Price check

$3.49

$0.349
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- ... Gir?
I didn't realize those were swimming goggles at first, and was concerned about what he could possibly be doing that required safety goggles but no shirt.
These glasses are very submerssive.
and it's more useful than apple's shit

From what I understand the thing isn't see through and the eyes are actually projected outside. Can somebody explain why they had to add tech to do it?

Because there are screens in the way? The choice was to either not have the viewer's eyes be visible, or use a screen to display eyes (not even real eyes, you can supposedly have cat eyes for an example). Considering the device is meant to be AR (augmented reality) and not VR, it kinda makes sense to show the user's eyes since they're still "connected" to the outside world. Otherwise you'd have a bunch of blank visors walking around and then people can't tell if you're looking at them or your furry waifu.
- You know how Microsoft solved this problem?
  
  With glass.
You actually remove your eyes before inserting the optical couplers into your sockets. You put your eyes in the storage compartment on the front giving the appearance that you're looking out through the device.
Achieving realistic, fast camera passthrough on both sides is harder than you think
- Yes, that's my point. Why? Why make it extra more complicated and more expensive for no good benefit?
- That's why we've been stuck with windows for centuries.
- So they could have stopped at many points but decided humanity must suffer
Maybe they think it makes you look less stupid.
- They have Tesla truck success in that, then.
I think this is kind of a temporary workaround. In Apples ideal world, the Vision Pro would actually be transparent and you could see the users eyes for real, but the tech isn't ready to project what apple is doing on glasses. So they settled for a VR headset and put eyes on the outside. Eventually in however many years it takes, they will actually use glasses and won't have to do the screen on the outside. They must believe, that being able to see Vision Pro users eyes is integral to the product, or at least important to the product being accepted by everyone.
What do you mean? They added the outside screen to a vr headset to try to make it more acceptable to wear around others.
Imagine you're sitting in restaurant waiting for the waiter while doing some work on your Vision Pro. The waiter shows up and says 'sir...'. You look at him and... there were two options:

it's just a black screen so it's not clear if you're actually looking at him. Are you paying attention? Of are you still 'inside' and can't hear/see anyone

you have this fake eyes indicating that you're actually looking at him

It's a really stupid "solution" to a huge problem all VR/AR has The actual solution? Don't buy it.
So they can sell you custom eyes like cats and aliens and shit.
And the eyes are not the wearer's eyes. They are just digital eyes.
Meme or actually?
- Actually

Omg i hope that thing on the right is fan made

Holy fuck you can't talk about a person like that
- For 350 bucks it's a bargain though

The one on the left holds up rich assholes who (sadly) have either all the impact on the world, or none of it

The one on the right holds up furries and femboys, who have all the impact on the IT and telecom infrastructure in the western world, which hold up everyone.

I respect the one on the right for obvious reasons.

They made a VR headset... and put a holographic lightfield display... on the outside.

Real fucking brain trust over at Cupertino.

The lightfield part is harder do make in high DPI, but yes I had the exact same thought
- More dots won't make this tech catch on. I assume some PiMax product still has more dots than this. Closer or wider, I dunno, but those guys charge Apple prices for PC rates.
  
  VR has slumped because the right price point for mere stereo is a lot lower than it has been. Even for subsidized gizmos like Quest HMDs. (And not being glued to Facebook would help.) It needs to be too cheap not to own, or fancy enough to beat Virtual Boy plus color and head-tracking.