The Apple Vision Pro is spectacular and sad

Re:The Apple Vision Pro is spectacular and sad by jsz0 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @07:49PM (#39256115)

There's something very gross to me about this product. It digital gluttony. It's like buttering your pop tarts. It's like adding extra sugar to your Cola. It's like wearing a diaper so you don't have to get up off the couch. At some point isn't enough enough? How connected do you have to really be? How much more engagement do you need to feel something? How many screens do you need to fill the hole in your heart? I wonder what's going on in the mind of a person who craves this isolating hyper stimulated cocoon strapped to their head.

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Re:The Apple Vision Pro is spectacular and sad by goatlover on Sunday February 04, 2024 @08:14PM (#39256235)

Have you ever put butter on a Pop-Tart? It's so frickin' good Have you ever put butter on a Pop-Tart? If you haven't, then I think you should

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Re:The Apple Vision Pro is spectacular and sad by jsz0 on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:53AM (#39258424)

Yes but I'm ashamed of it. It's too good.

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Re:The Apple Vision Pro is spectacular and sad by somewhereoutth on Sunday February 04, 2024 @09:01PM (#39256463)

It is rather end-stage technoscene isn't it. Along with AI and crypto, all solutions looking for a problem (and causing many problems themselves).

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Re:The Apple Vision Pro is spectacular and sad by slimrec77 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @10:59PM (#39257139)

Current stats are that 50% of Americans aged 30-49 have a social media addiction.

Under 29 who knows but obviously higher.

You can't expect a coke head to not snort the whole bag. We just don't believe social media addiction is like a coke addiction. This isn't going to just get better either. What are the kids that grew up watching tiktok as a first memory all of the sudden going to become ludite hippies in 15 years?

I even had the thought that maybe generation alpha would be reactionary against all this. Looking that up, holy shit is that wrong.

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Re:The Apple Vision Pro is spectacular and sad by ProllyInfamous on Sunday February 04, 2024 @11:59PM (#39257537)

The amount of robberies is going to skyrocket... I would suspect that Apple will have to implement some sort of "50% translucency requirement for on-screen windows" so that using the Vision Pro in public places will not prevent people from being aware of their central vision & surroundings.

I don't personally carry a cell phone with me in day-to-day life, so I am already well aware of how addictive technology is for young & old [and am myself about half way along the journey].

The first person to get injured because the VisionPro screens suddenly freeze/blank is going to make global news. RIP.

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Re:The Apple Vision Pro is spectacular and sad by tim333 on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:49PM (#39265192)

At least the googles could probably record the robbery in spatial video. Maybe it could upload to the cops who would probably ignore it.

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