After buyers purchased almost 200,000 Vision Pro headsets in the ten days that the iPhone manufacturer made them available for pre-order, Apple has reportedly already sold out of its initial batch of the headsets.

The Apple-focused news site MacRumors was informed by a source claiming to be aware of the situation that the business started taking pre-orders for the $3,500 virtual reality helmet from clients in the United States on January 19.

Friday is when the headset will be on sale at the company’s retail stores.

Based on pre-order inventory, Min-Chi Kuo, an analyst at TF International Securities and recognized authority on Apple’s supply chain, had previously calculated that the company sold between 160,000 and 180,000 Vision Pro headsets.

In a blog post, Kuo expressed his belief that Apple’s devoted core customers would continue to seek out the Vision Pro as a “niche product.”

According to Apple, the operating system of the goggles will work with over a million apps made specifically for the iPhone and iPad.

Pre-orders for the goggles, which can only be adjusted with a few basic hand motions and the eye, need customers to visit a store in order to be properly fitted.

Several industry analysts think Apple has the ability to broaden the appeal of virtual reality technology beyond the video game players and largely tech geeks who have adopted it thus far, despite the fact that Facebook owner Meta Platforms and other businesses have been producing the headsets for years with mixed results.

The media, who were able to test the Vision Pro in closely supervised demonstrations overseen by Apple, has already given it generally positive reviews; but, given the device’s price tag, it is likely that very few units will be sold during its first year of availability.

Nevertheless, Apple’s first new product since the release of its smartwatch ten years ago may pave the way for the release of more widely available, more reasonably priced models.

The Vision Pro is now going to cost seven times as much as the Quest 3, the newest virtual reality headset from Meta.

Apple added the capability to record 3-D recordings that can be viewed through goggles on its most recent high-end iPhones, the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, suggesting that the corporation hopes the Vision Pro will open up new markets.

The individuals and other pictures in these videos seem to be standing directly in front of the viewer because they are so lifelike.

After experiencing a minor drop in revenue during its most recent fiscal year, which concluded in September, Apple is searching for strategies to boost its sales.

Even still, Apple’s revenues were $383 billion, with the iPhone contributing more than half of that revenue.