• Liempong_pagong@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    The thing is. If you’re in a tropical country.

    Yes that’s it. The sweat, the rashes. The smelly goggles from the dried sweat.

  • bashrc@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    For myself, the answer is no. Something lightweight and comparable to spactacles I might wear. Anything heavier which needs to be strapped on I would not use.

  • bouncing@partizle.com
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    1 year ago

    I mean, no.

    I think at most it’s somewhat comparable to sitting down at an old fashioned desktop computer. It’s your primary focus of attention. When you’re not using it, you take it off.

    The example of a dad doing a real-time recording of himself playing with his kids is cringy AF.

    • ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      I’m pretty sure that was keynote-friendly code for “look how detailed the VR porn is going to be.”

  • ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I may be in the minority here, but I do, and frequently have. There is a sizeable community like that, but we don’t seem to really fall into Apple’s target market, and it will be interesting to see how orthogonal that willingness is to being a techie shut-in.

    For me, the big reason I don’t wear it 8-10 hours per day when I’m working like I do when I’m playing is the pixel density. Current VR headsets (except maybe Varjo’s) don’t do a good job of simulating even one 4k screen, let alone competing with a multi-monitor setup, so they fall short for productivity. Once that’s solved (and that’s the claim Apple seems to be making here), the case for use as a primary work machine is very compelling. It lets you set up something like this for the cost of a headset and a reclining office chair, and is also somehow portable.

    It fails if you use it exactly like you use a laptop, just like a phone does. If you take advantage of the increased flexibility though, it has pretty transformative potential.

    That said, that’s the perspective of a technologist with no kids who works from home. I wouldn’t buy this because its standout features are irrelevant to me, so I’m from a representative sample of the market they’re chasing.

    • bouncing@partizle.com
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      1 year ago

      I’m inclined to agree with you that it might be a potentially good way to interact with a computer. There’s a company called Sightful that makes a “Spacetop” computer, which is basically a laptop with a headset instead of a screen. Mike Elgan actually gave it some pretty positive press lately.

      As someone who travels constantly and misses a big monitor on the road, I am inclined to agree that the use case could be compelling.

      But… $3,500 is a lot of lettuce for something that could easily be obsolete as fast as my cell phone. And Apple mentioned that the total field of vision is something over 4k, but that’s still a lot less than multiple 4k monitors.

      Still, I’m willing to be convinced. Especially if a stripped down “viewer only” model comes out without all the bells and whistles. I don’t need outward display, or the lidar, or any of that. I just want a big workspace.