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Definitely not on board with the $3499 price tag, so I won't be a first-gen adopter, but this is the first AR/VR headset that's actually made me want one, so I'm looking forward to seeing what the whole landscape looks like in a few years once (hopefully/maybe) prices have come down a bit.
Say what you like about Apple, but they're masters of holding off on a product until they've nailed their vision (sorry) of what they want it to be. iPod wasn't the first digital music player, but it was undoubtedly the best. iPhone wasn't the first smartphone, but it set the ground rules for what a smartphone should be.
While Vision Pro is definitely a first generation product, like the first iPad, it appears to be a fully realised device that will be iterated into a class-leading product. In turn, it'll push other manufacturers to up their game and make the best AR/VR headsets they can.
That's definitely what I'm hoping to see! The competition can only be a good thing.
The only problem I'll have with it, is that, being an Apple user, I'll be tied into needing to spend whatever Apple deem appropriate to buy into the platform in order for it to sync up nicely with all my other stuff.