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And I thought $3000 would have been a galling amount for this. But Apple managed to supersize even that. The vignettes of interaction with family is just creepy. In a work / lab environment this would be more palatable. So, for business this can be a success but I wouldn’t want to see this being a tremendous consumer success. FFS we’re already so disconnected/disassociated- the EyeSight feature does not fix this - oh, and the synthesized persona for FaceTime? Impressive (and I understand they needed a solution for that problem) but that’s super creepy, too. I don’t think you solve that problem until you use your phone with continuity camera (like for Apple TV - very cool) and this headset becomes more like sunglasses (maybe this never happens)

I would think that Apple is going to introduce this thing with Craig Federighi appearing with some oversized headset that he then peals off to reveal the slim profile of Apple’s offering.
I’ll be so sad if this isn’t the case.

I went in with mild expectations but it was soon dashed. Feels a bit too much like they are riding the Ted Lasso formula  — just a new cast of characters whose story arcs seem quite obvious to me. But that’s just me - if others are enjoying it, carry on.

Yeah, we don’t need this.

At least I certainly don’t want to be tracked throughout my home just for the possibility that my home automation might be a wee bit helpful but in all likelihood it would just be annoying or wrong.

Continuity Camera is no reason to give Apple a pass on the built in webcam. On their top-of-the-line laptop, a solid camera offering should be the expectation- and that expectation wasn’t met.