US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday said human drivers must pay attention at all times after videos emerged of people wearing what appeared to be Apple’s recently released Vision Pro headset while driving Teslas.

Buttigieg responded on Twitter/X to a video that had more than 24m views of a Tesla driver who appeared to be gesturing with his hands to manipulate a virtual reality field.

Despite their names, Tesla’s assisted driving features – Autopilot, Enhanced Autopilot and Full Self-Driving – do not mean the vehicles are fully autonomous, Buttigieg said Monday on social media.

“Reminder – ALL advanced driver assistance systems available today require the human driver to be in control and fully engaged in the driving task at all times,” Buttigieg said.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      I really don’t think these are staged. All its doing is making Vision Pro users look like assholes

      Edit: misread the OP comment. Thought they were saying Apple was staging these videos. I do believe that this video is probably staged by someone

      • @phoneymouse
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        The thing doesn’t work when you’re moving and the cameras detect that your surroundings are moving. It is 100% staged.

        • @Glowstick
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          Source? I heard that it’s usable on an airplane

          • @phoneymouse
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            110 months ago

            As long as your environment appears to be fixed to the cameras, it is fine, but in a car your surroundings are moving by. On a plane, you usually can’t see much more than the seats around you.

      • paraphrand
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        510 months ago

        Maybe that’s the point.

      • @Linkerbaan
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        410 months ago

        The movements in the video definitely look exaggerated especially the wavy hands at the end