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Headspace XR made me forget how much I hate meditation tech
Headspace and Meta are onto something with gamifying meditation.
Walking into Meta’s New York office, I thought I’d stick on the headset and nod politely while strangers mulled around watching me wear a Quest 3 and breathe deeply. At one point, we were encouraged to just fling balls through giant shapes in the sky — breathing in when you pull back and exhaling when you let ’er rip. Last week, I tried the Mindfulness app in the Apple Vision Pro and that typical “Look at these shapes and breathe gratefully” experience never resonated with me.
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