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Re:Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2 by jprete on Monday January 08, 2024 @10:19AM (#38913169)
I think you're in the vast majority, because one of the precedents for VR headsets is COVID masking, and people didn't like that physical experience even if they needed the sense of safety. I also think the videochat fizzle post-COVID is a negative indicator.
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Re:Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2 by lokjhfvvv on Sunday January 14, 2024 @10:54AM (#38991529)
I am not sure that’s a good comparison, as you got no immediate visceral value from wearing a mask, whereas presumably you will from this fantastical device.

Even among the most concerned populations there was a sense that a mask wasn’t going to help you in a significant and specific way, more at a population level. And in more than half the US at least it was seen as absolute bullshit.

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