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The Vision Pro’s killer app: Cybertruck clout-chasing accessory

Who chases the clout-chasers?

The new genre of “wearing a Vision Pro unusually” social video has many forms, with robot dogs, subways, and crosswalks making appearances, but the niche that keeps popping up in our feeds is the one that includes an element of Tesla / Autopilot / Cybertruck hype to the mix. See X user Dante Lentini, who had to explain that his video was a “skit,” and he wasn’t actually arrested for wearing a headset while behind the wheel of a Tesla. A freebooted version on X was eventually shared by the US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s account as a “reminder” that driver assistance systems require the human behind the wheel to remain fully engaged.

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