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I love that they fully embrace the "sitting at the coffee shop with my VR headset" aesthetic. I'm totally ready to support this vision and preorder one and let

by drcode 5y ago

gorjusborg 5y ago
They should also put a large dart board looking target on the headset.
- ge96 5y ago
  Yean unfortunately I would not use this thing in public, I think it would just get stolen. I have a $2K camera (body only) that I'm afraid to use in public, seems silly I know. But I think I'll try to use my Index more see if I can get into that idea of using VR for work. I hope they figured out the blurry edges of text when you don't look at it just right, maybe that's a lower resolution display issue. I'm interested in the concept but it's definitely expensive for me at the current cost/mental mindset.
  - kanetw 5y ago
    The blurry edges is both an optics and display resolution issue, and also potentially a fit adjustment thing. Our optics are currently in prototype production but we'll have the first units in a few weeks. Can post some through the lens shots then and check for any issues like that.
    - ge96 5y ago
      > Can post some through the lens shots then and check for any issues like that. That sounds good. Good luck, I've subscribed to one of your guys YT channels to keep up. edit: ehh I've lost $2.5K on crypto already, I'll just do the 50% pre-order for this.
throwoutway 5y ago
They do fully embrace it! I almost laughed at the comment: > It can sometimes just feel weird working on sensitive or private things out in the open. ... all while the GIF next to it seems to have people glaring at the weird person with the VR headset on. Clever marketing hidden way down there. But who knows, maybe this is the future if Zuck throws billions at it.
gorjusborg 5y ago
I also love the fact that the guy can't drink his coffee because it clashes with the headset. They should have had the actor order a drink with a straw.
- drcode 5y ago
  I think he could (barely) drink it without a straw
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reaperducer 5y ago
I love that they fully embrace the "sitting at the coffee shop with my VR headset" aesthetic. I'm totally ready to support this vision and preorder one and let my freak flag fly at my local coffee shop! To each, his own. To me, the videos of the guy sitting in the park surrounded by trees and birds and nature, but completely blocking them out with his headset is dystopian. The world is wonderful, and if I have to work in it, I prefer to experience it, not pretend it doesn't exist. I say this as someone who regularly does my work on a laptop at a park. Your vision of blocking out the existence of all of the fellow human beings at the coffee shop is, again to me, similarly dystopian. What's the point of even going? Why not lock yourself in a closet and program a pretend coffee shop to display in your goggles? Coffee is cheaper at home, too.
- drcode 5y ago
  It has AR capabilities, so he isn't "blocking the existence of all fellow thing-ama-boppers": You are just choosing to redefine "blocking the existence" to you own ends
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- addaon 5y ago
  I will say that this is almost a compelling use case for the Founder's Edition outward-facing LED display... being able to set it to "Interrupt Me!" vs "Do Not Disturb" could be pretty useful for guiding the rest of the world on how to interact with you.
bee_rider 5y ago
Luckily it is a Linux device, we're the sort of weirdos who'd do such a thing. In 3 years or so, this will be normalized, right? People will want to wear their apple VR things, to coffee shops.
- Damogran6 5y ago
  It'll be normalized when The Simpsons makes fun of it.

by drcode 5y ago

gorjusborg 5y ago

They should also put a large dart board looking target on the headset.

ge96 5y ago
Yean unfortunately I would not use this thing in public, I think it would just get stolen. I have a $2K camera (body only) that I'm afraid to use in public, seems silly I know. But I think I'll try to use my Index more see if I can get into that idea of using VR for work. I hope they figured out the blurry edges of text when you don't look at it just right, maybe that's a lower resolution display issue. I'm interested in the concept but it's definitely expensive for me at the current cost/mental mindset.
- kanetw 5y ago
  The blurry edges is both an optics and display resolution issue, and also potentially a fit adjustment thing. Our optics are currently in prototype production but we'll have the first units in a few weeks. Can post some through the lens shots then and check for any issues like that.
  - ge96 5y ago
    > Can post some through the lens shots then and check for any issues like that. That sounds good. Good luck, I've subscribed to one of your guys YT channels to keep up. edit: ehh I've lost $2.5K on crypto already, I'll just do the 50% pre-order for this.

throwoutway 5y ago

They do fully embrace it! I almost laughed at the comment: > It can sometimes just feel weird working on sensitive or private things out in the open. ... all while the GIF next to it seems to have people glaring at the weird person with the VR headset on. Clever marketing hidden way down there. But who knows, maybe this is the future if Zuck throws billions at it.

gorjusborg 5y ago

I also love the fact that the guy can't drink his coffee because it clashes with the headset. They should have had the actor order a drink with a straw.

drcode 5y ago
I think he could (barely) drink it without a straw
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reaperducer 5y ago

I love that they fully embrace the "sitting at the coffee shop with my VR headset" aesthetic. I'm totally ready to support this vision and preorder one and let my freak flag fly at my local coffee shop! To each, his own. To me, the videos of the guy sitting in the park surrounded by trees and birds and nature, but completely blocking them out with his headset is dystopian. The world is wonderful, and if I have to work in it, I prefer to experience it, not pretend it doesn't exist. I say this as someone who regularly does my work on a laptop at a park. Your vision of blocking out the existence of all of the fellow human beings at the coffee shop is, again to me, similarly dystopian. What's the point of even going? Why not lock yourself in a closet and program a pretend coffee shop to display in your goggles? Coffee is cheaper at home, too.

drcode 5y ago
It has AR capabilities, so he isn't "blocking the existence of all fellow thing-ama-boppers": You are just choosing to redefine "blocking the existence" to you own ends
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addaon 5y ago
I will say that this is almost a compelling use case for the Founder's Edition outward-facing LED display... being able to set it to "Interrupt Me!" vs "Do Not Disturb" could be pretty useful for guiding the rest of the world on how to interact with you.

bee_rider 5y ago

Luckily it is a Linux device, we're the sort of weirdos who'd do such a thing. In 3 years or so, this will be normalized, right? People will want to wear their apple VR things, to coffee shops.

Damogran6 5y ago
It'll be normalized when The Simpsons makes fun of it.