Without burying the lede, here’s Neistat’s video.

I’ve followed Vision Pro closely since the review embargo lifted. There’s a lot of videos out there already, including good ones from the usual suspects.

• Marques Brownlee has a 3 part series that includes an unboxing of the product, a walkthrough of how it works, and a review to close it out.
• Joanna Stern wears one for 24 hours while at a ski cabin.
• Nilay Patel gives an accessible and fair overview in typical Verge styling.
• Scott Stein—CNET’s resident AR/VR guy—offers a balanced set of final thoughts in his review.

Those videos have something major in common; they primarily feature the Vision Pro in a studio-like environment. Stern’s video offers a little more—there’s a compelling demo of her cooking with it and she jokingly wears it while skiing—but it largely follows the formula. There’s nothing wrong with how those experts used and reviewed the device. It’s representative of how Apple has marketed it and how the majority of customers are expected to use it.

First generation products are never just about what they’re capable of (the list of what they can’t do is often just as long). They bare the additional burden of introducing a new type of product. What does it mean to be the first of a kind? That’s what makes Neistat’s video stand out. He examines the core premise of Apple’s Vision product line vis-à-vis the Vision Pro. Sure, it’s a little goofy but a lot of that is because the Vision Pro looks goofy outside of a well lit studio environment. It’s so clearly out of place on the streets of New York City while also being so obviously useful were it more practical.