I hope the partner sdk does get updated soon. Until it is, students who use Vexcode will have a competitive advantage over those that use PROS and Simulink, which is unfair as these students now have to rewrite their projects in a different API with an older version of C++. This is even worse for matlab users as they will need to use an entirely different programming language.
In my opinion, the AI Vision Sensor should not be competition legal until the partner sdk has been updated. If non-competition customers are a priority, than surely this can be done.