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Galaxy XR: The first Android XR headset

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169 points thelastgallon | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 16:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.391s | source
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drunx ◴[22 Oct 25 17:42 UTC] No.45672580[source]▶
I feel like this tech always misses real life usecases. I mean yes sure we do watch movies... But are you really going to sit in the headset for 2 hours straight. It's physically... Biologically(?) Uncomfortable.

Then when they say - explore Google Maps - ok. Fun. But for what? 10 minutes? How prominent is that need/activity in our life?

All usecases that Apple and now Google/Samsung showcase are "imaginary", wishful thinking usecases. They don't stick. They are more like "party-tricks" than something that can integrate into our lives and fill in a certain gap.

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1. makeitdouble ◴[22 Oct 25 23:57 UTC] No.45676647[source]▶
> But are you really going to sit in the headset for 2 hours straight. It's physically... Biologically(?) Uncomfortable.

TBF sitting still in a dark room fixating in the same direction for 2 hours straight is also uncomfortable. Either the movie captures your attention and you bear with it, or you take breaks.

Keeping an headset on for hours is fine if you fit it properly (get used to it), and for the movie use case in particular you don't need to be sitting, which can make it way more comfortable that the traditional experience.

Now it's clearly for people who lust for something they don't have right now. If you're 100% happy with doing everything on your phone for instance, it won't be for you. Same way you wouldn't even care for a laptop or desktop computer I guess.