Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

Post by alchemist1e9 » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 10:43 PM UTC

Miraste wrote: post #86

batch12 wrote: post #30

It'd be cool if something like this could be used to selectively overlay thermal/ir/uv, night vision, or provide a colorblind accessibility tool. I think I would have a use for it then.

I have some AR glasses that plug into a phone, and I've been experimenting with running the camera feed and using it as a third eye (looking up on shelves, eye in the back of the head, etc). It's less disorienting than I expected, and in an integrated product I'm convinced it would be useful. The camera in the Monocle is unfortunately very old and cheap, but a modern phone main sensor could do wonders for accessibili…

Post by candyman » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 10:47 PM UTC

Post by cptskippy » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 10:55 PM UTC

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #124

jayd16 wrote: post #85

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I think these are actually kind of lame use cases. They can almost entirely be replaced with a smart watch. Where this device has a unique advantage is overlay AR. Turn by turn is somewhat there but I think a better way to look at this is passive information. You could walk by a business and see hours on a virtual sign. You could make an app to leave virtual art you could stumble on. I'd like to see more ideas like t…

Fix practically anything that instructions have been made for, unscrew here, unclip that, pull out that, replace this part; do it all backwards to put back together ... with visual overlays you're acting as a robot almost (that's good and bad). Also, anything the AR can see you put down/drop can be remembered; anything you're looking for can be highlighted (in theory). Would be fun to work on some other ideas.

Post by Miraste » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 11:01 PM UTC

alchemist1e9 wrote: post #131

Miraste wrote: post #86

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I have some AR glasses that plug into a phone, and I've been experimenting with running the camera feed and using it as a third eye (looking up on shelves, eye in the back of the head, etc). It's less disorienting than I expected, and in an integrated product I'm convinced it would be useful. The camera in the Monocle is unfortunately very old and cheap, but a modern phone main sensor could do wonders for accessibili…

Would glasses like yours work for passive monitoring of some basic tui dashboards while hiking? The ideal time for my personal daily commute/schedule to go on a 45 min daily hike/walk is 8am-9am. However at exactly that time some important automated business processes occur (markets related) that it’s best I keep an eye on. If I could wear some glasses that display the information required safely I probably could los…

Post by Cub3 » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 11:08 PM UTC

thot_experiment wrote: post #72

I want an open source monochrome vector display delivered by laser to my retinas directly. I would slambuy such a thing and dedicated the rest of my life to making the best pocketable chorded keyboard. I, like many of you, am very good at telling a computer what to do with letters and symbols. I spend a lot of time in voice calls and I often write little scripts while I'm talking to answer questions, ballpark numbers…