But that display increases the "creepy factor" by orders of magnitude.
But even if it ends up being a bit creepy, a) I think Apple is well aware of that and b) again I think this highlights how important they think it is to send the message from day 1 that solving for isolation is a top priority and intrinsic to their end-goal.
I was just going by the materials that Apple has released. It's true that I haven't personally seen the device in action in real life. But what Apple has shown certainly triggers a "creepy factor" in me.
Whether or not this is an issue for many people, and whether or not Apple will address it, isn't really relevant. What I've seen right now creeps me out a bit.
Why/how is this not relevant in a broader sense?
Or are you just saying this isn’t relevant to you personally?
A few have hoped you can display something else on it - like cat eyes or something to make it less fucking weird.
Of course in some places if its recording all the time it might be in some weird wire taping situation.
It's not clear that it has shifted yet. It wasn't clear that Google Glass would be rejected until people started wearing them publicly.
With the exterior glass projection you THINK you're making eye contact with them, while both of you are looking at screens through cameras.
dystopian!
A video call will never replace the real thing, but I don’t think I’d say it’s dystopian.
And I don’t find the tech in this headset all that different, the exception being that there isn’t a 2nd set of cameras and screens on the non-headset side of the conversation.
On the other hand, maybe it is dystopian, but if so, I’d argue that dystopia is already here and has been for awhile.
It's the same sort of creepy I get when someone is wearing a realistic mask.
