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The author has two disjunct complaints. 1. The tech doesn't actually work that well yet. "clicking and zooming is no way to type." "It gave me the nausea of a
by jrochkind1 3y ago
The author has two disjunct complaints.
1. The tech doesn't actually work that well yet. "clicking and zooming is no way to type." "It gave me the nausea of a roller coaster without any of the thrill." "I saw the simulated version of my apartment shutter and shake, accelerating the growing motion sickness I felt when seated." "I found countless features failed the moment I took the most rudimentary security precautions, such as using a VPN."
2. He doesn't like what it does to his experience in the world. "Apple Vision Pro marks the foundation of a new architecture of total digital isolation." "I've never in my adult life vegged out as much as I did during my time with the Vision Pro." "Within seconds the Vision Pro had photographed more of my apartment and body than my laptop saw over the decade I've had it." "an extremely alarming harbinger of how tech giants are going to know even more about our private lives and radically reshape our communities once again."
These are really separate things.
#1 will probably eventually be solved. Which will make #2 get even more intense.
When the technology starts working better (not making you dizzy, input methods that do whatever you need easily) -- and predictably makes all sorts of cool things possible -- who will have the strength of will to resist becuase of #2?
I don't like what a smartphone has done to my experience of and engagement in the world, but I have not been able to resist it. Part of that is of course because everyone else has it too.
But that's why I've started resolving to myself now -- no matter how good and affordable the technology gets, I will not be getting augmented reality technology like this. No matter how popular it gets and how hard to be a resister, I plan to. I am building up my resolve now and my self-conception as someone who will not be doing this, hoping will stick as it gets harder and harder to resist.