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I think it's worse. I can't shake the feeling that these AR/VR devices would be actively harmful if they actually became popular. So many of us already live in
by sho_hn 3y ago
I think it's worse. I can't shake the feeling that these AR/VR devices would be actively harmful if they actually became popular. So many of us already live in a strange artificial bubble of routine city life, digital concerns and work in MS Teams, disconnected from the wider physical world and the lives of but a few handpicked other people. Strapping screens to our faces and increasingly ignoring what's actually out there can only make this malady worse.
To me the "haha, it will never catch on and remain a niche form factor" thinking is the optimistic take. If they stay a rarely-used, sophisticated toy I think that's just fine. If they actually become the Next Big Thing, we'd all lose.
The sad part is that I think they do have a lot to offer to e.g. the immobile, and I understand looking forward to the technology becoming better if you are in that demo.
- satvikpendem 3y agoI sometimes watch this video and shudder to think of what our life might be like if this becomes the day-to-day reality: https://vimeo.com/166807261 https://vimeo.com/166807261
- bumpkijss 3y agoThis reads like historical backlash against DnD, comic books, rock music, explicit lyrics, Somy Walkmans turning us into zombies, and the internet itself. Very active social bubbles, yet the high minds of just a few decades ago fretted society would collapse and they’d be helpless since they’re so reliant on externalization of their real needs. Can’t help but conclude this is less about fear of the state of the aggregate and more like personal existential dread if everyone is lost in goggles they won’t want to wipe your but in your care home years.
- sho_hn 3y agoNah, it's more the worries of a technologist who has contributed to what we have today for the past 20+ years, and worries what the balance sheet on that really is given how well things are going.
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