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[–] 180 points 2 years ago (7 children)

It’s a native feature of the device that allows its user to get enormous amounts of attention, in real life and subsequently online, by simply wearing it in public.

Sounds horrible. I guess I’m not someone who seeks attention at any cost like some people, it public is the last situation I’d use this thing in. I would feel like a complete dumbass wearing it at a coffee shop and waving my hands around.

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  • [–] 89 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's the same problem google glass had. It can be the most information rich and user friendly device in the world but if you look like a dingus wearing it, it will never catch on.

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    That's what I thought about the elephant tusk looking AirPods yet here we are.

    The Reality Distortion Field sometimes makes things hard to predict when it comes to Apple products.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    People on here are wired.

    Air pods just look like regular apple headphones just without wires.

    They sure as shit look less goofy than my huge pixel buds that stuck an inch out of my ear.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You’re probably thinking of the current gen AirPods rather than the original (comparison).

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Lol. So Gen 2 they were finally like "let's shape this thing more like someone's ear". Then Gen 3 "Fuck it, ears are apparently different shapes let's just go with the tried and true method that's been around on $5 earphones for a decade"

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I'm kind of surprised people felt that way about AirPods. I don't remember that at the time. They seem quite mild to me at this point - people didn't mind wearing regular earbuds around, why worry if there's a cord or not?

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What if I already look like a dingus?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Two dingi don’t make a right. Or something.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Dingi.

    Pronounced ding eye? Dingii? Ding gee eye?

    My brain hurts now.

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    But thats just a single dinghy.

    If you pluralize that its either dinghies or dingii?

    Meh, my autistic brain gets stuck on weird stupid shit like this.

    Its like... If you have a donut, then a second donut, you have two donuts.

    You can say two donut to be cutesy i guess?

    Very hard for me to tell when being cutesy is appropriate.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Don't they cancel each other out?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah, last thing I want is more attention while wearing those things and the chance that people will be able to hear the audio from the pr0n I'd be watching on it.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The masturbating in public might be a dead give away too

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Oh shit... I wonder if they see me doing it now? This subway car seems pretty full, but no one's making eye contact... so I should be cool.

    Actually, this makes me wonder if the Vision Pro would register your strokes as inputs while you were trying to do the deed?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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    The porn thing is overblown - it’s only about VR porn. You can watch all the porn you want in a video player or web browser. However people who don’t like Apple eagerly ate up this news, as if Apple banned porn on the device somehow.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Where there's a will, there's porn. You can watch porn on any Apple device now. The issue I believe they're calling out is a formatting issue with some video formats that porn uses, but that can be fixed with some conversions and probably more depends on 3rd party apps, which will likely show up at some point if they're not already there.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago*

    Its a 3500 dollar computer you wear on your face, that can only perform basic computing tasks which can more cheaply be performed on a cell phone, draws enormous amounts of attention to the user when used in public spaces, and both the ability to use it in public spaces and the attention drawing nature of it are marketed as pros.

    Ok, so its now exceedingly clear that anyone who would get this thing is a wealthy idiot who has 0 experience with an impoverished community, as if you walked through a poorer area, you would just get mugged and have this high value device stolen from you.

    And frankly at this point I would morally support that happening.

    Not that it likely will, as anyone both dumb amd rich enough to have this happen to them generally has no kind of on foot commute through any such impoverished area.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    The creator of the Apollo app recently tooted about wearing his out in public, getting noticed, and then secreting away to his hotel because the attention made him uncomfortable.

    I’m probably more of an Apple fan than I like, but I can’t imagine owning one of these, let alone wearing it out in public.
    It seems like Apple kind of forgot that good tech should first be good tech. They’re leaning heavy on this being a lifestyle item, but like - there’s no lifestyle out there that hinges on looking like boring versions of the guy from ready player one.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    @christianselig@mastodon.social

    Made the mistake of wearing the Vision Pro at a coworking space and some youths saw it through the window and started yelling “YOOOOO Vision Pro!! yoooooo” so now I’m going to my hotel

    lmao, poor guy.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That makes sense... he's a fairly normal person. I could see using the Vision Pro at a co-working place anyway, especially for someone who's an iOS app developer.

    It does seem like an oddly clunky device by Apple standards. I don't find the overall idea abhorrent and could picture owning one down the road - perhaps after they've had a few years to make the device smaller and less expensive. I have no idea what I'd use it for though. Maybe once there are more exciting games than repackaged mobile games like Super Mega Fruit Ninja.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Oh, yeah. More power to him. A later post by him said that the app he’s developing for it has already paid for the cost of the headset. I fully believe he’s just out there working.

    I’m hoping in a few generations, when they’ve got the form factor worked out, and the price under control, that it’ll be more to my liking.
    I don’t think I would ever want to interact with someone while wearing it, but it could be great for all the things VR is great for, but without the creepy Facebook privacy invasion. (I know - Apple is slipping down that slope, too. They’re just not as far down it yet.)

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I want it like crazy. No chance I'll wear it in public after I pull the trigger.

    I probably would throw it in my backpack on hikes to do some captures of stuff like waterfalls and nice mountain views. They're really nice and not something you can do with my regular camera.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How does that work? Does it stitch together panoramas?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    So I asked, and you can't do captures to use for the backgrounds with the headset (I'm guessing they use better equipment and maybe some processing), but it does do "spatial photos and video". That was part of the demo in the store and they're really impressive. The 15 pro can also capture a 3D video that still looks cool, but has noticeably less depth than the captures with the headset.

    I'm not sure the exact technical details, but there are a whole bunch of cameras and other sensors. I'm assuming it uses all of them combined to capture the 3D photos. But there was a lot of depth in the version I saw in the demo.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That’s why I bought one. To record spatial videos. I already tried it and without the straps (which pop off easily) you just pick it up and hold it like a camera, record video with your hands on it like a camcorder, then put it back down. It’s very much like just putting an old school camcorder to your eye for a few seconds. And there is no way in hell I’m wearing it in public except on an airplane maybe

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