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Ask HN: Why not close one eye to select in the Apple Vision Pro?

1 points by amichail ↗ HN
You could even make it so that closing your left eye does a primary select while closing your right eye does a secondary select.

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mostlysimilar
Frankly that sounds exhausting to me. Do an experiment: for the next hour, every time you click something, blink your right eye. See how long it takes for fatigue to set in.
amichail
What about a slow blink with both eyes to select?
jzombie
Seems like there could be a lot of false positives in that, and some high frustrations.

If I slowly blink my eyes right now, I'm more prone to doze off than stay hyper-focused on whatever I'm working on.

smoldesu
- Eyestrain is already an issue with VR

- Your eyes are being reprojected on the other side and it would probably look awkward

- Hands offer a more contextual options than two eyes do

amichail
The headset could omit animating the closing of one eye.
jordanroher
Some people with otherwise perfect eyesight (like me) physically can't do that.
amichail
What about a slow blink with both eyes to select?
eurleif
For what it's worth, I deliberately trained myself to be able to do that as a kid. I noticed I couldn't, and it bothered me, so I just kept practicing until I had it down. I don't know whether it's possible to train as an adult, though.