The Apple Vision Pro is supposed to be the start of a new spatial computing revolution. After several days of testing, it’s clear that it’s the best headset ever made — which is the problem.

The Apple Vision Pro is supposed to be the start of a new spatial computing revolution. After several days of testing, it’s clear that it’s the best headset ever made — which is the problem.

  • nicetriangle@kbin.social
    14·
    9 months ago

    Yes and no. I’ve used a Quest to watch movies in a theater with different people from around the world and it was a very social experience. I’ve also attended a few support group meetings for dealing with loss in VR and that was honestly a really positive experience.

    • Dmian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      That’s interesting. It’s a bit funny that new technology can take us closer to those far, and at the same time take us far from those close. :P

      • nicetriangle@kbin.social
        4·
        9 months ago

        Agreed on that, it’s a weird dichotomy. I think in a way the internet as a whole has had that effect on people.

        Connections in real life don’t feel a deep as I remember them being in the past and its so often you see a group of people out to dinner or drinks together staring at their phones. Meanwhile I have a lot of pretty decent connections online with people I’ve never met in person or maybe only once or twice.

        • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          That’s an interesting perspective because I often feel the opposite. Especially post pandemic, I’ve gotten really into going out to bars and just talking to people. I barely even use my phone and sometimes will put it on do not disturb (unless wife calls) even while talking to people I barely know. They’re interesting folks.

          But also I do have friends I made on the internet and have been greatly changed by internet interactions. Hell even my ideology was as I grew up on XKCD. But I’ve isolated myself to nothing but the internet before. Once with depression and fear as a queer teenager, and once with depression and fear as a person living through a global pandemic (thank fuck I had my wife for that), and I need quite a bit of face to face communication too or my brain loses its shit. And I need real irl community.

          • nicetriangle@kbin.social
            2·
            9 months ago

            Based on the amount of screen time zoomers are reporting (saw some article about it recently and it was insane), I think there’s a boatload of people who are glued to devices and not being present.

            I’m a good bit older than that and I’ve definitely been making an effort to get off my phone. I took all the social apps off about 3-4 months ago and it’s been a big improvement. Gonna keep finding ways to unplug. I need to stop posting here during the day so much honestly. I’d probably get a lot more work done.