The Kinect was revolutionary and had interesting applications beyond consumer uses. Same with Hololens. Same with Google Glass. Same with 3D TVs. Same with others tech ahead of its time.
IMO, Apple's most successful approach is perfecting an already marketed product and turn it into a global phenomenon. As this article pointed out, the AVP (not aliens vs predator) has some advantages and definitely an improvement. But this first version is still not improved enough to reach mass appeal. Perhaps the next one?