I actually quite like how Tim Cook thinks about VR vs AR:
Tim Cook, 2016: “Few people are going to view that it’s acceptable to be enclosed in something.”
Tim Cook, 2017: “Unlike Virtual Reality which closes the world out, AR allows individuals to be present in the world.”
Tim Cook, 2017: “I also like the fact that [AR] doesn’t isolate […] I’ve never been a fan of VR like that because I think it does the opposite.”
Tim Cook, 2020: “I think [AR is] something that doesn’t isolate people. We can use it to enhance our discussion, not substitute it for human connection, which I’ve always deeply worried about in some of the other technologies.” [0]
I actually quite like how Tim Cook thinks about VR vs AR:
[0] stratechery.com/2024/the-apple-vis...