Reasons to be excited about Apple's VR/AR headset

“The Apple headset is so good,” Palmer Luckey tweeted over the weekend.

Who is Palmer Luckey?

None other than the billionaire co-founder of Oculus, the pioneering VR headset company acquired by Facebook back in 2014. If anyone knows about virtual reality, it’s Luckey.

It appears Luckey got a sneak peek at Apple’s long-awaited headset — widely rumored to be unveiled at WWDC next month — and has deemed it worthy.

But if you’re still skeptical, we have some more good reasons to get excited about Apple’s entry into VR/AR.

Also in today’s newsletter:

• I don’t like going to Costco, but we shop there all the time and save loads of money. This discount effectively cuts the membership fee in half, making it an extra-good deal.

• This set of photo edits is almost guaranteed to make even the crummiest selfie pop.

• Did you know you can block spammy senders in Messages? Neither did I, and here are four other hidden features of Apple’s messaging app.

• Today’s the day Steve Jobs unveiled the first Apple retail store, turning the previously horrible experience of shopping for a computer on its head.

• Shocker! Cult of Mac readers overwhelmingly like using Stage Manager, the much-maligned iPad windowing system, according to last week’s poll. If you’re curious about Stage Manager — start here.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

^{A message from the Cult of Mac Deals team}

^{A message from Bluetti}

Tweetz o’ the day

One more thing ...

Today’s poll

Results from Friday’s poll: Have you used Stage Manager? How do you like it?

Best reader comment from ‘howard’