Only just occurred to me that Apple Vision would’ve been a great product to introduce at the height of the pandemic. Now, we want to reconnect in person, not hide away behind screens.

@manton With global warming and escalating tensions the next pandemic isn't that far away. Maybe they'll have perfected it by then!

@manton saw a take that was basically “they’re betting on another pandemic”

@manton This is true generally but there’s a sizable number of us who are immunocompromised or have immediate family who are. Organ transplant recipients in particular are largely or completely blocked from getting antibodies from immunizations. That’s tens of thousands of folks in the US every year who are continuing to need remote connection. Not to mention us antisocials ;)

@exchgr Yikes. I have to check myself before I get too cynical. More generally, I do think it's a bet on the future... A very far off future, though.

@donw I hear you. It's not fair to say that everyone is over this, but just the trend.

@manton Sure. But with 5-10% of the population with auto-immune diseases plus antisocials and tech nerds with disposable income I think there’s plenty of market for this thing.

@manton @exchgr Was it this one? https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/on-jackpot-technologies-or-what-apples If not, similar vibe. Just been listening to a podcast about doughnut economics. We really don’t need this to thrive, perhaps only to survive.

@manton I am permanently wfh not for pandemic reasons but commute, etc, so any tools that help with that will be welcomed. Not sure if this is that, but I don’t think that the narrative is “replace human contact with a headset”

@manton I’m sure they would have loved to have delivered it in 2020, but I’m sure it wasn’t ready, especially to Apple standards.

@paulrobertlloyd @manton that one’s in my tab attic

@manton really hope it’s as far off as possible!

@manton But during the pandemic a lot of people either lost their jobs or had to take a leave of absence. There was less money to spend on toys like a $3500 VR headset.

@manton that’s a good point. I would have purchased Pro Vision in a heartbeat during the lockdown. I’ve been fascinated by AR since Karl Schroeder included it in his book, Ventus. I can’t see people wearing that headset after a few months, but I’m happy to have Apple prove me wrong. In any case, the tech and programming is amazing.