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Stop wearing Vision Pro goggles while driving your Tesla: U.S. transportation officials, Calif. police (www.nytimes.com)

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Stop wearing Vision Pro goggles while driving your Tesla: U.S. transportation officials, Calif. police::Videos, many of them stunts or jokes, of people wearing Apple’s new virtual reality headset while driving Teslas in Autopilot mode prompted officials to issue warnings.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's camera pass-through, so while it is the same idea as hololens (overlaying windows on reality). The hololens would actually be a safer thing to wear while driving, given it fully transparent. There are not screens blocking your vision with camera feeds overlayed on top.

[–] vvv 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Very important distinction. When the apple vr battery dies, or the software fails, you're suddenly blind.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How long does it take to become unblind? I'm guessing maybe a second or two.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At 35 mph, A 2-second reaction time will get someone killed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tell that to anyone that needs to mess with their touch apps to control the car while driving or adjusting the radio or checking emails/text messages/facebook/instagram or anything else that currently takes your attention away from the road. I am not say that you should be allowed to play with a VR headset while driving but the argument that "you are blind" is a bit dramatic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That's just a strawman or a "what-aboutism." What you described is also a big problem, and the reason I will never buy a car with a big fat ipad as a dashboard.