strapping goggles to my head to send an email sounds like what my personal hell is going to be like
imo VR is fun for games but beyond that it’s too dystopic for my taste lol
Fully agree. I think there are some practical, workforce related, use cases for AR/VR, but the idea of strapping into one for 8+ hours a day… No thanks.
Just wait until the AR ads are integrated into the headset. The future is gonna get spammy.
Lol, that’s true, VR games are cool, but using a big headset like this to do anything else would be annoying, unconfortable, Google Glass was at least light and small.
Hell no. Oculus seemed like a really cool product when I was 17 and in love with “Ready Player One”, but now that we’ve seen the way that Big Tech just treats its users as profit-cattle fed on a diet of ads and angry people, I have no fucking desire to strap one of those things to my head (outside of actually gaming…then it’s kinda cool).
Nop, but a pair of glasses would be fine.
The thing is. If you’re in a tropical country.
Yes that’s it. The sweat, the rashes. The smelly goggles from the dried sweat.
It’s a cool gadget which I’d love to try but no way would buy. It just doesn’t do anything practical that I can’t already do quicker, easier and more effectively with more traditional devices. it’s far too expensive to justify as a fun gadget.
The article is right, very few people would want to sit with this on their head in the company of other people. It’s a generally a solo experience.
I could see it being extremely useful for those with disabilities though and I suppose if anyone can bring mixed reality devices more to the main stream it’s going to be apple
For work, I cannot see myself wanting to use one, but for media consumption, it would probably blow everything else out of the water, assuming you’re cool with being fairly isolated in your experience. They sort of teased this, but being able to watch something like Avatar 3 with Pandora as my surrounding sounds so incredibly cool.
assuming you’re cool with being fairly isolated in your experience
I’m sure there are plenty of people who would be cool with that… but for me most of the times that I’m watching a movie it’s with my partner, it would be rare to sit down to watch a whole movie on my own except when i’m traveling
Although the part of the video where they showed it being used on a plane? I mean… yeah might look weird… but being able to tune out the rest of the enviroment and isolate yourself? That does sound pretty amazing.
I did find it a bit funny when they mentioned something along the lines of, “Look how many devices this one device can replace, such as your TV, and monitors, etc,” which is true to a point… If you are the only one who actually uses those things. I have a wife and two children, and a nephew who frequently comes over to watch TV. If we all wanted to sit down and watch a Movie together with this experience, I would have to shell out $18k. 🥴
On the other hand, for single folks like me it seems worthwhile. I game on a 4K projector that costs $3000, I also used to have a 49" ultrawide monitor which I sold off recently cause I was using my projector more, so at least for me, Apple’s headset could replace a bunch of my costly gadgets - assuming it has video inputs of course (not sure if it does, haven’t seen any mentions of it).
For myself, the answer is no. Something lightweight and comparable to spactacles I might wear. Anything heavier which needs to be strapped on I would not use.
Absolutely not. I’ve been completely shocked by the reception of this and feel like the positivity is 100% due to it having the Apple logo on it.
Who tf wants to wear a ski mask when working or watching videos? Not to mention it’s got 2 hours of battery life. That’s all without touching the $3500 price tag.
Current VR user here, in very niche situations its kinda cool to watch videos in VR in random places in your house because then you don’t have to hold up a screen, but outside of those situations its a huge gimmick in my opinion.
I feel like people are super fixated on how dumb it looks and less on it’s uncomfortable and often kinda gross to have something pressed against your skin for extended periods of time.
I know that Apple sets trends and whatever (like airpods) but i’m not sure they can pull off the “Apple VR-specific breakout pattern face.” I do enjoy the idea of the super rich peeps buying this to sit in their beige houses, headset clogging their pores.
The fashion aspect of AR gets played out a lot especially from tech enthusiasts who, lets face it arent known for their fashion in the first place. Fashion and what is and isnt cool can change rapidly and drastically. In the 80s it was normal for guys to wear colorful fashion featuring short shorts and croptops in the US and this continued through until the early 90s. Then very abruptly that became uncool and it was about baggy clothes, shorts that went down past your knees, and solid more plain colors.
From the mid 90s to 10s denim based shirts went into fashion, out of fashion, and back again. Leggings went from underwear to something you wear with a long shirt covering butt, to just an alternative to pants. Thick rim glasses came, went, and then came back. People drape giant headphones around their neck these days and those mid sized portable but over ear market is all but dead. Going back further guys used to powder their face and wear tights and heels.
The look can be a part of it but the issue with ar so far is comfort, and functionality. I dont know if I think apple is going to crack it, but today’s ridiculous can become tomorrows fashion trend and it can happen on a dime. We just need the right influence and the right push
People are also forgetting that you can record stereoscopic video from the headset. Which is cool for the wearer, but potentially creepy for people around them. That’s part of the reason Google Glass failed
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Remember Google Glass? And Glassholes? People made fun of those who chose to use something which was way less intrusive than the Apple headset.
First time i saw this i was very surprised at how bulky this is. Compared to Glass this is like a space suit helmet. Was wondering maybe i missed something very obvious, so uncharacteristic of Apple?
Its full vr (or can do full vr) rather than just ar.
I feel like this is solving an issue with a problem that Apple made up themselves. Normal virtual reality is too isolating, the way augmented reality has worked so far is insufficient, this is a good in-between.
…But I feel like it’s just a way for people to get trapped within their work even further. Want to get up and walk around for a few minutes? Well, you’re still getting Teams messages or whatever, because you’ve got these goggles stuck to your face. I don’t see how that’s a positive.Take your work with you! Take your work home! Work while you “play” with your kids! now that’s being productive! Your targets will be adjusted accordingly
I’ve seen many people comment and discuss that post-pandemic they miss wearing a mask in public. I know some people really hate wearing masks, but others felt it gave them more privacy and other benefits.
Musicians (and other “Joe Cool” characters) often like to wear their sungllsses indoors and at night
I can’t even stand wearing my glasses all day, and those are a thousand times lighter and more useful than this.
I can’t imagine most people will want to wear that headset for more than the 2 hours the battery lasts. I know I haven’t when wearing existing vr headsets. I seem to max out at about 30 minutes.
I think to get to a consumer version Apple will want to drop all of the glass and metal and go for lighter plastic instead. They need to drop the secondary outward facing screen as well for weight, battery and cost savings.
If things can get comparable to thicker framed normal glasses, that will be when VR/AR can really become mainstream.
Yeah, the fact that it’s made out of metal is a questionable decision. I can only imagine how heavy that headset is
Knowing apple, its probably a very light metal, but you’re right nonetheless.
No, but I like the idea of immersive VR & ai for learning
