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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Guess what Tim Apple? No one wants them just like no one wanted your stupid headset that I honestly can't even remember what it was called.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

why? AR has always been superior to VR in terms of technology. i had hopes googles and later microsofts demo a few years back would take off but the tech just couldn't find a niche market to hold onto and its just taken a backseat because it isn't as gimmicky and easy to market to a ready-to-burn-money demography as VR (gaming). AR has actual real-life every-day application. as long as Apple does it well, competitors will follow, and as they do, we'll actually be able to use it one day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

But you're going to get a lot of people who don't want to be around Glassholes as all AR includes a camera.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Well I do want this, augmented/virtual reality is exactly the kind of shit I dreamt about as a kid during the 90's, and having a huge screen available anywhere I go is pretty fucking cool.

But yeah, I used a VR headset exactly once for like 5 minutes, and there's no way in hell I'd buy one from meta or apple. If Valve releases good XR/AR glasses I might consider it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly in five minutes you didn't do basically anything in VR

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

I know, I meant that although I'm interested in the tech I've barely tried it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It sounds cool in theory, but modern tech companies aren't going to make what you wanted as a kid. Whatever they make will be heavily enshittified.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Hold on a second. For it to be enshittified, it has to be good at the beginning, and I highly doubt that’s possible.