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danscarfe

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    Comment #35176159

    But not in AR

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    Comment #35176157

    Yes we demonstrated XRAI running on the Qualcomm Reference Wireless Viewer at MWC

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    Comment #35176144

    We have true AR with 3D placement now on these glasses

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    Comment #35163477

    The depth is set manually but can be changed at any point, even mid conversation

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    Comment #35163443

    The light is bounced straight into your eyes using something called a birdbath lens

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    Comment #35163441

    Unfortunately Apple users will have to wait for the Apple glasses which are being released some point after 2025/2026. The specific things the glasses use are HDMI over DisplayPort…

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    Comment #35162751

    We are soon releasing versions for iOS, Mac and Windows. We are also hoping to release an extensibility model to allow others to build skins / modules. The glasses will only work p…

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    Comment #35162728

    It does it segment by segment with autocorrect

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    Comment #35162726

    It doesn't appear on the glasses. It appears in 3D space infront of you. It's almost impossible to show via video.

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    Comment #35162717

    You can indeed. It's called the Nreal sdk

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    Comment #35159669

    We support both!

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    Comment #35159656

    The current generation of glasses (such as these Nreal Airs) use a birdbath technology which requires a tint. The next generation of waveguide glasses won't require this but they a…

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    Comment #35159604

    You pin the captions next to the person. We did try speech bubbles, but it didn't look great, so we went back to simple subtitles.

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    Comment #35159581

    You can see how it appears in our promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iilN0368vQU

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    Comment #35159536

    Compared to contemporary AR glasses ($2k+), these Nreal Airs are fairly cost effective at $379. We plan to support lots more glasses as they come out, especially ones with waveguid…

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    Comment #35159280

    We've taken a privacy-first approach here. All data is only ever stored on the device, owned by the user, inaccessible to us. It's only ever transcribing when a user asks it to and…

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    Comment #35159187

    The advantage of using AR glasses is you can still look at the person, see their facial expressions, the reactions etc without always having to look down at your phone. The glasses…

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    Comment #35156891

    Thanks for the shout-out! To try and answer your questions: 1) The cocktail party problem is still a WIP. This is a very hard problem to solve. 2) These are not 'viewer' glasses th…