Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple Vision Pro Struggles

Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by danieldk on Saturday August 24, 2024 @01:59AM (#41335986)

If I could watch my daughter's first step in full 3d, I would be happy to pay the $3k and more.

Don't you want to experience the authentic event rather than peering through a camera so that you can relive it later in 3D?

I'm always flabbergasted that people watch concerts through a camera, rather than just enjoying the experience. The facsimile is often poor compared to the experience itself. Also, reliving the same experience over and over can devalue it. Our memory is very good at making rose-tinted representations of past experiences.

I do understand the grandparent's travel example much better, especially for people who can't easily travel due to disabilities, etc.

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by 1659447091 on Saturday August 24, 2024 @02:22AM (#41336089)

> I'm always flabbergasted that people watch concerts through a camera, rather than just enjoying the experience.

And can easily substitute concerts for all types of things here. Travel experiences, museums, art, the mona lisa room where I am pretty sure I was the only one looking-at/facing the actual painting...etc. For many, getting IG likes or emoji comments is more gratifying than the actual experience. I don't get it either.

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