The entire thing where there's a birthday party and the father is there wearing these things is NO, just NO, Hell NO!

Did no one stop and think? Why the hell would you put a video of that in a product announcement. I can't even.

@paul I thought the "reliving memories" part was cute but the "making memories" part is... weird.
@ezhik yep, they were fine there, should've just stopped.
@paul Absolutely the most dystopic thing ever in a #WWDC keynote
@MattD @paul yep. Thought so, too!
@paul
Let's stop that baby from walking until someone gets a headset on.
@paul TOTALLY. This is NOT good for actual real human relationships
@paul Say you don't love your child without saying you don't love your child
@paul They really need to allow for an iPhone to capture that video. Probably an iPhone 15 thing...
@paul yeah that’s not like having an AirPod in and doing the dishes. This thing is way out there
John Keller (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Sadly, the first thing that I thought of was the movie Brainstorm – especially being able to take videos of time with your kids, with glass between your eyes and them, so that you can relive a moment where you weren't fully present.

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@paul I got $20 that says shooting pictures &video in this spatial junk is part of the fall's iphone announcement but they'd rather look stupid now than break silence on that ahead of time.
@paul same reaction over here
@paul hoping future iPhone can capture
@paul More pressure for an iPhone Pro 3D
@paul You can't stop the future.
@paul why does it have a camera function AT ALL? That was (one of) the massive problems with Google Glass!
@paul and now they're literally showing that you can point it towards your own face for enrolment.. so just let it be used as a camera like that, haha
@paul I thought the SAME thing. So awkward! There's no way I'm wearing one of those for any special event involving any part of my family.
@paul agreed. Cool for work (if it works well) potentially cool for entertainment. Not great for in person socializing . #WWDC
@paul i just hope they brought the LiDAR Sensortechnologie to iPhones for a good reason: to not require wearing this visor creepy camera during your daughters birthday party... and I believe that is the only reason they included it in the keynote.
@paul This is not a products I want, or need, and it feels almost insulting to be told I want this ridiculous thing.

@paul When I had a birthday party at that age my father would often be carrying a video camera. These days people use their phones. Ugly pieces of technology as ritual objects, their intrusion a declaration that the occasion is momentous enough to be worth preserving for the future in video form (even if in reality the videos are usually sorted into a collection and never seen again).

My impression is that this isn’t quite the same, but… not entirely different either.

@comex @paul I would assume new iPhones may be able to capture this 3D content as well? And then you can watch them in 3D with the headset?
@paul They should have shown it being used as a standalone camera, not worn on the dad’s face. That was odd.