The Apple Vision Pro was one of the latest major hardware announced by the company and while it caught the attention of a lot of people, with many looking at its price, it has somehow not been able to attract the developer interest it initially hoped for. This came as visionOS Labs sessions remained underfilled.
Apple Vision Pro Headset Fails to Gather Enough Developer Interest
According to the story by Notebook Check, the upcoming Vision Pro headset by Apple is not attracting the level of developer interest that was initially hoped for by the company. With that, sessions that were specifically set up for visionOS labs have actually been reported to remain underfilled.
The article then noted that this doesn't really look like a good sight for the potential killer apps coming with the hardware during its expected 2024 launch. This comes as the company is reportedly struggling to attract developers for its Apple Vision Pro developer labs.
It was noted that the Vision Pro-centric labs is expected to have a setup in different places around the world including London, Singapore, Cupertino, Munich, Shanghai, and Tokyo. It was also noted that this comes with the expectation that developers need to learn the proper way to develop new apps for the new Apple headset.
Not Much Developers were Excited About Building on what Apple Describes as Its 'Spatial Computing' Platform
This comes as the headset was described as Apple's so-called "spatial computing" platform. According to Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, the sessions remain under-filled and that there were only a small number of developers that had joined.
The Apple Vision Pro headset was reportedly launched to a lot of excitement by Apple sometime in early June. This was done through the company's World Wide Developer Conference 2023 but the company highlighted that buyers wouldn't be getting the device until sometime early 2024.
The company also has a plan that would see the launch of the product in front of its very own developer base as it hopes to create enough excitement. This would allow Apple to invite developers to start building on the platform.
The Company's Plan B is to Ensure Optimization of iPad Apps with Its VisionOS Operating System
It was noted that the plan B of the company is to ensure that the visionOS operating system would still be able to support iPad apps without much requirements in order for its optimization to become compatible.
The article by Notebook Check notes that it isn't really surprising as to why Apple wasn't able to gain much interest from developers when it comes to the Vision Pro. Although this would be the first all-new product category of the company in many years, it does face some disadvantages.
One of the main disadvantages is that it's $500 higher than predictions and was priced at $3,499. Another setback was that in the recent years, VR as well as AR have not yet gained widespread acceptance from the mainstream consumers.
