During WWDC 2023 I went hands-on with the Vision Pro, Apple’s highly-anticipated VR/AR headset. However, as I soon discovered, it’s not so much a mixed reality headset, but what Apple is calling a spatial computing headset, capable of allowing wearers to work and play in new innovative ways including using your MacBook as a second display in a virtual setting. And while Apple isn’t suggesting that the Vision Pro could replace your current computing solution (yet), the idea of seamlessly using your computer in a virtual space is definitely drawing attention.
And while you can take video calls, work collaboratively and even type in Apple’s spatial environment, I’m going to rain on this laptop replacement parade. In its current iteration, the Vision Pro is nowhere near to putting your laptop out to pasture. And if it has any hope of doing so, it’s got these three obstacles to overcome.
