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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] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think VR has any chance of catching on until headsets are significantly lighter. Watching movies in VR has been a thing for years, but it hasn't caught on because it's just not comfortable. I don't think people are gonna want to use VR headsets to watch movies until the headsets are as comfortable as a pair of glasses (or at least a pair of ski goggles.)