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by mouzogu 852 days ago
> "1. It’s uncomfortable"

for AR to be useful, it has to be something seamless, comfortable and easy to integrate into your daily life.

if it's giving you neck pains or eye strains, then as others said, actual reality will always be the better choice.

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>seamless, comfortable and easy to integrate into your daily life.

Computer displays aren't any of these either, but we managed to integrate them.

computer display doesn't sit on your skull weighing down on your neck.

you just turn it on, very seamless to me.

Reality is for people who can't handle AR?
Apple promote this as an AR tool. They never use the words VR at all.

AR is augmenting your reality. But if that augmentation includes pain, dizziness and headaches then I would hardly consider that an upgrade.

Maybe they can fix the bulk, battery and comfort issues. Or maybe this is just peak hubris. who knows.

How is it augmented? Reality here is disconnected as whole and distorted by video. AR should be augmenting on top of reality. This is SR - Secondhand Reality.
> How is it augmented?

it augments your reality with pain