The world is now going crazy over the latest Apple Vision Pro, but who would have thought The Simpsons show predicted this revolutionary technology from almost a decade ago? One of the mysteries surrounding the cartoon series is its clairvoyance, which seemingly foretells the scary things that might happen in the future.
Fans are now crediting Matt Groening and his creation for the launch of Apple Vision Pro, an innovative headset that combines digital inputs with physical reality. While The Simpsons is said to have anticipated this trend, it did not exactly estimate the hyped madness it has now brought to the world.
There’s One Thing The Simpsons Did Not Anticipate When It Foretold The Apple Vision Pro
In a video clip posted by the New York Post, a 2016 episode from The Simpsons entitled ‘Friends and Family’ saw Mr. Burns hire Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie to play as his virtual reality family to test a new headset that resembles the Apple Vision Pro.
When the gadget was released to the world, everything went into chaos. People were bumping into lampposts or falling inside manholes. While the Apple Vision Pro has the capability to avoid these through its passthrough feature, it still gives off an eerie dystopian vibe where everyone wears a headset and they are immersed in the digital world.
While the episode showed the real-world implications of the famed gadget, it did not anticipate the most exciting part of the craze behind the Apple Vision Pro: the memes. Check out the best of the bunch:
3. This is real remote workpic.twitter.com/PyWc7YNUn6
— Sai Rahul (@sairahul1) February 5, 2024
13. Don't forget to wear your sunscreenpic.twitter.com/QgVwjADYDh
— Sai Rahul (@sairahul1) February 5, 2024
15. The food looks so real (by @dougboneparth) pic.twitter.com/xbWyoIVijc
— Sai Rahul (@sairahul1) February 5, 2024
16. This is first class sir (by @BasicAppleGuy)
Apple Vision Pro buyers be like… pic.twitter.com/GhuSw6lblG
— Sai Rahul (@sairahul1) February 5, 2024
22. This is how Apple Vision pro users these days feels..pic.twitter.com/0RYiQjzN9J
— Sai Rahul (@sairahul1) February 5, 2024
Apple Vision Pro has a hefty price tag of $3,500. Perhaps The Simpsons did not predict that it would be sold out of stock after users swept off the shelves and bought around 200,000 units within ten days.
Apple Vision Pro: A Work Of Genius Or Extreme Madness?
Since the release of the Apple Vision Pro, many users have been comparing it to an episode from Netflix’s Black Mirror. It really does seem to resemble the show after one viral video showed a person sitting in a New York City subway wearing a headset and typing in the air as if he was working remotely – but inside his head. Can we call this genius or madness?
Apple CEO Tim Cook marketed the device as a way to innovate and increase productivity. He said during the product’s announcement via The Guardian:
“Apple Vision Pro will change the way we communicate, collaborate, work, and enjoy entertainment. With Vision Pro, you’re no longer limited by a display. Your surroundings become an infinite canvas… Vision Pro blends digital content into the space around us. It will introduce us to Spatial Computing.”
The Apple Vision Pro has only been launched in the United States and is yet to be released worldwide, so only time will tell what would be the effects of using the product in the long run are. Like any other technology, it has its own advantages and disadvantages, and if used properly and moderately, it can make life easier and better.
