Apple’s mixed-reality headset is selling well, however it’s embroiled in a brand new thriller that’s proving robust to crack.

As first reported by MacRumors, some clients have found a mysterious crack showing vertically down the middle of the front-facing display on their Vision Pro headsets. The reviews have come from solely a small variety of customers, most of them speaking about it on Reddit, which will be an unreliable supply. That mentioned, Engadget reviews that the same crack has occurred on its evaluation unit. The people affected say they haven’t mishandled the units—there’s been no dropping or smashing that might create the crack within the laminated glass display. So it’s not but clear what precisely is inflicting the issue, or whether or not it really impacts the efficiency of the Vision Pro.

WIRED reached out to Apple to ask concerning the cracks on the Apple Vision Pro’s entrance display and what could possibly be inflicting them, however the firm hasn’t responded.

Apple has chosen to make its first headset out of premium supplies like aluminum and glass which have resulted within the gadget being each heavy and fewer sturdy. For an instance of the way it stands as much as stress, take this video of YouTuber JerryRigsEverthing absolutely demolishing an Apple Vision Pro headset. (Spoiler alert: It doesn’t do nicely should you set it on fireplace.)

Here’s another shopper tech information.

Apple Sports a New App

This week, Apple introduced a devoted app for sports activities lovers. It’s known as—look forward to it—Apple Sports. The app is free on iOS, and it offers iPhone customers entry to real-time sports activities scores. It can be utilized to trace scores and stats from some skilled and faculty leagues, like Major League Soccer, NBA and NCAA basketball, Premier League soccer, and NHL hockey. Notably lacking are different sports activities giants just like the MLB, NFL, NCAAF, NWSL, and WNBA, although Apple says these leagues are coming to the app quickly for his or her upcoming seasons.

The app lets customers filter and customise the scoreboards to indicate their favourite groups. It’s additionally meant to push users towards watching video games on Apple TV, with the inclusion of a “Watch on Apple TV” button within the app. While the iPhone app is free, streaming the video games often requires a subscription.

Apply PC Games Directly to the Forehead

In different VR information, Sony says it’s testing out making its latest VR headset appropriate with PC video games. Sony’s PS VR2 got here out a yr in the past, and whereas it’s a fun, powerful device, it acquired some criticism for requiring a tethered connection to a PS5 console. Now, Sony is exploring the thought of letting gamers make the most of the headset for gameplay on PCs as nicely.

The announcement was buried a number of paragraphs into an update about new games coming to Sony’s console platform. The firm didn’t share any particulars about which PC video games it’s testing on PS VR2, or when such a function would possibly grow to be out there.

Still, it’s a welcome cross-platform transfer which will deliver Sony a step nearer to ending the console wars. That’s in all probability not the corporate’s instant objective right here, however it isn’t the primary transfer by a gaming firm on the interoperability entrance. Last week, the Xbox team announced that a number of of its beforehand unique console video games will quickly be made out there on different platforms like PlayStation and the Nintendo Switch.

What Are You Dune 2 Night?

Swiss luxurious watchmaker Hamilton has unveiled two new timepieces impressed by director Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Dune sequel. As you would possibly anticipate, they appear to be one thing that’s arrived straight from Arakkis. (That’s the Dune planet.) The exterior is a rugged matte black, with shiny blue numbers and watch palms meant to evoke the colour of the eyes of the Fremens. (They’re the Dune folks.) The triangular form of the case is an evolution of Hamilton’s Ventura mannequin, which was first launched within the Fifties.

The Ventura XXL Bright prices $1,810 and is restricted to three,000 complete models. The Ventura Edge Dune watch is $2,553 and is restricted to 2,000 complete items. Dune: Part Two opens subsequent Friday, March 1.

Tech Trouble

It’s a tough time to be within the tech business for lots of employees, particularly those that have been swept up within the nice wave of layoffs which have occurred to this point this yr. In a matter of weeks, tens of 1000’s of tech employees misplaced their jobs. Companies of all sizes have made cuts not too long ago, together with Google, Amazon, Discord, and Instacart. It’s a stark shift for an business that grew by attractive workers with extravagant campuses and benevolent advantages. Now, confronted with a glut of job seekers, corporations have gotten very specific about who they rent. It’s more durable than ever to land a tech job, and each side of the interview desk are getting artistic about how they strategy the opposite. (Yeah, they’re in all probability all utilizing AI.)

This newest episode of WIRED’s Gadget Lab podcast dives into the plight of tech employees, and the way getting a job and holding one have grow to be rather more precarious.