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It's probably not glasses. Nobody likes wearing glasses. Every attempt at making tech glasses has failed. It'll probably be the Apple Watch.

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I'm not a VR/AR fan but if Apple can come out with super high quality AR headset that can augment/replace monitors I would buy one instantly. I might be earlier than mainstream adopter but if the tech ever gets there this will be a natural shift.

I won't buy Meta products but I keep waiting for someone to do VR workspace right - where I can truly work and travel from anywhere with a decent chair and a desk for keyboard (no need to lug around monitors, no need for huge table).

I think that's it. I had half an hour to kill in a cafe yesterday, didn't bring my kindle, and I thought "if there were compact AR or even VR glasses that I could whip out to emulate a full-size working environment, that would be super handy right now".

Having said that, for me to spend money on it it would (a) also be able to realistically replace my set up at home, which currently consists of 2 HiDPI screens and (b) not be that much more expensive than what that cost me.

Everybody would love wearing Apple Glasses. Would probably look really cool.

I remember seeing AirPods in somebody's ears for the first time. "What a dork" I thought back then. Now they're cool and everywhere.

I would not love wearing them. I waste a significant amount of money on contact lenses each year for the privilege of not having to wear anything on my face.

> Now they're cool and everywhere.

One of these things is true.

There is a difference between the subjective and objective "cool." They've sold something like 150 million pairs of Airpods? I think that qualifies as objectively "cool."

Another heuristic is: are the majority of attractive and young people using/buying/doing it?

AirPods are cool by that measure as well.

If lots of people are doing or buying something, that’s a signal that it isn’t cool.

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