▲ 39 ▼ Frequent/Long-Term use of the Apple Vision Pro may rewire our brains in unexpected ways (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago* by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] vhstape@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm more referring to the idea of erasing images of homeless people or pride flags, which the article does mention. I know it's intended as food for thought, and I see the angle, but who is taking a stroll downtown with a headset on? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) When the technology has shrunk enough to be comfortable for extended periods of time and the displays + cameras are good enough to prevent distortion and other weird effects, probably some people (that have disposable income)! It’s still early expensive tech so adoption isn’t going to be widespread permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] falsemirror@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Those people are in for a rude awakening when it turns out an erased person can still give them a wack across the head. VR hype/doom really tends to downplay the importance of material reality. VR offers no shelter, no food, no sex, no true impact in the world. It is only a platform for media. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) When the technology has shrunk enough to be comfortable for extended periods of time and the displays + cameras are good enough to prevent distortion and other weird effects, probably some people (that have disposable income)! It’s still early expensive tech so adoption isn’t going to be widespread permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] falsemirror@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Those people are in for a rude awakening when it turns out an erased person can still give them a wack across the head. VR hype/doom really tends to downplay the importance of material reality. VR offers no shelter, no food, no sex, no true impact in the world. It is only a platform for media. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] falsemirror@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Those people are in for a rude awakening when it turns out an erased person can still give them a wack across the head. VR hype/doom really tends to downplay the importance of material reality. VR offers no shelter, no food, no sex, no true impact in the world. It is only a platform for media. permalink fedilink source parent