This is very different though - it completely covers much of your face and there is no comparable device that is used in public, whereas AirPods are more or less the same design that we’ve seen in earphones for decades only without a cable.
Not GP, but I don't care if a random person does it. I care when someone who is, ostensibly, intending to interact with me does it. You can't actually tell whether they're engaging with you fully or not, like if I were conversing with someone (in person) and started typing this comment at the same time.
You never know if the person you're interacting is actually listening to something and distracted or not.
Remember when I used to go to the office and I had to guess whether my colleagues were on a call, listening to music or "available" because there was no way to know from the outside since they never removed them.
They do look dumb. But compared to most other VR headsets, I think they are the best we have seen so far.
The problem is, that you are still going to look weird walking around with these. I am also not sure if that is practical (ie the battery/power situation).
These look at least somewhat inspired by Daft Punk's helmets, which feels almost intentional, since the guys from Daft Punk have made about the most socially acceptable robot "look" that a layman knows about.
