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We could replace those with a singular, more personal screen — that will sit on our face

Its not going to happen. Strapping something to your face is fun for a little while but its not going to become the primary means of doing _anything_. It's just damn uncomfortable, no matter how light and expensive you make it.

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Cannot upvote enough. I had the first Rift, Quest 1, I have a Quest Pro: the experience is always a short-term novelty.

Yup. I just want to fast-forward through the "omg this changes everything" hype articles from first time VR users in the grip of peak novelty euphoria and get to the "I've not touched my AVP for 6 months" dehype phase.

I enjoy VR but I feel really done with headsets. I find them more irritating to wear than covid masks and look how folk feel about those. Itchy sweaty forehead, dig into your cheeks, head straps messing your hair, can't lie down on your side, scuba face when you take it off. Once the genuinely awesome experiences get old and passe, it becomes pretty tiresome.

You do realize that billions of people wear glasses all day, right?

Its not the same. Glasses perch on your nose. VR headsets have to have the edges pushed up against your skin to avoid light bleeding in from outside. Its great for thirty minutes or so but mainstream consumers are not ever going to use these headsets as the primary means of watching movies or bingeing on boxsets.

The parent comment said “no matter how thin or light they get”.

I think this was more a reference to the current ski-mask like VR goggle rather than a lightweight think like Google Glass (or indeed, a regular prescription glass or sunglass). Having my fair share of VR hours under my feet, I would agree: it's tiring !

The parent comment said “no matter how thin or light they get”. I’m just disputing that.

We are at least a decade away from bringing this to glasses-weight, but how do you solve the light-blocking in that form factor?

Think really heavy ski goggles, not eye glasses. 20 oz, not 2 oz, and clamped to your face, not resting on the bridge of your nose.

The parent said “no matter how thin or light they get”.

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