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I can’t get over how goofy and stupid it looks, and how awkward those gestures are. There’s a video circulating of someone cooking while wearing it and gingerl

by spaceman_2020 3y ago

I can’t get over how goofy and stupid it looks, and how awkward those gestures are. There’s a video circulating of someone cooking while wearing it and gingerly pinching a virtual timer and placing it on a pot of boiling pasta. It looks so stupid that I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Maybe younger people might think differently but for me, this stuff is dead on arrival because of simply how uncool and stupid it makes you look when you use it.

habitue 3y ago
I'm not really an Apple fan nor am I going to buy this thing, but this seems like a criticism that goes away as soon as everyone does it. We all look stupid staring at our black rectangles, with notches at the top, with little headphone stems sticking out of our ears. It looks stupid at first and then you get over it
- theK 3y ago
  Yeah, new things will look weird until culturally appropriated. Two things that seem to differentiate AR/VR stuff from previous tech 1. They are more "worn" than "used" 2. They conceal your face while wearing So maybe cultural acceptance might take a while... EDIT: typos
- sumedh 3y ago
  > We all look stupid staring at our black rectangles Do we really though? Reading a newspaper or book would be stupid as well
- Thlom 3y ago
  People said this about voice assistants as well, we would get used to talking to them in public after a little while. I've still not seen anyone speaking to Siri or Google in public. The only thing most people use them for is setting timers when cooking ...
- spaceman_2020 3y ago
  The black rectangle form factor is the same as a notepad. Nothing about it screams "I'm completely out of touch with my reality"
theshrike79 3y ago
> It looks so stupid that I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. I'm so old I remember the N-Gage 1st gen being ridiculed for the "sidetalking" feature. Now we have millionaires on TV talking to their phones like it's piece of bread they are about to take a bite of and nobody bats an eye.
ugh123 3y ago
I think thats the author of the wsj article
mns 3y ago
Yeah, saw the WSJ review with that video, but in all fairness, I think only someone who doesn't cook would think that cooking with this thing on your head might be a good idea.
me_me_me 3y ago
Maybe, but if you had an app that allows you to define kitchen + appliances. You could eaily made a game/app that tells you what to do. Take stuff out off fridge, cut it up... ping your virtual pot needs stirring, go back to cutting, ping turn off the oven... and so on. Sort of virtual assistant. That could be useful to people to avoid burning or forgetting stuff.

habitue 3y ago

I'm not really an Apple fan nor am I going to buy this thing, but this seems like a criticism that goes away as soon as everyone does it. We all look stupid staring at our black rectangles, with notches at the top, with little headphone stems sticking out of our ears. It looks stupid at first and then you get over it

theK 3y ago
Yeah, new things will look weird until culturally appropriated. Two things that seem to differentiate AR/VR stuff from previous tech 1. They are more "worn" than "used" 2. They conceal your face while wearing So maybe cultural acceptance might take a while... EDIT: typos
sumedh 3y ago
> We all look stupid staring at our black rectangles Do we really though? Reading a newspaper or book would be stupid as well
Thlom 3y ago
People said this about voice assistants as well, we would get used to talking to them in public after a little while. I've still not seen anyone speaking to Siri or Google in public. The only thing most people use them for is setting timers when cooking ...
spaceman_2020 3y ago
The black rectangle form factor is the same as a notepad. Nothing about it screams "I'm completely out of touch with my reality"

theshrike79 3y ago

> It looks so stupid that I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. I'm so old I remember the N-Gage 1st gen being ridiculed for the "sidetalking" feature. Now we have millionaires on TV talking to their phones like it's piece of bread they are about to take a bite of and nobody bats an eye.

ugh123 3y ago

I think thats the author of the wsj article

mns 3y ago

Yeah, saw the WSJ review with that video, but in all fairness, I think only someone who doesn't cook would think that cooking with this thing on your head might be a good idea.

me_me_me 3y ago

Maybe, but if you had an app that allows you to define kitchen + appliances. You could eaily made a game/app that tells you what to do. Take stuff out off fridge, cut it up... ping your virtual pot needs stirring, go back to cutting, ping turn off the oven... and so on. Sort of virtual assistant. That could be useful to people to avoid burning or forgetting stuff.