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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (14 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if this get suspended and eventually withdrawn like the AirPower, it's not a very attractive product regardless of the price.

The LCD panel on the front showing your face is tacky and battery wasting, it has a surprisingly limited movement space, the battery setup is too awkward for still only covering 2hrs like the Meta (Oculus) Quest which has been on the market for years.

I think this product is like the Cybertruck, where we were all looking around the room to see if anyone else thought it was cool before making our opinion, it just looks lame.

I don't believe we will see another breakout product from Apple, but they will remain on top like Sony has with their consoles due to already having market dominance.

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

Wait it's a panel? I thought it was some weird seethrough glass but I guess I didn't think very hard about how that would work.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah it's the camera view of your face from the inside. Looks crazy weird to see. Kinda like when someone is wearing craaaaazy thick glasses and they look at you and it looks like their eyeballs are 15 ft closer to you than their face lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it’s the camera view of your face from the inside.

When you’re setting up the device, you scan your face to create a “Persona” which is a digital representation of your face, this is what’s shown in the outside of the thing.

The cameras are used to track your eyes and have the “Persona”’s eyes move mimicking yours.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Wtf. That's so weird. It already looks silly and somehow that makes it seem even more silly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

It's not even the real face. It's a real time render of your face. Crazy uncanny valley territory.

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

Reminds me of those novelty glasses with a photo of eyes over your eyes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The way they advertised it made it look like see-through glass.

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