sure am excited to start seeing people walk like that outside…

Review link

  • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
    191·
    9 months ago

    Saw that review.

    Social politeness is already an issue. Imagine the chaos of lots of people using those and answering texts in places like doorways and stairs.

    Just stopping wherever they are and chicken pecking at an imaginary keyboard(exactly as he does in the review)

    • GluWu@lemm.ee
      142·
      9 months ago

      Going forward I’m just going to refuse to talk to anyone wearing headsets. You can stand there and say all you want, if you’d like to talk to me then take the headset off. I sound like a boomer that doesn’t understand wireless earbuds that pause and pass through outside audio automatically. I still take them out out of respect, though, if it’s anything more than a sentence.

    • Opisek@lemmy.worldOP
      7·
      9 months ago

      I wonder how it compares to staring down at one’s phone though. At least in an AR scenario, you’re looking straight ahead right? I can both see how that could improve your spatial and social awareness, but I can also see how you could tunnel vision on your content just as easily.

      • GluWu@lemm.ee
        10·
        9 months ago

        When you look at your phone, I can tell you’re looking at your phone. If you’re wearing a headset I have no idea where you’re actually looking. And you could be pointing your face straight at me but completely gone watching a video or something.

        Eyes are such a fundamental part of human body language. We need to be able to see each others to have effective communication.

    • Zoolander@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      9 months ago

      I think people would learn to move out of the way at that point or just use Siri to respond. That felt very much like a “first-time” faux pas when he stops on the stairs.

        • Zoolander@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          I don’t think I’ve ever seen a gesture-based keyboard that worked well. Got any examples?

  • Strayce@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    Steve Mann invented probably the first mediated reality device, the EyeTap, in 1984. Of course, it was a freaking CRT and mirror array strapped to your head, but one of the original proposed use cases was to remap advertising billboards into whatever you wanted. Fast forward 40 years and we’re using the same concept to beam ads directly into your eyeballs.

    • noisypine@infosec.pubEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Covering IRL advertisements is the only thing that interests me with this sort of tech. I would love to cover billboards with random memes or even just erase them. THAT would be a reason worth looking goofy as hell for.

    • Opisek@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      9 months ago

      Gotta, say, the barrier between you and other people by having a headset obscure most of your face, sure feels strange, as far as human interactions go. They really haven’t innovated at all in that regard, despite the promises of the virtual eyes at the front. I can’t see the technology becoming ubiquitous in daily life, until it’s nearly seamless.

        • Opisek@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          9 months ago

          Oh yeah, no, I don’t think anything virtual will ever make a conversation with a headset on seem natural. The best form factor I can picture is some sort of smart glasses, smart contact lenses, etc. Basically, as little obstruction as possible. Doubt it will happen anytime soon, though it is a shame development was stalled after Google Glasses’ flop.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
    1·
    9 months ago

    I will try to not use those things if I can. Maybe they become the new stereograph display visor thing that never took off.