We have known about the Vision Pro for more than a year now, but Apple's first "spatial computing" device is one of the biggest question marks heading into the new year. The $3,499 headset was unveiled at the beginning of June, but since then, the company hasn't gotten more specific. On December 24, the apple oracle offered an early holiday gift, narrowing down what he believes will be a late-January/ early-February release date for the system The first wave of Vision Pros will be shipped to Apple in about a month, with 500,000 total shipments for the year, according to the analyst. Reports suggested that Apple has scaled back expectations from around one million to less than 400,000.
The 500,000 figure is small for a company of Apple's size and influence. The Vision Pro is an entirely new category and form factor for the company, not to mention it is expensive. You have a big fight on your hands because of the decades-long failure to live up to expectations. It is difficult to argue that Vision Pro is Apple's most important product of the future.