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What happens when the Vision Pro runs out of battery or the software crashes? Does the display fail in a see-through mode, or are you suddenly faced with a quite literal blue screen of death?
It goes back and you have to pull it off. The front is opaque. These people are idiots.
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The Vision Pro works in the passenger seat if you turn on travel mode, ideally prior to starting to move. It would probably allow for you to use it in the driver’s seat as well, but I’m not quite insane enough to check. Windows in this mode stick to the relative position of your head, but they stay fixed relative to the orientation. The pass through is pretty good, even at night, low latency and good enough clarity f…
Even still an airbag to the face with that in won't be pretty.
Maybe controversial, but I don't personally see an intrinsic problem with people wearing these things while driving so long as the passthrough is sufficiently low latency and has high enough resolution/fov. Of course the running apps need to not be too distracting, depending on how autonomous the car is. I could honestly see them being a net positive to road focus by overlaying speed and navigation on the user's fiel…
> I could honestly see them being a net positive to road focus by overlaying speed and navigation on the user's field of vision so they don't have to glance at their dash speedometer or navigation device all the time.
I get that with the HUD on my Audi and Lincoln with far less concerns.
> but it would take all of a second to whip the headset off if it suddenly went blank for some reason
The only way you're taking off the headset in "all of a second" is with zero concern for it landing on the floor or behind you or etc. Any care at all is 2-3 seconds.
That's around 100 ft. At lot happens there.
> most drivers regularly experience worse obstructions than that hypothetical one
Next time you're in a car close your eyes for 3 seconds (in the passenger seat) while paying attention to surroundings to get a feel for it, or take a video.
You are drastically underestimating things. Most drivers do not regularly get 1-3 second distractions and obstructions.
That may be a matter of perception, but that's the problem. Back in the day, surveys asked people how long Michael "Air" Jordan's "hangtime" (the length of time you spend in the air after jumping) was, and they gave numbers like 2-3 seconds.
In fact, the average hangtime is 0.53s, and the longest recorded is 0.9s.
Similarly, fun fact, 83% of drivers believe they are "above average".
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> I could honestly see them being a net positive to road focus by overlaying speed and navigation on the user's field of vision so they don't have to glance at their dash speedometer or navigation device all the time. Heads up displays projecting basic speed etc on to a windscreen are already a thing. They are fairly good/useful. No need to wear a headset being bombarded with irrelevant notifications from social medi…
> Heads up displays projecting basic speed etc on to a windscreen are already a thing Sure, but a lot of cars don't have them, and that's just the speedometer, not the speed limit or navigation directions (which are usually what I'm glancing at my phone's map app to check) > No need to wear a headset being bombarded with irrelevant notifications from social media, messaging etc. I would hope they'd implement a drivin…
That's not the case at all.
Two pictures from Audi: https://uploads.audi-mediacenter.com/system/production/media... and https://robbreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/q4etron01.... - navigation, speedometer and speed limit and more
Maybe controversial, but I don't personally see an intrinsic problem with people wearing these things while driving so long as the passthrough is sufficiently low latency and has high enough resolution/fov. Of course the running apps need to not be too distracting, depending on how autonomous the car is. I could honestly see them being a net positive to road focus by overlaying speed and navigation on the user's fiel…
This is why we can't have nice things.
Maybe controversial, but I don't personally see an intrinsic problem with people wearing these things while driving so long as the passthrough is sufficiently low latency and has high enough resolution/fov. Of course the running apps need to not be too distracting, depending on how autonomous the car is. I could honestly see them being a net positive to road focus by overlaying speed and navigation on the user's fiel…
There is no turn by turn navigation on it for a reason.
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> I could honestly see them being a net positive to road focus by overlaying speed and navigation on the user's field of vision so they don't have to glance at their dash speedometer or navigation device all the time. Heads up displays projecting basic speed etc on to a windscreen are already a thing. They are fairly good/useful. No need to wear a headset being bombarded with irrelevant notifications from social medi…
> Heads up displays projecting basic speed etc on to a windscreen are already a thing Sure, but a lot of cars don't have them, and that's just the speedometer, not the speed limit or navigation directions (which are usually what I'm glancing at my phone's map app to check) > No need to wear a headset being bombarded with irrelevant notifications from social media, messaging etc. I would hope they'd implement a drivin…
