As much as I appreciate (and share) the fears some have about the social effects of strapping a headset on our faces, I can’t help but question why so many think it’s an all-or-nothing proposition?
We can wear a headset a few hours and then still go out to dinner with our friends, right?
Well out of touch … adding it to the list of sh1t around banning, silencing, cancelling ….
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@joec I totally agree. I don’t necessarily see myself buying this, but the way people are talking about it seems skewed. Last year I paid about half this for a device (studio display) that I only use at my desk. So Vision Pro seems reasonable for what it is.
@joec @jsonbecker @JohnPhilpin @littleknown @timapple BTW I have not yet seen the video of the keynote but from the clips I have seen online, it seems like a device you would use primarily at home and not when walking around on the street. Also, we got used to pretty quick of people looking constantly at a glass rectangle while walking on the street, crossing the road, driving, and at dinner tables (even outside). The selfie pose which was ridiculed initially is now a very common sight.
@timapple I think its the way Apple marketed it as something you can wear for any activity during the day = wearing it all day everywhere. I am sure that was not Apple's intent but rather show case the wide range of use cases but feels like the message that all techbros took out of it was oh i need to wear this all day! Heaven forbid if Apple came out with a car in future, these techbros will assume everyone will need to drive their car nonstop from eyes open to eyes shut. @joec @pratik
@jsonbecker same. My guess is I would use this primarily at home when working in my office alone. And maybe on the couch at night when watching a movie or something.
The only time I imagine using it in public would be on an airplane for entertainment. And not for the whole flight. My guess is there will be rules about using it during takeoff and landing, anyway. I’m pretty anti-social on planes, so I don’t see this as a change from my current behavior.
@pratik agreed entirely. I have no idea where this thing goes or what it looks like in 5 years, but given the tech is very good I’m extremely skeptical of dismissals out of hand. Could be nothing, but if it’s something, we’ll adjust far faster and with less hassle than folks seem to be saying. Truly, I remember people being annoyed about phones and then even headphones.
@joec that seems about right for current form factor, which is why all this “you’ll be a dork” stuff not only strikes me as silly (because norms change) but just fully “not applicable” for the version of this product that exists in 6-9 months.
