Apple Vision Pro is failing. Heres why that matters.

The new year has barely begun, and already we have a strong contender for our annual dead tech list, 2026 edition — the Apple Vision Pro.

Not that the iPhone maker's Augmented Reality (AR) headset has passed on yet, exactly. The Apple Vision Pro (starting at $3,499) has been, to paraphrase Monty Python, just resting production at its Chinese manufacturer, Luxcorp. That's according to analysts at International Data Corp, which estimates Apple only sold 4,500 headsets worldwide in the holiday quarter of 2025 ...