I have a hard time believing your wearable is good if you had to Photoshop it onto a model


Wearable gadgets live or die on whether they’re actually comfortable to wear — it’s tough to recommend a fitness tracker that gives me a rash or a headset constantly dragging my head down. So, for HTC’s new, exceptionally light Vive Flow VR headset, the company wanted to show just how effortlessly it might fit into your life, commissioning pictures of men and women wearing it in their cozy living rooms without a care in the world.

One rather important reason why they don’t seem to care: they’re not wearing it at all. It’s photoshopped. The woman in the photo above was actually photographed with a bowl of popcorn, not a headset or a phone. Here’s what the original looks like at istockphoto.com:

Getty Images/iStockphoto

Continue reading…

via The Verge – All Posts

Check out the Finding Your Identity Podcast!