We cover the unsubstantiated (clickbait) stories about how the Vision Pro is supposedly ‘dead’, and then talk about our 2025 AVP reflections and future.

NEWS

Analysts need Apple Vision Pro to be a flop, whether Apple considers it one or not
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/01/01/analysts-need-apple-vision-pro-to-be-a-flop-whether-apple-considers-it-one-or-not

Almost No One is Buying Apple's Vision Pro Headset 

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/almost-no-one-buying-apples-vision-pro-headset

Apple Slashes Vision Pro Production, Amid Poor Holiday Sales
https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-slashes-vision-pro-production-amid-poor-holiday-sales 

Apple Vision Pro Sales Plunge 95% as Production Halts
https://virtual.reality.news/news/apple-vision-pro-sales-plunge-95-as-production-halts/ 

Patents

Apple’s New Smartglasses Patent Solves a Problem Meta and Others Haven’t

https://x.com/PatentlyApple/status/2006032604122751342

New Apple Patent Pushes Photorealistic XR Personas Beyond Vision Pro’s Capabilities

https://x.com/PatentlyApple/status/2005338488984780938 

Live NBA

How to watch Lakers NBA games in Apple Immersive on Apple Vision Pro 

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/05/los-angeles-lakers-vision-pro/

PREVIEW: Los Angeles Lakers games on Spectrum Front Row

https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/s/iCzLa5fwj6

End of Year thoughts

1. visionOS as a Maturing Platform

• Looking across the year, where did visionOS most clearly mature—and where did it still feel unfinished or compromised?
• Does visionOS now feel like it has its own spatial identity, or does it still feel like iOS and macOS stretched into 3D space?

2. Interaction & Apple Intelligence

• Have eye tracking and hand gestures become second nature for you, or do you still feel like you’re adapting yourself to the system?
• Is Apple Intelligence foundational to Vision Pro’s future, or does the platform succeed or fail largely without it?

3. Hardware Futures: Comfort, Cost, and Direction

• If Apple could fix only one thing next—comfort, weight, price, or battery—which would most change your real-world use?
• Do rumors of multiple Vision Pro models clarify Apple’s roadmap, or do they suggest uncertainty about who this product is really for?

4. Immersive Media as the Anchor Experience

• What immersive experience this year most convincingly answered the question, “Why does Vision Pro exist?”
• Is immersive media enough to carry the platform forward, or does Vision Pro still need a broader “everyday” purpose?

5. Beyond Entertainment: Work, Learning, and Serious Use

• Where have we seen the most credible real-world work or professional use of Vision Pro this year?
• What’s the biggest gap between what Vision Pro can technically do and what people are actually ready to do with it?

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