Smartphones Are Black Holes
Criticism facing Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro headset has centered around a consistent theme: Isolation. Wearing the headset has raised concerns for some that society is headed in the wrong direction as we are increasingly removed from our surroundings. This isolation concern is said to be found with those wearing the headset, as well as those wanting to share experiences with headset wearers. A scene of a dad wearing Vision Pro to capture a child’s birthday party has been called everything from inhumane to dystopian. As an offshoot of this isolation argument, some people aren’t sure how experiences can be shared anymore if only some people are wearing Vision Pro.
What’s fascinating is how these isolation fears don’t extend to all headset companies. In what can only be described as mental gymnastics, Meta is said to offer an alternative to Vision Pro’s isolation risk because of Mark Zuckerberg’s social mandate of connecting people in virtual worlds.
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