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A new study covering wearing an Apple Vision Pro during certain surgeries has concluded that it is superior to existing medical equipment, and is very much worth the relatively small cost.

Medical tray with a futuristic white VR headset beside surgical tools, including scissors, forceps, scalpels, syringes, and a stainless steel kidney dish on a teal cloth surface
The Apple Vision Pro has proven to be a useful tool for cataract surgery.

Apple Vision Pro has been used for surgery since it first came out, and surgeons have already said that it is so light it saves them pain and injury. Now a study conducted at the UC San Diego Shiley Eye Institute, has directly compared using Apple Vision Pro to what it calls “traditional monitor-based” surgery.

The resulting paper, called “Apple Vision Pro as a Wearable Display for Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy: Surgical Experience, Efficiency, and Cost,” claims to be among the first to evaluate the device for endoscopic lacrimal surgery. The researchers considered factors including efficiency, reliability, weight and cost, and concluded that Apple Vision Pro:

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