John GruberI spent about 30 minutes using/touring Vision Pro yesterday. Ask me anything.
Ю ⁂@gruber Do you think this will be the new default personal computing in 10 years?
Sqot@yuliyan @gruber I have no doubts. It’ll be ten years better, but augmented reality is inevitable. The tech will get increasingly transparent: ski google > eyeglasses > contacts > implants — it’s inevitable. #visionpro is a big step. ,,, That quote about tech becoming indistinguishable from magic: we’re pretty used to it but I’m talking to a magical, glowing, talking stone I pulled out of my pocket (iPhone) right now to communicate with you and I don’t even know where you are.
@sqot @gruber Regarding it being inevitable...I do not think implants should be inevitable, unless your life depends on it. I also do not think that a stronger integration into the human body is a good thing. I'd rather want to see spacial interfaces being projected in plain sight, without wearables. #visionpro is virtualizing space and overlaying it into our sight. It's closer to a hallucination than to physical reality. Is a computer keyboard less spacial?
@yuliyan @gruber Folie à deux? Folie à tout le monde! Bring it! This also reminds me of the backlash against trains, “If God meant us to travel faster than 20 mph, He would have created faster horses.” #visionpro
@sqot
Ok let me apply the comparison you gave to my viewpoint. Implanting a computer in railway terms would be something along the lines of individualizing the mobile entity, e.g. screwing train wheels onto human feet, or - to use a real world example - the car. Individualized experiences tend to harm societies. I see a similar tendency when it comes to highly personalized computers.
@yuliyan @gruber I like the discussion. Here’s the thing: as people have freedom 2 choose, they choose isolation bec we’ve all been hurt by people, so 2 varying degrees we choose 2 protect ourselves fm people in isolating ways. I’ve spent a lot of time overseas in areas that r much less affluent than the US, & people are generally poorer, have fewer choices & more difficult lives, but are happier & closer to their families. The #visionpro being isolating will be a symptom not cause.
Miles Stevens