Jack Dorsey: Just Read Some Science Fiction and You’ll See Where We Are
The former Twitter CEO opens up about his thoughts on Apple's new mixed reality headsetLast week, Apple announced the Vision Pro headset, a virtual reality set that is designed to “blend” physical and digital life into a unitary experience. The headset, from all appearances, looks sleeker and less clunky that Meta’s VR headsets. Users will, for the remarkably low price of $3,499 (that was a joke) will be able to have apps appear in the room in front of them, transforming everyday environments into a “personal theater.”
Not everyone is stoked about the announcement, however. Mark Zuckerberg isn’t too happy about it, for obvious reasons. He’s been trying to break ground in the VR headset game for years, now. However, Jack Dorsey, former CEO and co-founder of Twitter, raised his own concerns about the new technology in an interview with Breaking Points, a YouTube channel. Victor Tangermann writes at Futurism:
Dorsey also admitted that he’s “super-worried and concerned with how out-of-touch it might make people — and how it distances us even further.”
While he’s hoping that “we have an honest conversation about some of the harms around more and more social distancing,” Dorsey is still bullish on the idea.
“I mean it’s obvious that it’s going to happen,” Dorsey said, referring to companies pushing AR and VR tech.
Dorsey also admitted that he’s “super-worried and concerned with how out-of-touch it might make people — and how it distances us even further.”
While he’s hoping that “we have an honest conversation about some of the harms around more and more social distancing,” Dorsey is still bullish on the idea.
“I mean it’s obvious that it’s going to happen,” Dorsey said, referring to companies pushing AR and VR tech.
-Victor Tangermann, Jack Dorsey Says VR Will Turn Us Into the Blob People From “WALL-E” (futurism.com)
Dorsey also said virtual reality technology will turn us into the immobile space citizens from the Disney-Pixar movie WALL-E, in which humans have become so dependent on their gadgets that they’ve sort of evolved into helpless babies. Not a flattering goal to aspire to.
Watch Dorsey’s comments here:
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