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Will we see mass adoption of Apple Vision? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apple Vision Pro launched at WWDC over a week ago and they showed a lot of clips of normal people wearing it doing (relatively) normal things, like cooking, watching movies, even working at the office.

One clip that really intrigued me was the one where a father was recording his kids in 3D through his Vision Pro. To me, this seemed off at first since to other people, it may not look like you're present in the moment. But after thinking about it for a while, isn't it the same as just wearing sunglasses, if not better? Sunglasses block your eyes, but Vision Pro would show your eyes to the outside world.

So I guess the question is, will Apple Vision Pro and subsequent products become widely socially acceptable one day?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

isn’t it the same as just wearing sunglasses, if not better?

Oh man, you just made a bunch of Apple execs have to change their pants.

No, it's not. It's absolutely, 100%, not the same or better. It's like going to a concert and watching it through your phone as you record it. But worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree, Doug.

I think part of the confusion is that it looks like they're translucent lenses, when in reality there's no light pass-through.

What you see while wearing them is video display from the cameras on the front of the goggles. Meanwhile, the cameras inside the goggles capture your eyes and display an image of them on an external screen.

I think the promotional video is shot in a way that makes this seem a lot less disorienting and creepy than it will be in real life.