Apple Vision Pro reviews roundup: stunning potential with big trade-offs

The first reviews of Apple's Vision Pro headset, from publications with early access to the company's attempt to create the next computing platform, talk of a big leap forward for face-mounted computers, for better or worse. The US-only headset, first announced in June last year, aims to move "spatial computing" beyond the limited mixed-reality offered by rivals from Meta, Microsoft and others. It is packed with cutting-edge technology including 3D cameras on the front to capture videos, the ability to blend the real and virtual worlds with hand and eye tracking, plus a display on the front that shows a simulacrum of the wearer's eyes. But at a cost of 3,499 (about 2,760) in the US it has a lot of work to do to convince consumers and developers alike that it can be anything other than a super-expensive niche toy for tech enthusiasts. The Verge's Nilay Patel called the Vision Pro an "astounding product" but one with a lot of big trade-offs, including messing up your hair each time you put it on: "Apple is very proud of the displays inside the Vision Pro, and for good reason – they represent a huge leap forward in display technology," he wrote.