--- title: Vision Pro is an over-engineered “devkit” // Hardware... description: The Apple Vision Pro is an over-engineered 'devkit' with genius hardware decisions and a new UI superpower using gaze and pinch. The software/content story is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vision-pro-is-an-over-engineered-devkit-hardware-bleeds-genius-audacity-but-software-story-is-9xcrttzee twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Vision Pro is an over-engineered “devkit” // Hardware bleeds genius & audacity but software story is disheartening // What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right // Why Meta could finally have it | daily.dev og:description: The Apple Vision Pro is an over-engineered 'devkit' with genius hardware decisions and a new UI superpower using gaze and pinch. The software/content story is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vision-pro-is-an-over-engineered-devkit-hardware-bleeds-genius-audacity-but-software-story-is-9xcrttzee og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9XcrttzEe.png og:image:alt: Vision Pro is an over-engineered “devkit” // Hardware bleeds genius & audacity but software story is disheartening // What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right // Why Meta could finally have it og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Vision Pro is an over-engineered “devkit” // Hardware bleeds genius & audacity but software story is disheartening // What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right // Why Meta could finally have it **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 49 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Apple Vision Pro is an over-engineered 'devkit' with genius hardware decisions and a new UI superpower using gaze and pinch. The software/content story is dull, and most people may not use it for watching TV/movies. Apple's bet in immersive video is a game-changer for live sports. The Vision Pro is the Northstar the VR industry needed. The Vision Pro's instant magic comes down to an unprecedented level of presence in VR and the new UI superpower using gaze and pinch. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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