by Hugo Barra (former Head of Oculus at Meta) Friends and colleagues have been asking me to share my perspective on the Apple Vision Pro as a product. Inspired by my dear friend Matt Mullenweg's 40th post, I decided to put pen to paper. This started as blog post and became an essay before too…

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The Apple Vision Pro is an over-engineered 'devkit' with genius hardware decisions and a new UI superpower using gaze and pinch. The software/content story is dull, and most people may not use it for watching TV/movies. Apple's bet in immersive video is a game-changer for live sports. The Vision Pro is the Northstar the VR industry needed. The Vision Pro's instant magic comes down to an unprecedented level of presence in VR and the new UI superpower using gaze and pinch.

Vision Pro is an over-engineered “devkit” // Hardware bleeds genius & audacity but software story is disheartening // What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right // Why Meta could finally have it