Apple's $3,500 face computer has been out for a while now, and the app situation is exactly what you'd expect from a product that most people can't afford and even fewer actually need.
The Vision Pro App Store is a strange, sparse bazaar where you can meditate in a virtual canyon, watch a movie on a screen the size of a billboard, and then... stare at your ceiling wondering why you spent rent money on this.
The killer apps, according to the people who actually own one, are mostly the boring ones.
Streaming services like Max and Disney+ look genuinely great on a virtual mega-screen, assuming you enjoy wearing ski goggles to watch The Bear.
There's also a crop of productivity apps that let you pin floating windows around your living room like you're Tom Cruise in Minority Report, minus the cool gloves and plus a neck strain you'll feel by Thursday.
Then there's the stuff that feels like it was built by someone who just discovered 3D and refuses to let it go.
Weird little experiences where you pet a virtual dinosaur, or sit inside a snow globe, or watch a jellyfish float past your face for no clear reason.
They're fun for about four minutes, which is roughly the same lifespan as your enthusiasm for the device itself.
Developers aren't exactly tripping over themselves to build for a headset with a user base smaller than the population of a mid-sized town.
Every week brings a handful of new apps, but most are ports, experiments, or glorified tech demos.
The ones that stick around tend to be the ones that solve a problem you didn't know you had, like letting you arrange your desktop in midair while your roommate watches you wave your hands at nothing.
Some genuinely cool stuff has emerged, though.
Spatial video of your kids or pets hits different when it's floating in front of you, and a few creative tools let artists sculpt in three dimensions without a mouse.
If you're into 3D modeling or you just really love watching movies alone in a dark headset, there's a case to be made.
For everyone else, it's a lot of money to spend on a device whose best feature is making your friends ask "you actually bought one of those?" The bigger question is whether any of this matters.
Apple keeps updating the software, developers keep trickling in, and the headset keeps sitting on shelves while most people wait for a cheaper version that may or may not ever show up.
The app catalog will probably get better.
It almost has to. **Our take:** The Vision Pro app library is a fascinating glimpse of a future that hasn't arrived yet, and you're currently paying early-adopter prices to be a beta tester for it.
If you've got the cash and the curiosity, go for it.
Final Thoughts
If you don't, your wallet just dodged a very expensive snow globe.