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Re:Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it's not by alexawarrior3 on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @10:34AM (#39191289)
The only wearable headset so far has been Google Glass. It was great for wearing around 24x7 with only pauses to recharge. I even had mine in prescription glasses so I could wear them as my primary.

Then, as Google does, they dropped it, and no one took it up again. I'd have to imagine that in 10+ years of display and battery improvements an even better Glass is waiting to hit the market. It seems more a social issue rather than a technological one: we as a society are not ready for universal AR.

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Re:Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it's not by whycome on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @11:22AM (#39191967)
> It seems more a social issue rather than a technological one: we as a society are not ready for universal AR.

At one point talking on the phone in public (video chats, bluetooth earpieces, etc) would have been weird. Now it's annoyingly common.

Maybe this release is a longer term play at "culture/social change" rather than a true non-just-prototype device. Soften up the market and make "spatial computing" more acceptable. And then integrate a "non pro" version for general consumers.

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