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It is inevitable to a degree. Obviously this is not the final form and I’m sure the goal is to make a more fashionable solution that fits into their phone/watch/airpods kind of edc strategy. But no doubt we’ll have a future where info is right there if we want it. This thing is the foray into developing that eventual product for Apple. To me it looks real dumb, but a sleeker version in the future that looks like glasses…well shit it might be nice to watch a show while washing dishes idk.
But we're already there. It's called a smartphone.
The value add of replacing a pocket watch or a cellphone with a device about the same size that also fits in your pocket but also gives you access to all the world's information in seconds is immense. And that's why the smartphone revolutionized the world.
The value add of having that information strapped to your face at all times is... just not worth the physical discomfort of having said device strapped to your face.
I say this as a VR user. A device strapped over your face really sucks and you can't wait to take it off. The only reason to tolerate it is that that's the only way to trick your senses into thinking you are somewhere else.
I think they meant in the future when the form factor is the same as wearing glasses.
My glasses are on my face every minute of every day, except when showering and sleeping. I’m uncomfortable when they’re not there - and not just because I can’t see, but because I’m so used to it.
That’s probably the future - people being uncomfortable if a screen isn’t in their vision every waking moment, because it’s as physically comfortable and as “normal” as wearing glasses, and more comfortable than looking down at a phone.
It’d be an amazing feat for technology, but similarly as dystopian as having a social media-feeding PC in your pocket, or just any PC if you’re another generation older. Future people will eat it up though, just like we eat up the phones.
Now I’m imagining marketing where the old millennials are staring at their phones, and the young people are complaining about how grandpa never engages with other human beings or makes eye contact - but they’re still scrolling TikTok while talking to him.
It would be ar glasses I’d think, not a headset with a strap. At least that would be my guess as to the end state.
I was looking forward to the Google glass. Not because it was Google but because if a heavy hitter drops something more usually follow. To bad it flopped. I would love having something like that instead of my phone. Especially once there's prescription versions of them.
I just want smart glasses like a smart watch. Show me notifications, let me decline calls, etc. I don't want all the VR crap, just like 4 lines of text.
Given the ability to verbally ask a gpt something now, the goggles would have been a great thing to release in about a year from now.
That's why they released the pro now, so in a year when they release the $1000 "cheap" ones people will jump at the opportunity to be a part of the "in" crowd. 🤮
I like to Google for questions I have. I would like for at least that much. Im with you on the rest. I don't need for it to have video or anything like that. Just basic features and text googling.
Yea, while it's way out of my price range and looks a little goofy, this is exactly what I've been hoping for as the next step to VR. AR (or whatever Apple wants to call it) is super fascinating, and will be pretty much the main reason for me to get a headset in the first place.
While it may have issues, I'm really excited to see how the market reacts to it, hopefully occulus or another company will try and compete. Feels weird to say, but I'm hoping Apple finds success with it
there are rudimentary holo projectors, that are big and can only do a few flickering dots. they will probably become better. it will be less weird when other people see what you're gesturing at. i think that's where we're headed