Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) gave the world a peek into the future of technology at its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) earlier this month.

As it has done in the past, Apple wowed the audience with the launch of its new Vision Pro spatial-computing headset. At a price of $3,500, the new device might give some potential customers sticker shock, but the price seems to reflect the years of research that went into the high-tech product as well as the company's preference to skim the market with new product launches. In other words, the product starts out at a high price, selling to early adopters most eager to get a hold of the product, before the company lowers the price on future launches as the technology improves and gets more affordable.

Apple dominates the market for consumer tech hardware, and the company has a significant impact on the rest of the tech sector as it dictates rules within its App Store, which can make or break app-based companies.

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