American tech news behemoths The Verge and Engadget got early demos of Apple’s forthcoming spatial computing headset, the Vision Pro, and have posted their initial reactions.

Apple Vision Pro will be available beginning Friday, February 2, at all U.S. Apple Store locations and the U.S. Apple Store online.

First revealed during its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) last June, Apple’s Vision Pro is a spatial computer and headset that blends digital content with the physical world.

I feel that the biggest detractor on day one will be the state of the virtual keyboard. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman recently mentioned his dissatisfaction with it and Engadget’s Cherlynn Low and Dana Wollman echo this in their review as did The Verge’s Victoria Song.

The Vision Pro virtual keyboard is a complete write-off at least in 1.0. You have to poke each key one finger at a time like you did before you learned how to type. There is no magical in-air typing. You can also look at a character and pinch. You’ll want a Bluetooth keyboard.

— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) January 12, 2024

You can read The Verge’s full take here and Engadget’s here.

Pre-orders for Apple Vision Pro begin Friday, January 19, at 5 a.m. PST.Apple Vision Pro starts at $3,499 USD ($4,674.85 CAD at the time of publication) with 256GB of storage.

No Canadian order date has been announced. CanTechNews.ca will update when one becomes available.

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