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I've been trying to keep an open mind about this stuff for a few years now... but at this point it's wearing on me. I'm at the point of no. Just no. This is not

I've been trying to keep an open mind about this stuff for a few years now... but at this point it's wearing on me. I'm at the point of no. Just no. This is not something I want. I do not want to wear this on my face. I do not want to talk to uncanny personas. This is not something I want to be between me an interacting with another person. I do not want widgets on my walls. At best for the next 10 years these will be the size of ski goggles (and we're not even there yet). This isn't the next iPhone, it's not the next iPad, it's not even the next Apple Watch. It's an expensive toy for rich people who are desperately trying to look at anything except what's actually in front of them.

runjake 1y ago
It might be best to think of it as a publicly-available, very expensive prototype where Apple is throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks. If that's not for you, don't buy one. It's certainly not for me at this time -- not for a price over ~$1,799 or so, and I'd mostly use it to watch movies and as virtual displays for my Mac. This is largely how Apple did the Apple Watch when it was first released (except it didn't cost $3,499). It didn't really have a purpose. Return rates were very high. And then they discovered a hook: fitness. Now everyone has an Apple Watch. It seems clear that, over time, Apple will address stuff like the price and weight while developing a hook to attract more consumers.
- micromacrofoot 1y ago
  Maybe! but I feel like they're really trying to push this on us by extending the visual language of the Vision Pro across all of their devices... this delusion of AR is leaking into other product areas that I thought were for me, but now I'm going to have to turn on accessibility features so I can read text on buttons (and this isn't hyperbole, I'm updating apps for the developer beta and actually using it).
dialup_sounds 1y ago
> I've been trying to keep an open mind about this stuff for a few years now. This has been on the market for less than a year and a half. That's still very early if you're comparing to the historical trajectory of Apple's other product lines.
- micromacrofoot 1y ago
  I'm talking about glasses-based AR in general, which goes back even further. Even for Apple they're blowing a lot of smoke here. Hopefully someone will laugh at my old comment in the future.

runjake 1y ago

It might be best to think of it as a publicly-available, very expensive prototype where Apple is throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks. If that's not for you, don't buy one. It's certainly not for me at this time -- not for a price over ~$1,799 or so, and I'd mostly use it to watch movies and as virtual displays for my Mac. This is largely how Apple did the Apple Watch when it was first released (except it didn't cost $3,499). It didn't really have a purpose. Return rates were very high. And then they discovered a hook: fitness. Now everyone has an Apple Watch. It seems clear that, over time, Apple will address stuff like the price and weight while developing a hook to attract more consumers.

micromacrofoot 1y ago
Maybe! but I feel like they're really trying to push this on us by extending the visual language of the Vision Pro across all of their devices... this delusion of AR is leaking into other product areas that I thought were for me, but now I'm going to have to turn on accessibility features so I can read text on buttons (and this isn't hyperbole, I'm updating apps for the developer beta and actually using it).

dialup_sounds 1y ago

> I've been trying to keep an open mind about this stuff for a few years now. This has been on the market for less than a year and a half. That's still very early if you're comparing to the historical trajectory of Apple's other product lines.

micromacrofoot 1y ago
I'm talking about glasses-based AR in general, which goes back even further. Even for Apple they're blowing a lot of smoke here. Hopefully someone will laugh at my old comment in the future.