>It would be absolutely awful right? Like the worst parts of dystopian fiction with microtransactions and popups and all kinds of other cruft in a 360 field of vision some how mandated for gaming and work. World-wide, probably tying into education and basic information access.
I don't get what exactly is awful about this. Having to use it? Can't you take it off when you don't want it? How is it any different than glowing rectangles being "mandated for gaming and work ... probably tying into education and basic information access"?
Not to be snarky, but this response feels like a very privileged perspective on the notion of consumer choice. Yes, you can "take it off whenever you want", but if you are in dire financial straits, and your employer makes you wear it for your entire shift, what are you going to do?
Think of it from the perspective of technology today. I'm a software engineer, and given that we're on HN, you're likely something similar. Most people can't negotiate the terms of their employment as much as we can. We are lucky, in that if we see a job that requires invasive corporate spyware on personal devices, or worse yet, proctoring software, we can simply not apply.
"take it off when you don't want it" obviously refers to after you're stopped working. I thought the comparison to glowing rectangles immediately after would hint at this, considering that you're basically required to stare at glowing rectangles to do most white collar jobs. Yet, nobody is upset or calls this a dystopia, aside from the standard anti-work rhetoric of having to work in the first place.
I don't get what exactly is awful about this. Having to use it? Can't you take it off when you don't want it? How is it any different than glowing rectangles being "mandated for gaming and work ... probably tying into education and basic information access"?