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To: Red Badger

Does anybody use immersive 3D “virtual reality” headsets?

20 years ago, it was thought they would find a huge application in industry. You could “look” at an aircraft and “see” all the wiring or hydraulic lines in the aircraft.

I got a pair of 3D glasses with a plasma TV I bought maybe 10 or 15 years ago. They are still sitting in the original case, unopened and unused.

I’m a long-time Mac user. My wife worked at Apple for ten years back in the Steve Jobs days when the Lisa and Mac were being invented. We used to get new products to bring home and try out plus got huge employee discounts. That started us down the path of using almost all of Apple’s products and enjoying their “ecosystem.” We are still an iPhone / iPad / MacBook Pro / MacBook Air / Apple TV / AirPods family. I’m renting a Chevy Trax this week and like the Apple CarPlay.


3 posted on 10/15/2025 8:13:13 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Does anybody use immersive 3D “virtual reality” headsets? 20 years ago, it was thought they would find a huge application in industry.

Me too. Just for tourism alone, imagine being able to walk or drive through a city, look around, move at your own pace, etc.

4 posted on 10/15/2025 8:14:42 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I have never owned any Apple products nor, as far as I know, even touched one anywhere............


5 posted on 10/15/2025 8:17:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Does anybody use immersive 3D “virtual reality” headsets?


It’s like a pogo stick, there’s no way to use them and look cool.


10 posted on 10/15/2025 8:43:44 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Virtual Reality is the use of glasses that only project what a computer generates, but Augmented Reality allows the user to see the world around them with computer projected additional data.

Augmented Reality glasses are amazing.


23 posted on 10/15/2025 11:58:36 AM PDT by CodeToad
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