Here's how to see Apple's new Mac Pro & Pro Display XR in your office with your iPhone or iPad

Apple has allowed users to take advantage of augmented reality on an an iPhone or iPad to see how the new Mac Pro and Pro Display in their home or office.

Visiting Apple's store pages for the new Mac Pro and the Pro Display XDR on an iOS device now features an option to view either object in augmented reality. This allows the user to drop a 3D model into their home, giving them an idea how it may look in their space.

Users must click on the "see in AR" option and follow the instructions presented on screen. This includes moving the iPhone or iPad around the area, allowing the device to scan for appropriate flat surfaces to drop the object on. We suggest trying this in a wide open area at first to get a feel for how the AR feature is going to work.

Once you successfully drop the Mac Pro or Pro Display XDR into your space, it can be moved with with one finger, shrink or grown with a pinch, or rotated with a two-finger twist.

Apple's new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR were announced on Monday, two years after Apple publicly stated they were working on it.

The Mac Pro will be able to support up to 2TB of RAM in the 28-core version, though the 12-core and 16-core will be limited to 1TB. The Mac Pro starts at $5,999 and will ship at some point in the fall.

The Pro Display XDR was designed to rival high-end reference displays. The Pro Display XDR is $5,000, with an optional stand upgrade costing an additional $1,000, and will ship in the fall.

27 Comments

larz2112 291 comments · 16 Years

About 5 years ago

This is pretty neat. The scale and perspective are a bit wonky, but it's a close enough approximation and worthwhile real-world implementation of AR.

tyler82 1107 comments · 18 Years

All of the news and social media posts about the news out of WWDC is about the $1k stand. Even the audience was gasping and laughing.

Apple should have just incorporated the price of the stand into the monitor.

bigtds 167 comments · 10 Years

I have to say, that computer is pretty ugly.

foregoneconclusion 2835 comments · 12 Years

tyler82 said:

All of the news and social media posts about the news out of WWDC is about the $1k stand. I have a feeling that reaction will change once people get a hands-on with the stand. My guess is that there's something very unique about the mechanism used to move the screen around, i.e., way more fluid and precise than what people are used to. I had a $250 Ergotron arm mount that had a lot of quirks in terms of holding the height or tilt of the screen correctly for longer periods of time. It required a lot of experimentation with the tension settings etc. It didn't cost $999, but it was also a mixed bag in terms of how it really performed.

lkrupp 10521 comments · 19 Years

tyler82 said:

All of the news and social media posts about the news out of WWDC is about the $1k stand. Even the audience was gasping and laughing.

Apple should have just incorporated the price of the stand into the monitor.

Over two hours of fantastic news and announcements and it all boils down to finding a negative and pounding away on it. And it’s not only the tech world, it’s our entire society. Social media has let loose a monster that remained chained for many decades. From body shaming to bullying, from politics to religion, from health issues to money management it’s become vicious and predatory. Just take these very AI forums that are filled with viciousness and hate all day long. It’s as if the only way you get any credibility here is to savagely attack Apple and its management team day after day after day. Any positive response is pounced upon as sycophancy and fanboyism.

So you go right ahead and keep pounding away at your favorite negatives. Trash Apple a much as you can about the monitor stand. Bleat it out to the universe. I guess that's what you think you need to do to keep any credibility here.