Apple's $3,499 face computer has been out long enough now that the app library is finally worth scrolling through, and the results are exactly what you'd expect from a platform where the headset costs more than a used Honda Civic.
The question is whether any of it justifies strapping a ski goggle to your face for two hours.
Let's start with the obvious crowd-pleasers.
There are apps that turn your living room into a movie theater, apps that float multiple giant screens in the air while you pretend to work, and at least four apps that let you pet a virtual dinosaur.
The productivity stuff is where things get genuinely interesting, assuming you have the patience of a saint.
You can now drag windows around your physical space like a wizard, pin a browser to your kitchen wall, and take a call while a spreadsheet hovers over your couch.
In practice, you'll spend ten minutes recalibrating your eyes just to answer an email.
Then there's the entertainment tier, which is basically a graveyard of "immersive experiences" that are four minutes long and cost $8.99.
This is that, but the glasses are heavier and the return policy is worse.
A few standout apps genuinely nail the format, but you have to wade through a lot of "virtual aquarium" nonsense to find them.
Major streaming apps showed up late and half-hearted.
The apps that do exist often feel like someone ported a phone app, stretched it across your field of vision, and called it innovation.
A surprising number are just… websites in a trench coat.
For early adopters, there's still a thrill in being first.
You get to feel like you're living in the future while your friends take turns asking if you can see them through the goggles.
But for everyone else, the pitch remains shaky.
Meanwhile, the app store keeps growing, which is either a sign of momentum or a sign that developers are throwing spaghetti at a very expensive wall to see what sticks.
Here's the thing nobody at the keynote wants to admit: a headset lives and dies by its killer app, and right now the Vision Pro doesn't have one.
It has a bunch of neat party tricks and a few legitimately useful tools buried under the gimmicks.
If you already bought one, enjoy the dinosaur.
Final Thoughts
If you're on the fence, maybe wait until the apps stop feeling like science fair projects and start feeling like software you'd actually miss.