Apple's Vision Pro headset launches next month as company seeks to expand mixed-reality market

Apple’s high-priced headset for toggling between the real and digital world will be available in its stores beginning Feb. 2, launching the trendsetting company’s push to broaden the appeal of what so far has been a niche technology. The debut of the $3,500 headset will come eight months after Apple unveiled the sleek goggles at a software conference held at its Cupertino, California, headquarters, Although Facebook owner Meta Platforms and other companies have been making virtual reality headsets for years with limited success, many industry analysts believe Apple has the potential to expand the technology’s audience beyond the mostly tech nerds that have embraced it so far.