Apple Vision Pro: First Buyer Of MR Headset Gets Celebrity-Style Cheer Outside Store

Apple Vision Pro News: Cupertino-based tech giant Apple launched the Apple Vision Pro for buyers in the US on February 2. As fans queued up to get their hands on the latest piece of innovation from the tech giant, a video of the first buyer has got social media excited.

In the clip, the customer can be seen receiving a cheerful welcome as he steps out of the Apple Store with the Apple Vision Pro box package.

CEO Tim Cook was present at Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York City to mark the availability of the device offline. For the unaware, the device costs $3,499. Amid these affairs, the video that is gaining vogue online is of the first buyer of the Vision Pro, who gets a special welcome from the Apple staff.

For a moment, this created a superstar moment for the customer owing to the energetic applause and cheer of everyone present at the spot.

‘Some People Had Tears In Their Eyes’: Cook

Tim Cook also shared his thoughts on X (formerly Twitter). “What a thrilling morning celebrating the launch of Apple Vision Pro at Apple Fifth Avenue! The era of spatial computing has arrived,” Cook posted. “Seeing people’s reactions to trying Apple Vision Pro for the first time today was wonderful. Some people had tears in their eyes! Our mission is to enrich people’s lives, and I could feel that happening in real-time. What a day!”

According to a CNN report, about 200 people were lined up at the New York City Flagship store. The Apple Vision Pro ships with Micro OLED 4K 100Hz displays with 23 million pixels. It gets an M2 and R1 chip for performance. The headset runs on visionOS. It can last for up to two hours of playback time with the battery pack. A host of sensors with 12 cameras and six microphones are placed on the headset. For a detailed look, head to this report.