There are all sorts of interesting questions around embodied telecommunication, which until now have remained largely theoretical. But with the advent of the Apple Vision Pro, which brings us significantly closer to that capability, this might be a good time to revisit those questions.
Forgetting for the moment how the technology works, let’s look forward to some time in the coming decade when people will just be able to put on a pair of lightweight sunglasses and have an in-person face-to-face conversation with anyone anywhere else who’s also wearing XR sunglasses. What effect Will that have on social interaction?
There are many questions to ask about this, but here’s one to begin with: Will it be good or bad for the airline industry?
To my thinking, it could go either way. On the one hand, people won’t need to physically move their bodies to have a face to face That makes them feel like they are in the same room. On the other hand, the increase in social connection might produce a greater motivation to meet in the flesh.