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Comment by gnicholas

3 years ago

It’s possible, but I see a use case for this as a replacement monitor for my Mac, plus a lot more. If this were $2k I’d get one immediately, assuming an in-store demo is not disappointing.

I have never had any interest in Meta products (partly because of their affiliation with FB).

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lm28469  3 years ago

> as a replacement monitor for my Mac

Have you every worn literally anything for 2+ hours on your head. Even glasses get uncomfortable after a day

  • joshmanders  3 years ago

    > Have you every worn literally anything for 2+ hours on your head. Even glasses get uncomfortable after a day

    Some of us don't have the luxury of removing glasses after 2 hours, so... Yeah, I've worn something on my face for 16+ hours a day, so I can see.

    • lm28469  3 years ago

      > Some of us don't have the luxury of removing glasses after 2 hours, so... Yeah

      Exactly! You're making my point, people do not want that unless they're forced to

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  • oezi  3 years ago

    Lots of glass wearers aren't bother by glasses at all.

    The key point is temperature and weight. No data on either, yet.

    • asdff  3 years ago

      On the other hand , others shove their fingers into their eyes chasing around a loose contact behind their eyeball because the prospect of glasses is in their mind even worse of an experience.

  • jkubicek  3 years ago

    I'm not 100% confident that I could wear these all day, but I wear my Airpods Pro all day long and they're heavy. I can wear my ski googles most of the day. Building a VR headset that can be worn for a few hours straight and are all-day comfortable seems possible.

  • gnicholas  3 years ago

    Good point. I am wondering if they can make the environment immersive enough that you don't notice the weight as much. Sort of like how roller skates are heavy and cumbersome when you're walking around outside the rink, but when you're on the rink you don't notice that because they enable you to move so easily. And yes, I realize how badly I'm dating myself with this analogy.