A Macbook Pro probably won’t be enough to power the VR headset, assuming we’re talking about the HTC Vive or the Oculus Rift. You can test to see if you can run it with this: https://www.roadtovr.com/how-to-tell-pc-virtual-reality-vr-oculus-rift-htc-vive-steam-vr-compatibility-tool/
Steam VR was supposedly updated to support OSX in the latests version so it may be possible to develop using a Mac although I don’t know for sure. As far as headsets go I would recommend getting the Vive. If your MBP isn’t enough you could also look into buying an external GPU with a case: https://www.gamingscan.com/best-external-graphics-card/
