‘Zombie Wearing Headset’: Mahindra’s tweet over Apple Vision Pro goes viral

Apple unveiled its long-awaited mixed-reality headset Vision Pro at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, capping higher than seven years of progress. The wearable machine mixes every digital and augmented actuality, which implies it’d in all probability completely engross an individual in content material materials with high-resolution exhibits — final for video watching — or overlay apps on excessive of the wearer’s topic of view, letting messages and notifications pop up with out overwhelming the person.

To assemble up the fun, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared a video on Twitter showcasing the Vision Pro. In his tweet, the Apple CEO exclaimed, “Welcome to the interval of spatial computing with Apple Vision Pro. You’ve in no way seen one thing like this sooner than!”

The submit quickly gained traction, amassing over 32.6 million views, 143K likes fairly a couple of responses from folks, along with Anand Mahindra, recognized for his witty, hilarious and thought-provoking Twitter posts as they resonate with netizens and go viral in minutes.

The Mahindra Group chairman quoted the video and expressed his concerns regarding the know-how. He wrote, “Does this signal the dying of big show TV exhibits? Wonder what the boardrooms at Samsung & Sony plotting in response… And what about community-watching of movies & sports activities actions matches? Will that now get changed by a roomful of zombies sporting headsets?”

Does this signal the dying of big show TV exhibits? Wonder what the boardrooms at Samsung & Sony plotting in response… And what about community-watching of movies & sports activities actions matches? Will that now get changed by a roomful of zombies sporting headsets? https://t.co/qQa8vwuy6Q

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) June 6, 2023

The tweet shared amassed over 813.3K views, to this point. It has moreover garnered higher than 5,771 likes, 575 retweets and fairly a couple of suggestions.

A Twitter particular person wrote, “Welcome to the world of zombies….”

Welcome to the world of zombies..

— Gyanendra Giri (@iGyanendraGiri) June 6, 2023

“And we focus on digital detox. This is a digital overload of varieties,” commented one different.

And we focus on digital detox. This is digital overload of varieties.

— Siddharth R Mayur (@h2eSid) June 6, 2023

“I thinks it’ll doubtless be final nail inside the coffin of Multiplexes and sport changer for OTT service suppliers like Apple TV+. Will wait till the form concern refines further after technological developments with particular person strategies. @tim_cook excellent disruption and introduction of current class” reacted one different particular person.

I thinks it’ll doubtless be final nail inside the coffin of Multiplexes and sport changer for OTT service suppliers like Apple TV+. Will wait till the form concern refines further after technological developments with particular person strategies. @tim_cook excellent disruption and introduction of current class

— dilboy 🇮🇳 (@dilboy) June 6, 2023

“It’s the dying of smartphones, had an idea before now that was very like this, “redesigning the idea of media galleries” by means of utilizing VR. This is comparable thought launched into AR. Pretty so much the beginning of the highest of handheld machine”, twitted one different particular person.

It’s the dying of smartphones, had an idea before now that was very like this, “redesigning the idea of media galleries” by means of utilizing VR. This is comparable thought launched into AR. Pretty so much the beginning of the highest of handheld machine

— Puru Gupta (@Puru1324) June 6, 2023

“No sir.. i suppose this product is further for an individual.. it’s like if you happen to want to watch a movie secluded in your particular person space.. nonetheless for a family/buddies gathering, one will desire a a lot greater TV present”

No sir.. i suppose this product is further for an individual.. it’s like if you happen to want to watch a movie secluded in your particular person space.. nonetheless for a family/buddies gathering, one will desire a a lot greater TV present.

— Saubhagya Shrivastava (@sobhuTweets) June 6, 2023

Moreover, the headset is an attempt to alter how people work along with the world. 

The headset is the newest of Apple’s “subsequent massive points” — a groundbreaking new product that can help the tech titan maintain sales. It marks the company’s first major new category since the Apple Watch launched in 2015 and will attempt to redefine an industry in the same vein as the Mac, iPod, iPhone and iPad, reported Bloomberg. 

It’s the first Apple product you look through and not at,” Cook talked about by way of the presentation. “This marks the beginning of a journey.”

Apple Vision Pro shall be accessible inside the US subsequent 12 months, with a price tag of spherical ₹2.88 lakh. The headset presents a variety of administration decisions, allowing prospects to navigate the digital world using arms, eyes, and voice directions. It is unbiased from iPhone, iPad, or Mac connectivity, as all apps and suppliers are hosted on visionOS, Apple’s devoted working system. 

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Updated: 06 Jun 2023, 09:25 PM IST