Although Apple Vision Pro likely many people are new to the concept of AR/VR headsets, Apple’s barrier to entry is high – $3,500.
For that price you definitely get the most premium-feeling mixed reality headset, with a great user interface and magical eye and hand tracking. However, it is a first generation product, and again – super expensive.
What if there was a way to get that experience for a reasonable price? Well, non-Apple mixed reality headsets have been around for a long time, and as you might expect – they’re also much more affordable.
And just like you can get a launcher app for your Android phone to make it feel like an iPhone, you can get apps for, say, your cheap Meta Quest 3 headphones that make it feel like a $3500 Apple Vision Pro.
Now, I’m usually skeptical of this, as apps that “mimic” an experience tend to be poor quality and very surface level, so I wasn’t exactly sold on the fact that Apple Vision Pro the experience can be recreated quite convincingly… But still, I decided to buy a $10 that looked promising and…
It’s even harder to justify spending $3,500 on the Apple Vision Pro now
Apple Vision Pro headset and its external battery (Image credit – PhoneArena)
So I’ve been using AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality) headsets for many years now. Almost all the main ones.
And because of that, I wasn’t exactly surprised by Apple Vision Pro. I didn’t find it to offer a much better experience than the average headset, which usually costs thousands of dollars less.
And again, I feel like I’ve been proven correct, because not only does this app—the “space app”—recreate Apple Vision Pro‘s interface in Meta Quest 3and most of its functionality perfectly, but it reminded me how little functionality there is to recreate.
I encourage you to check out ours Review the Apple Vision Pro before you take a look at the screenshots I took, just so you have a good idea of what the real thing is like.
But basically, this app for $499 Meta Research 3 recreates that experience in place. We have rounded windows that you can resize freely, open as many of them as you want, whether they’re browser windows or apps, and place them around your real-world environment.
The interface, window management, keyboard, launcher, it’s all the same, but for $3000 less
The basic app launch screen—slash—is exactly the same as the one on the screen Apple Vision Pro, which itself feels like the Apple Watch’s app browser—an arrangement of app icons. Everything else is pretty much one-for-one with how Apple Vision Pro looks and feels too.
Of course, details like virtual screens casting shadows on some real-life surfaces aren’t (yet) here, but have you really noticed?
And of course, Meta Research 3 there’s no eye tracking, so you have to use either its (extremely accurate) but less-than-smooth controllers, or hand gestures, which actually work pretty well with this app.
So one Meta Research 3 the application can replace Apple Vision Pro experience for most users… and there is a whole Meta Research 3 in addition to it, with thousands of other games and experiences that Vision Pro there is no
Meta Quest 3 Headphones (image credit – PhoneArena)
I know I sound like one Apple Vision Pro hate at this point, since I haven’t been as enthusiastic about it as many people, but I get it – it can seem magical, especially if it’s the first VR headset and you have no frame of reference. But I feel pretty justified in criticizing it because it costs a crazy $3,500.
And with that in mind, I really believe that (at least for now) a $499 Meta Research 3 with an app like this, not only can it be completely emulated Apple Vision Pro perfect for almost everyone, but if you close the app – guess what – there’s a whole Meta Research 3 for you to explore!
499 dollars Meta Research 3 that also has countless games to play, also has a web browser with multi-window support and countless applications, and can also connect to your PC and Mac (not just Mac) to be used as a display virtual to…
Meanwhile, Apple Vision Pro remains very limited, with very few apps, no single-name AR or VR games, while costing as much as a good used car; exactly the opposite of Research 3.
To be fair, it’s likely a matter of time until $3,500 Apple Vision Pro it starts to make sense, but it doesn’t now and it won’t soon
Based on some reliable leaks and rumors we’ve heard, Apple is aware that the price of this thing is insane and plans to release a non-Pro Apple Vision headset for less in the next couple of years.
So that might sort of solve the cost problem I have with this headset.
And as for the lack of apps and games, a “killer app”, or “killer use case” – is likely to be addressed as well. Apple will sign deals with major TV networks and content providers to exclusively get AR/VR content (or at least – in its highest, most engaging quality) on Vision.
It’s likely to start getting game developers on its side as well, along with app developers, bringing most of the cool iPad apps and games we know and love to the iPad. Vision Proincluding but not limited to video editing and music production applications.
I see Apple Vision becoming an incredibly futuristic way for content creators to do their work in the next two or three years, but until that time comes, until those apps come, Apple Vision Pro remains a proof of concept.
So by all means, don’t spend $3,500 on it. Or at least wait for the cheaper Apple Vision headphones we’ve heard about.
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