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1. Sean Heber (bigzaphod@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 14:58:49 UTC Sean Heber

   I complained a lot about the price of the Vision Pro yesterday and I still stand by that, but it's true that if I had the money (or end up somehow having the money when they actually become available), I'd totally get one just to experience it and live with it for awhile. I'm not convinced it solves any real problems (currently), but it looks like a damned impressive thing and I'd rather not miss out on it if I could. It just doesn't seem pragmatic yet.

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 14:58:49 UTC Robert McNees

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     @bigzaphod If I had the money just sitting there, I'd absolutely buy one. But even with a pretty good use case*, something about the price point just makes it seem a little far-fetched.

     * As a theoretical physicist I spend lots of time standing in front of chalkboards with collaborators. A Vision Pro would let me do that with distant collaborators, and hundred-foot wide chalkboards.

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 14:59:57 UTC Robert McNees

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     @bigzaphod Which is a little weird, as I wouldn't think twice about spending 2x that on a workstation if I thought it'd be useful (not even essential, just useful) for research.

   • Sean Heber (bigzaphod@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 15:01:09 UTC Sean Heber

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     • Robert McNees

     @mcnees I think that kind of use-case is fascinating, but it's also kind of the thing that bugs me - you could collaborate with people far away, but not easily with people right next to you! You can't really do both, I think, unless maybe everyone involved had their own devices sitting in front of them, too? There's a weird isolation with Vision Pro, I think, that somehow rubs me the wrong way even though I'm a dedicated introvert.

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 15:09:21 UTC Robert McNees

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     @bigzaphod This really is the crux of it, because the nearby people I can't collaborate with are... my family. I'd use it 50% for research, and 50% for entertainment, and the latter is something I can only do alone because who is going to buy enough of these for a family to do something together? I'd feel like such a jerk!