Has it been a year since Apple Vision Pro came out? It looks like it. And a year in, it is clear that it is great for two and only two very specific use cases:
- Watching media by yourself
- Being hyper-productive in confined quarters for long stretches of time.
Number 2 only became viable a few months ago when they turned on the ultra-ultra-ultra-wide display option, but that has become my main use for it. You need a long stretch of time because it is not convenient to take it on and off constantly. Since my work day is interrupted by meetings these stretches of time are few and far between.
A third use case may pop up if Apple actually enables 3rd-party controllers and developers actually port games to it, neither of which is a given. So, the uses may expand, slowly, and the user base with them, but I did a quick search on AVP gaming just now and the top articles on Kagi — here is one — are from just before and just after the release. That’s telling.