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Got mine today.
I wore it for about an hour comfortably and tried Safari, djay, AppleTV, Encounter Dinosaurs, and then watched Thor: Ragnarok in 3D from start to finish. I was comfortable the whole time but you can definitely feel that you have something on your face and head. The only place I feel any discomfort (and it’s more of just a pressure than discomfort) is on my cheeks where the headset rests. Pretty similar to others I own (Quest, Vive, Index, etc) but it is a little heavier.
I will be working with it (content and media production) and watching a lot of movies. My wife’s schedule for work is offset from mine so being able to watch 3D movies in bed while she’s sleeping would have been reason enough for me to buy it. The other stuff is icing for me. Additionally, I didn’t know this but all my movies in my iTunes/Apple Library that have a 3D version are available for me to watch in 3D at no extra charge. My library just shows up like any other device but it prompts me to choose 2D or 3D on playback start.
I don’t anticipate this changing anything. I don’t plan on using it while my wife is home unless she’s sleeping or watching something else on the main TV in our house. We also have had other VR headsets before and our office is zoned with the Index base stations so I think my usage will start similarly to that - occasional or when I know she won’t be around. One thing that is really different already and I find cool is that the Vision detects people and highlights them in my view and then turns on the weird EyeVision thing (or whatever it’s called) so that my wife knows when I’m actually interacting with her vs whatever is on the headset. If I’m still engaged on the headset, she just sees a rainbow swirl effect until my eyes focus to her and then the Apple googley eyes pop out. We FaceTimed with it too and Personas are cool but will make you look like a sex offender for the first few minutes until the newness wears off and then it’s a decent enough approximation to be serviceable for its intended purpose.