Technology giant Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) released its highly anticipated Apple Vision Pro headsets on Friday in a move that could advance the world of virtual reality.
The long-running animated comedy “The Simpsons” may have predicted what happens when people wear virtual reality headsets at home and in public.
What Happened: Since the Vision Pro was released, images have gone viral of people wearing the headset on the street or the train. A driver of a Tesla vehicle was even pulled over wearing the Apple Vision Pro while driving.
While a world filled with people all wearing headsets in public could be years or decades away, "The Simpsons" may have predicted the disasters that could happen.
A clip from the 2016 episode titled "Friends and Family" went viral on X, formerly known as Twitter, over the weekend with more than eight million views. In the clip, residents of the fictional town of Springfield are seen wearing a virtual reality headset and subsequently running into light posts, falling down a manhole and laying in bed with a headset on next to a significant other also wearing a headset.
The clip features the Cream song "I Feel Free" playing in the background alluding to a world where headsets and virtual reality have taken over real-life interactions.
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