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Galaxy XR: The first Android XR headset

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176 points thelastgallon | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 16:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.25s | 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. AuryGlenz ◴[23 Oct 25 06:57 UTC] No.45678992[source]▶
My wife and I have actually spent a good deal of time in a couple of street view type apps for the Quest, in multiplayer. It’s fun to “go back” to places we’ve vacationed and try to trace our steps. It’d be better if street view cameras captured stereoscopic 3d, though.