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The original was posted on /r/visionpro by /u/pixege on 2024-11-06 19:21:21+00:00.

There’s a lot of talk about the image quality of the Mac’s Ultra-Wide Screen. I can confirm that the new solution introduced in visionOS 2.2 gives us a true Retina display! Let me explain.

Apple Vision displays have high resolution, but they’re still quite far from the resolution of the real eye. When the Mac screen is at a normal size, meaning we can see the whole screen as well as the top and bottom of the surroundings, the text may appear somewhat blurry. This happens because AVP displays physically can’t deliver more pixels than they actually have. However, when you enlarge the Mac screen significantly and bring it closer, you’ll see that icons and all text appear sharp, just like on Apple’s 5K Retina displays. There are no visible pixels. In visionOS 2.1, the image quality was weaker, but now we have a true Retina display. You just need to enlarge the window and bring it closer to fill the entire frame with the Mac display. You’ll notice the difference.

In the attached image, I created a simulation to show you what I mean. On the left, you see the view when you’re farther from the virtual screen or when it’s small enough that you can also see the surroundings. When you move closer, you’ll see the true image quality.

So, now it’s just a matter of waiting for new generations, where AVP displays will keep improving, and visionOS 2.2 already takes this functionality to the next level.