Reading the reports from the evening of 5 June, it's clear that pretty much everyone thinks Vision Pro® is the next revolutionary product after the iPhone®. It's a perfect example of how Apple thinks about innovation: until they have a better idea for a product or a solution to a problem, they don't make their own version. Of course, Vision Pro is not perfect, there are compromises, but it is clearly in a different league to competing products.
I am a real early adopter of Apple products, if I could, I would like to own one as soon as possible. The first reason for an “if” in my sentence, of course, is the price. It's not the first Apple product I've admired from afar, but for a top-of-the-range MacBook Pro® or Mac Pro®, I can easily get by without really needing it. In this case, "unfortunately" it's not so simple. $3,500 is a lot of money of course, but when you think about it, putting the device into context, can we really say it’s too expensive? Currently, there is no VR headset worth comparing to Vision Pro both quality and knowledge-wise. And then there's that damn ecosystem again, whereby a new device is introduced into the Apple family and immediately becomes friends with everyone.
I'm very curious about how comfortable it is if I wear it for a longer time. Early reports show that while it is indeed comfortable (it will be available in several sizes), it is not that light. The approximate two-hour battery life is not too much and although it can of course work on direct power, it does take a bit of freedom away. (Although we don't know the price of the battery yet :-)
The handling is said to be very intuitive, easy to get used to and thanks to the many sensors, it really does always see where you're looking and what you're doing with your hands. That being said, I'd be very curious to see if using Vision Pro throughout an entire day would be as seamless and self-explanatory as selecting and starting a movie “manually”.
As a person, who wears glasses, it sounds really appealing at first that we won't have to struggle with how to put them on without squeezing or scratching anything and that they'll be comfortable for my fellow glass wearers too, but I'm just as curious to know how - and for how much - dioptric lenses will be available in our country.
So there are still plenty of open questions, however, I'd love to try them out in their current state as well for work and watching movies. Still, the future is in the hands of the market and the developers.
