17 points | by devonnull 13 hours ago
6 comments
I feel a lot of us are starting to reject new tech that seeks to aggressively deepen our digital immersion.
VR/AR headsets are a super cool tech that I'd love to use but I don't dare buying, because it feels too isolating.
It's ironic I've been waiting for smart glasses with displays ever since I found them in books and films as a kid, but now I see them as artifacts signaling a dystopian future. That they are tied to Meta does not help.
Yes! I have a similar reaction.
I often think of Jack Vance’s “Eyes of the Overworld”. They hid the reality of a decaying world behind a fabulous facade.
Very easy to do when priced at $3500 and brazenly designed to deepen their own walled garden lock-in.
in other news, interest in vintage cassette tapes continues to rise along side new vinyl record pressings and wired headphones
how out of touch does a company have to be to think that they can sell spatial disorientation and nausea as features
puke pro, now with chunks!
I feel a lot of us are starting to reject new tech that seeks to aggressively deepen our digital immersion.
VR/AR headsets are a super cool tech that I'd love to use but I don't dare buying, because it feels too isolating.
It's ironic I've been waiting for smart glasses with displays ever since I found them in books and films as a kid, but now I see them as artifacts signaling a dystopian future. That they are tied to Meta does not help.
Yes! I have a similar reaction.
I often think of Jack Vance’s “Eyes of the Overworld”. They hid the reality of a decaying world behind a fabulous facade.
Very easy to do when priced at $3500 and brazenly designed to deepen their own walled garden lock-in.
in other news, interest in vintage cassette tapes continues to rise along side new vinyl record pressings and wired headphones
how out of touch does a company have to be to think that they can sell spatial disorientation and nausea as features
puke pro, now with chunks!