Apple’s Vision Pro VR is incredible technology but is it useful?

The new product is far ahead of its competition; however, it is not clear that there is a pressing need for it or that most people can afford it

As people begin to report on their hands-on time with Apple's Vision Pro VR headset, it's becoming increasingly clear that the company has produced an incredible piece of hardware.

Even in limited demonstrations, users have praised the company's extraordinary work producing the two postage-stamp-sized screens that sit in each eyepiece and pack in more pixels than a 4K TV; they've been stunned by the quality of the passthrough" video, which shows wearers what's happening in the outside world in enough detail that they can even use their phones while wearing the headset; and they've been impressed by the casual ease with which the gesture controls on the new hardware work, with an array of infrared cameras letting users make small and subtle hand movements to select and scroll rather than relying on bulky controllers.