Apple CEO Tim Cook recently appeared in an interview where he was asked all sorts of juicy questions including his plans to retire as CEO. One of those questions -- as was inevitable -- was about the Apple Vision Pro and its poor sales. And what Tim Cook replied with basically showed that he agrees with what the former head of Oculus had said about the headset.
Back when the Vision Pro was still a new product and making waves in the XR (Extended Reality) industry it got lots of praise and criticism. Hugo Barra, former head of Oculus, wrote a very long blog post where he outlined the pros and cons of Apple's headset. While he saw lots of potential for it -- namely in live sports viewing -- he also also called the Vision Pro an over-engineered devkit.
His reasoning was that the headset was jam packed with redundant sensors and other doodads that really did not need to present. This obviously drove up the cost significantly and put the headset out of reach for most consumers and even diehard VR enthusiasts.