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[New post] A (tech) solution for a problem that does not exist

Site logo image WorldbyStorm posted: " These are strange, Dyson earphones/air filtration. The question for me is what is the use case? Where precisely and when is one meant to wear them? And this goes for the much heralded, though yet to appear, Apple headsets. Said to be on the po" The Cedar Lounge Revolution

A (tech) solution for a problem that does not exist

WorldbyStorm

Jun 4

These are strange, Dyson earphones/air filtration. The question for me is what is the use case? Where precisely and when is one meant to wear them?

And this goes for the much heralded, though yet to appear, Apple headsets. Said to be on the point of being released in the next couple of weeks. These are VR/AR (Augmented Reality) headsets, for which read not glasses and not something unobtrusive but something that apparently sits over the eyes.

Now, it is possible that once released it will be quite different, but as it stands at the moment I can't imagine anyone wanting to wear these out. There was an entertaining discussion on the MacWorld podcast where they mused on the idea that these goggle like devices, at least as described currently, might have a screen on them where you could 'see' a live digital rendition of the eyes of the person wearing them and how this would make them more palatable to wear. Yeah. But no.

Except yeah. Apparently. This from The Guardian:

  • A tethered battery pack, designed to sit in the user's back pocket, to ease the tradeoff between power and performance on the one hand and weight and comfort on the other.
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  • A screen on the front of the headset, designed solely to show the user's expressions to the outside world, with the goal of making it more comfortable to interact with people wearing the device.
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  • A focus on "passthrough" use, where a camera on the front of the screen shows the outside world to the wearer, with apps and features superimposed on top.
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  • And, most importantly of all, a price tag of about $3,000.

Surely it can't be all that? For $3,000 too? Perhaps Apple is about to confound critics with the release of a much more slimline device that might, and I emphasise the might, build traction. Maybe. 

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