Virtual Reality as Immersive Enclosure, with Paul Roquet (EF, JP)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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Is the Apple Watch the Bad Guy?
A friend of mine was talking about the failure of Google Glass, and he made a comparison to the Apple Watch that seemed resonant with what you were saying. "The problem with Google Glass is that it was augmented reality, but it was like sucking your eyes," Eric Noise said. He said that that was super irritating to people when it was on glasses, but when it’s on watches, people accept it. It's interesting this focus on the visual imposition, much more serious than anything else.
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