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Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by Groxx »

slg wrote: post #44
upwardbound wrote: post #13

From the website: 26.3 degree diagonal field of view (stereo). Display brightness up to 2,000 nits. I worked on these but am not allowed to say anything other than citing public sources.

It is good to see the brightness improving, but as someone who has played around with some AR devices I think AR is still waiting for the FOV to take a leap forward before these have mainstream appeal. It is just so unnatural when objects disappear from view if you aren't looking directly at them. This isn't as big of a problem in VR when your peripheral vision is just black and therefore your mind can easily learn t…

Yeah, that video looks very representative of what I'd expect, from trying a few AR platforms.

The HoloLens and Magic Leap promo material was absurdly misleading in this respect - IRL the viewports feel tiny and the image is dim and low resolution. I'd be hesitant to call them outright lies... if they were anything but obvious, outright lies.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by mortenjorck »

slg wrote: post #44
upwardbound wrote: post #13

From the website: 26.3 degree diagonal field of view (stereo). Display brightness up to 2,000 nits. I worked on these but am not allowed to say anything other than citing public sources.

It is good to see the brightness improving, but as someone who has played around with some AR devices I think AR is still waiting for the FOV to take a leap forward before these have mainstream appeal. It is just so unnatural when objects disappear from view if you aren't looking directly at them. This isn't as big of a problem in VR when your peripheral vision is just black and therefore your mind can easily learn t…

> Side note, props to Snap for being honest about this in their marketing material.

That struck me too – I don't think I've ever seen marketing for an AR headset where I came away thinking "that's probably what it really looks like" until this. Not only have they not exaggerated the FOV, they also haven't fudged their compositing to give the impression that the optics are somehow able to add shadows or otherwise obscure the background.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by vmception »

twobitshifter wrote: post #30
m3kw9 wrote: post #29

It says try it on in-app, I tried it on and they look like those UV shades for old ppl that blocks sun from the sides. No one in their right minds would wear them in public.

Are you saying old people are not in their right minds? I’d argue the opposite with regards to fashion choices, but I don’t think old people would go for these either.

Older people are the larger subset of people that care less about their fashion, mostly because they have no support system that would bother or care either. When the benefit disappears so does their mental resources in keeping up.

For a clearer example, look at someone tech savvy and someone of the same age that makes excuses about being technophobic related to their age. They both have solidarity amongst other people that enable their choices.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by tunesmith »

Seanambers wrote: post #80
digitalsin wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well I'm glad the woke virtue signaling has been built into the price and doesn't cost extra. "The camera is, in fact, racist,.." -Snap engineer Bertrand Saint-Preux Seriously??? Also, I find female voices more soothing. My wife on the other hand prefers male voices in a Scottish accent with her digital assistants. She doesn't now associate male scots with just being an assistant. For crying out loud it's just a damn…

Ssshh.. You can't say that on HN. You might anger the WOKE mob!

I don't think I've ever heard a progressive use "woke" non-ironically. It's like a conservative catch phrase.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by qlm »

an_opabinia wrote: post #62
upwardbound wrote: post #13

From the website: 26.3 degree diagonal field of view (stereo). Display brightness up to 2,000 nits. I worked on these but am not allowed to say anything other than citing public sources.

Has any improvement been made on your guys approach to application processes? My experience with "Yellow LA" was such utter unprofessional, nepotistic, myopic, self aggrandizing bullshit. What is the compelling reason to revisit that for allocating commodity electronics?

Snap was also easily my worst job application process ever. Everyone (with one exception) was dismissive and rude and arrogant. I had a interviewer literally laugh in my face when I gave a wrong answer. After the 3-4 hour long series of interviews ended I cried because I felt utterly belittled.

I'm not overly sensitive either, I've been grilled and had tough interviews before at FAANG companies with no problem. They were something else. They also totally ghosted (hah) me when I requested feedback on the interview. Truly horrible experience.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by rad_gruchalski »

This is really cool. I would love to see something like this with an ability to pair with a watch or a phone via bluetooth so one could get realtime location of a user upon a consent.

I truly believe such glasses can serve good cause in an elderly care / support space. For example, being able to show directions in realtime for public transport options, directions (bit like a windscreen hud in modern vehicles) would be a game changer for many people. I can think of many, many applications for it. I'm hoping the apple glasses are coming and building such solutions will be possible.

I'd pay for something like this without hesitation.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by PragmaticPulp »

qlm wrote: post #95
an_opabinia wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Has any improvement been made on your guys approach to application processes? My experience with "Yellow LA" was such utter unprofessional, nepotistic, myopic, self aggrandizing bullshit. What is the compelling reason to revisit that for allocating commodity electronics?

Snap was also easily my worst job application process ever. Everyone (with one exception) was dismissive and rude and arrogant. I had a interviewer literally laugh in my face when I gave a wrong answer. After the 3-4 hour long series of interviews ended I cried because I felt utterly belittled. I'm not overly sensitive either, I've been grilled and had tough interviews before at FAANG companies with no problem. They…

For what it's worth, we had a candidate drop out of our hiring pipeline because they got their dream job at SNAP. The candidate said the interview process was similarly brutal, but hinted that they had secured a large total comp.

The candidate called me several months later asking if we had any openings. He and several of his coworkers were spontaneously laid off, presumably before his stock vesting cliff as well. I remember thinking he seemed awfully dejected on the phone call, a stark contrast to how upbeat he had been earlier.

As with any company, YMMV. That experience stuck with me, though.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by alasdair_ »

upwardbound wrote: post #13

From the website: 26.3 degree diagonal field of view (stereo). Display brightness up to 2,000 nits. I worked on these but am not allowed to say anything other than citing public sources.

2000 nits is impressive! I have a monitor that has peak nits of 1500 and even at a normal viewing distance it’s almost too bright. 2000 should be enough to work in all but the brightest sunlight.
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