and click on a few points in the circle at different brightness settings.
Sometimes, you may not want to reset hand and eye tracking at the same time. The good news is you can also recalibrate each individually. need to be able to do this:
If unstable tracking makes navigating menus difficult, I recommend asking Siri instead. You can say “Hey Siri, redo eye settings/hand settings.” Remember, you need to activate Siri during setup for this to work properly.If you haven’t already, I highly recommend using the top button shortcut so you can access Settings > Siri & Search > Turn on Listen for “Hey Siri” or “Siri.”
Sharing Vision Pro isn’t the easiest. The fact that it’s so personalized to a person’s vision and hand tracking is a big reason. Who wants to constantly recalibrate their headphones every time they put them on or take them off?But if you want to demo the device to friends and family, there’s an easy way No Starting a guest user session can disrupt your own eye and hand tracking.