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Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by rad_gruchalski »

upwardbound wrote: post #105
rad_gruchalski wrote: post #96

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 b…

Yes, these have a location API! (with consent). Like you said, they pair with the phone when available, and also have built-in GPS.

I was looking at the Lens api last night but couldn't find any relevant location stuff. I figured there must be something available because it's possible to get localized weather info. Where can I read more about it?

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by sam_4675 »

upwardbound wrote: post #64
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?

That sucks, I'm sorry to hear that. If it helps, the people reviewing these applications are different than the Yellow people, and are really nice. Also there are more of these glasses to go around than there are Yellow spots. In terms of process, Snap has during the past 12 months made a sustained and well-funded push for racial and gender equality, and that should help a lot to make nepotism impossible in the new p…

This seems very unresponsive and myopic. The issue does not appear to have been diversity but work life balance. What does the gender of the Ai voice have to do with reducing the stress at work ?

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by mncharity »

pugworthy wrote: post #85
sva_ wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It could be interesting to use them for info visualization and interaction though. Placing ideas in your surroundings while on a nice walk through the forest pondering about something you're passionate about sounds pretty intriguing to me.

Agreed. Also just local things like plant info, geology, history, trails, etc.

Hiking with a naturalist on their home turf can be amazing. As they "read the landscape" and tell you its stories. Plant mixes telling of long-term changes in progress, seen frozen in time. Tales of long- and short-term environmental history. "This area was logged last century; here are fire scars from a decade ago; here this biome is slowly taking over from that biome; this stream dries out some summers, or these would instead be ; etc". Similarly for geology. History.

Some stories can be stably linked to location. "The geology of this roadside exposure is ...". Others need some dynamic recognition. "That's a finch". Others need a blend. Or tracking and/or modeling environment state. Mapped buildings vs "that's a car" vs "today's chalkboard menu with updates".

Then guide story selection by user long-term and attentional interests, understanding, and educational learning objectives. Tree and pebble identification become stories of deep-time geological and evolutionary history and processes. Ambient dinosaurs.

Some of what a good guide, or teacher, or tutor might do... if they spent their days perched on your ear.

The future could be a blast. Sad we're moving so very sloowwwwwwwwly.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by stikit »

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?

“Yellow LA”?

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by sam_4675 »

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?

Explain Yellow LA and Yellow People and references to diversity below ? Confusing/disturbing.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by upwardbound »

stikit wrote: post #134
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?

“Yellow LA”?

Yellow is Snap's incubator for small startups. I don't think that the bad experience the parent commenter had is typical, and from what I've seen of Yellow it seems very well-run. Perhaps the parent might have misinterpreted things to be different than they are and I'm sorry they had a bad experience.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by [deleted] »

sam_4675 wrote: post #132
upwardbound wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sucks, I'm sorry to hear that. If it helps, the people reviewing these applications are different than the Yellow people, and are really nice. Also there are more of these glasses to go around than there are Yellow spots. In terms of process, Snap has during the past 12 months made a sustained and well-funded push for racial and gender equality, and that should help a lot to make nepotism impossible in the new p…

This seems very unresponsive and myopic. The issue does not appear to have been diversity but work life balance. What does the gender of the Ai voice have to do with reducing the stress at work ?

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Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by kthejoker2 »

upwardbound wrote: post #23
mrfusion wrote: post #21

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Thanks I did see that but I still don’t get it. It’s like a flower and a butterfly? How does that help me achieve my life goals?

Oh gotcha. Right now it's a developer platform. It runs any JS code + graphics that you write in Lens Studio. https://lensstudio.snapchat.com/ In terms of what I personally look forward to the most, I can't wait to see what the next generation of kids do with it, like the Wozniak era that grew up simultaneously with the first personal computers.

I instantly want to create some kind of adtech dystopia.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by an_opabinia »

upwardbound wrote: post #64
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?

That sucks, I'm sorry to hear that. If it helps, the people reviewing these applications are different than the Yellow people, and are really nice. Also there are more of these glasses to go around than there are Yellow spots. In terms of process, Snap has during the past 12 months made a sustained and well-funded push for racial and gender equality, and that should help a lot to make nepotism impossible in the new p…

This reads to me very sincere and good, and I hope the collaborations go well. At the end of the day building an AR hardware product is extremely risky, and takes a very long time, and it's definitely exciting - it's a great contribution to computing.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Post by throwaddzuzxd »

Why does the webpage animation move on scroll? Why is it not just a video?

Most trendy product websites do this now (including Apple), but I can't figure out why? As a user, it feels extremely laggy since I don't scroll perfectly smoothly. I feel like they would have a better grip on the smoothness of the rendering if it was a simple video? I also don't like it because it feels like I have to scroll "hard" for the page to scroll down.

What's the benefit of this? I genuinely would like to know.

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