Vision Pro lens glare using zeiss inserts

I’ve been playing with this issue myself for a couple days now. It’s certainly not a light seal issue (The two light seals included are a thin and thick seal, but changing that out creates a new problem where you have to recalibrate the iris detection). It seems like if I keep the background environment light colored the ‘lens flare’ effect is much less. I’m still waiting on my Prescription lens inserts (arriving today hopefully) so I’m interested in seeing if the issue changes.

Fun Fact… When I tried changing the light seal to the thicker seal included, I could never get my iris scan to work, failed every time, so went back to thin seal with no problem.

Rangerchiefv- I don’t know if this can be fixed, at least anytime soon. This is a very common issue with pancake lenses. My confidence is a little low as I feel Apple would have done it if possible. I do miss some aspects of AVP after returning it but the poor FOV, glare, and grainy pass through video makes that decision easy. Sure I can go to a bright immersive environment but I don’t want to make compromises. I think I could have gotten past the FOV and grainy pass through but not even being able to enjoy a movie immersed in a dark environment was the last straw. I hold out hope they can address this issue but until then it was a deal breaker.

• I can’t imagine anyone buying Vision Pro primarily to watch movies, in the dark or light.
• $4000 after tax, carrying case, etc... that’s a lot of money for that.
• I love the device and yes I have experienced the same thing and I don’t think it has anything to do with outside light. I experienced it with and without Zeiss inserts. Only in dark immersion.
• But, I a using this devise for so many PROducivity things along with my Mac Pro. And I really think this is why the device is "Vision PRO".
• I have not played ONE GAME in Vision Pro... That's what my PS5 and PSVR2 are for.
• But, that being said... I was wondering if an Anti-Glare coating on the Zeiss inserts would help the experience... or would it throw off eye tracking...

I have the same issue, it seems like you’re looking through a light fog or something. At first I though it was light leakage too, but like you I was an able to rule that out. My next thought was the Zeiss lenses, so I took them out and recalibrated the Vision Pro without the lenses being in, but it didn’t seem to fix the issue. I was wondering if all the units are this way or was it just mine?! I want to go into Apple to try one of their units to see if there’s does the same thing.

I get this glare too. It's pretty pronounced. Semi-ellipses in the bottom of my view on both eyes. In fact I first noticed it during the demo in the Apple Store, without any Zeiss inserts. I commented on it to the salesperson and she was surprised. I also get the glare at home, with or without the inserts. I just finished watching a movie with a dark environment setting and saw the glare the entire time. :(

Same issue ! Flare and glare and foggy screen in Cinema Mode !! This goes away in immersive video . The glare is worse in dark environments . It does now allow for a good experience watching movies in Cinema mode . Tried so many things to fix it but it is still there .

I see balcony and floor and within those I see front, middle, and back. I like balcony front, but as I said, it can be a little intense. 🙂

I agree with zacmoore. I don't want to watch movies in a nighttime environment, and once you see the "glare" or "reflections" or "fog" you cannot unsee it. Primarily for this reason, I decided to return my Vision Pro. I hope Apple will be able to address this issue in the next generation of Vision Pro.

I have a tendency to focus on things. Once I see flaws I can't unsee them. Especially spending $4K for something that is distracting. I have a few more days so I am going to keep trying different things as I really want to keep it.

I realized I made a typo in my last post (LOL). I meant to say that I don't want to watch movies in a "daytime" environment. If I watch movies in a nighttime environment this is when the "glare" or "reflections" or "fog" is more pronounced.

I thought my readers insets were smudged or has finger prints on them, kept trying to clean them. Didn’t notice this during the day at all but at night it was very bad when trying to watch a move in cinematic mode. Glad it’s not just me.