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Ask HN: When one wears AirPods, does it change how you interact with him or her?
2 points by mikemajzoub on July 16, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
When someone is wearing AirPods, does it change how you interact with him or her?

If you're having a conversation with him or her? If you're on the elevator or just passing him or her? If you're waiting to cross the street together? If he or she is driving? Etc.

What I'm finding interesting about observing wearable tech entering our society is not only the classical Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) considerations, but also the Human-to-AugmentedHuman Interaction. Have you been noticing and thinking about this, too? I'd appreciate your thoughts!

Also, if you're a regular AirPod user, have you noticed changes in how you interact with others or how they interact with you when you have the AirPods in?

Thanks! Mike




I own a pair of AirPods, but I judge others for wearing them. Something about them just rubs me the wrong way. I feel embarrassed wearing them myself. None of this is rational and I'm not sure why I feel this way.




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