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Apple: People are getting myopia from their screens being too close to their eyes. Also Apple: We’re strapping two 4K displays to your eyeballs with our new Ap

Apple: People are getting myopia from their screens being too close to their eyes. Also Apple: We’re strapping two 4K displays to your eyeballs with our new Apple Vision Pro AR headset. In all seriousness, this looks pretty awesome, and certainly paints a positive picture for AR in the future. It's pretty crazy how ahead Apple is to Meta considering Zuck pivoted their entire company around the space a few years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple gets this headset to iPhone prices in 3-4 years. I imagine this will be around $3,000 now (price not announced as of my post), so it will just be an enthusiast tool for now, but mass adoption is certainly possible down the line.

numpad0 3y ago
For some reasons, VR headsets are known to improve myopia and crossed eyes. I don't know for cataracts but myopia don't seem to be a huge issue wrt VR uses.
- Method-X 3y ago
  That's surprising. Does anyone have a source for this? I'd love to learn more.
  - aeternum 3y ago
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5701049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5701049/ http://n3.sinaimg.cn/sina_vr/647a35e2/20170612/YingWenBaoGao.pdf http://n3.sinaimg.cn/sina_vr/647a35e2/20170612/YingWenBaoGao...
- rimunroe 3y ago
  As a layperson, that would be unsurprising if myopia is being caused due to short focal distances. It's not like your eyes are actually focusing on something an inch or two in front of them. As far as they're concerned, they're looking at something potentially several feet (or miles!) away.
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confoundcofound 3y ago
Yeah honestly I'm surprised and disheartened that Apple went this direction. This feels dystopian and less humane in many ways – an accelerant of the physical isolation that we've seen technology create. The shots of people at home alone talking to an empty room, the dad playing his daughters with the headset on, the woman grabbing a drink from her fridge. My hope is that this is a calculated step towards a more integrated form factor that will enrich our sense of connection and engagement with the physical world.
- freetanga 3y ago
  But if you feel anxiety you can download a 9.99 per month Mindfulness app, plug it to your 3.999 RSP headset, your 149.99 Bluetooth headphones and pretend you are in a Goop-approved Buddhist meditation landscape (in—app purchase at 9.99) Just like the actual Buddhist monks!
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  - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
    You'll also get the blue bubbles while the Meta Quest peasants will get green bubbles, making sure they get anxiety, not you.
- summarity 3y ago
  Those three shots in particular are a perfect execution of product marketing, designed to overload your critical thinking - “this is normal. Accept it. Embrace it” The first time you see it it’s weird as fuck. The second and more times, not so much. A but like AirPods but much more extreme. Whether this works out for them remains to be seen.
aeternum 3y ago
I know a few people that have improved or eliminated their myopia through more use of VR. VR apps typically use far focal distance so even though the screens are close to your eyes, your eye muscles/lenses are typically held at far/infinity focal length.
gnicholas 3y ago
Don't forget the part about not spending enough time outside, exacerbating myopia. And now you can bring the beautiful outdoors inside, so you never have to leave your couch again!
jsheard 3y ago
The optics in VR headsets trick your eyes into focusing further away than the displays physically sit, the effective focal plane is usually around 1.5 meters away. https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1371485209603022853 https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1371485209603022853
allenu 3y ago
It's super interesting to see Apple's strategy played out here. It feels like so many of their announcements today are part of a strategy to essentially become "the OS for your life". Apple's nudging people into using all their devices for every aspect of their life. Compare this with the idea of creating a metaverse where you can interact with other people. It's harder to get people to jump into a metaverse cold, whereas if you're already an iPhone user, it's easier to use the halo effect to drag you in.
vpastore 3y ago
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numpad0 3y ago

For some reasons, VR headsets are known to improve myopia and crossed eyes. I don't know for cataracts but myopia don't seem to be a huge issue wrt VR uses.

Method-X 3y ago
That's surprising. Does anyone have a source for this? I'd love to learn more.
- aeternum 3y ago
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5701049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5701049/ http://n3.sinaimg.cn/sina_vr/647a35e2/20170612/YingWenBaoGao.pdf http://n3.sinaimg.cn/sina_vr/647a35e2/20170612/YingWenBaoGao...
rimunroe 3y ago
As a layperson, that would be unsurprising if myopia is being caused due to short focal distances. It's not like your eyes are actually focusing on something an inch or two in front of them. As far as they're concerned, they're looking at something potentially several feet (or miles!) away.

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confoundcofound 3y ago

Yeah honestly I'm surprised and disheartened that Apple went this direction. This feels dystopian and less humane in many ways – an accelerant of the physical isolation that we've seen technology create. The shots of people at home alone talking to an empty room, the dad playing his daughters with the headset on, the woman grabbing a drink from her fridge. My hope is that this is a calculated step towards a more integrated form factor that will enrich our sense of connection and engagement with the physical world.

freetanga 3y ago
But if you feel anxiety you can download a 9.99 per month Mindfulness app, plug it to your 3.999 RSP headset, your 149.99 Bluetooth headphones and pretend you are in a Goop-approved Buddhist meditation landscape (in—app purchase at 9.99) Just like the actual Buddhist monks!
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- ChuckNorris89 3y ago
  You'll also get the blue bubbles while the Meta Quest peasants will get green bubbles, making sure they get anxiety, not you.
summarity 3y ago
Those three shots in particular are a perfect execution of product marketing, designed to overload your critical thinking - “this is normal. Accept it. Embrace it” The first time you see it it’s weird as fuck. The second and more times, not so much. A but like AirPods but much more extreme. Whether this works out for them remains to be seen.

aeternum 3y ago

I know a few people that have improved or eliminated their myopia through more use of VR. VR apps typically use far focal distance so even though the screens are close to your eyes, your eye muscles/lenses are typically held at far/infinity focal length.

gnicholas 3y ago

Don't forget the part about not spending enough time outside, exacerbating myopia. And now you can bring the beautiful outdoors inside, so you never have to leave your couch again!

jsheard 3y ago

The optics in VR headsets trick your eyes into focusing further away than the displays physically sit, the effective focal plane is usually around 1.5 meters away. https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1371485209603022853 https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1371485209603022853

allenu 3y ago

It's super interesting to see Apple's strategy played out here. It feels like so many of their announcements today are part of a strategy to essentially become "the OS for your life". Apple's nudging people into using all their devices for every aspect of their life. Compare this with the idea of creating a metaverse where you can interact with other people. It's harder to get people to jump into a metaverse cold, whereas if you're already an iPhone user, it's easier to use the halo effect to drag you in.

vpastore 3y ago

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