No. Especially if it is 100% proprietary.

strapping goggles to my head to send an email sounds like what my personal hell is going to be like

imo VR is fun for games but beyond that it’s too dystopic for my taste lol

Nop, but a pair of glasses would be fine.

It’s a cool gadget which I’d love to try but no way would buy. It just doesn’t do anything practical that I can’t already do quicker, easier and more effectively with more traditional devices. it’s far too expensive to justify as a fun gadget.

The article is right, very few people would want to sit with this on their head in the company of other people. It’s a generally a solo experience.

I could see it being extremely useful for those with disabilities though and I suppose if anyone can bring mixed reality devices more to the main stream it’s going to be apple

I mean, no.

I think at most it’s somewhat comparable to sitting down at an old fashioned desktop computer. It’s your primary focus of attention. When you’re not using it, you take it off.

The example of a dad doing a real-time recording of himself playing with his kids is cringy AF.

I may be in the minority here, but I do, and frequently have. There is a sizeable community like that, but we don’t seem to really fall into Apple’s target market, and it will be interesting to see how orthogonal that willingness is to being a techie shut-in.

For me, the big reason I don’t wear it 8-10 hours per day when I’m working like I do when I’m playing is the pixel density. Current VR headsets (except maybe Varjo’s) don’t do a good job of simulating even one 4k screen, let alone competing with a multi-monitor setup, so they fall short for productivity. Once that’s solved (and that’s the claim Apple seems to be making here), the case for use as a primary work machine is very compelling. It lets you set up something like this for the cost of a headset and a reclining office chair, and is also somehow portable.

It fails if you use it exactly like you use a laptop, just like a phone does. If you take advantage of the increased flexibility though, it has pretty transformative potential.

That said, that’s the perspective of a technologist with no kids who works from home. I wouldn’t buy this because its standout features are irrelevant to me, so I’m from a representative sample of the market they’re chasing.