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Re: Google discontinues Google Glass for enterprise

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Somewhat related, a question for HN people: Is there a product — perhaps some kind of goggles — that I can wear on my face which will simulate the experience of watching a big television? I don't want virtual reality or augmented reality or anything like that. I just want to be able to sit on a long-haul flight and isolate my eyes and ears in such a way that it feels like I'm sitting alone in a dark room watching a m…

That's what Quest2 is. You even don't need an iPhone. It's standalone.

Re: Google discontinues Google Glass for enterprise

#22

Somewhat related, a question for HN people: Is there a product — perhaps some kind of goggles — that I can wear on my face which will simulate the experience of watching a big television? I don't want virtual reality or augmented reality or anything like that. I just want to be able to sit on a long-haul flight and isolate my eyes and ears in such a way that it feels like I'm sitting alone in a dark room watching a m…

You can get "headsets" that your phone slots into for less than $50. Pair it with some decent headphones.

Re: Google discontinues Google Glass for enterprise

#23

Somewhat related, a question for HN people: Is there a product — perhaps some kind of goggles — that I can wear on my face which will simulate the experience of watching a big television? I don't want virtual reality or augmented reality or anything like that. I just want to be able to sit on a long-haul flight and isolate my eyes and ears in such a way that it feels like I'm sitting alone in a dark room watching a m…

htc vive flow: https://www.vive.com/us/product/vive-flow/overview/

Re: Google discontinues Google Glass for enterprise

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post #21

Somewhat related, a question for HN people: Is there a product — perhaps some kind of goggles — that I can wear on my face which will simulate the experience of watching a big television? I don't want virtual reality or augmented reality or anything like that. I just want to be able to sit on a long-haul flight and isolate my eyes and ears in such a way that it feels like I'm sitting alone in a dark room watching a m…

That's what Quest2 is. You even don't need an iPhone. It's standalone.

You probably don't want to wear a Quest for a full long-haul flight. They're not that comfortable, even with third-party straps.

There's also the whole thing where Quest 2 is quite a bit worse than Quest 1 in some aspects that relate to comfort, such as the lack of precise eye distance settings.

Re: Google discontinues Google Glass for enterprise

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At this point, I think issue is not about products Google build, it is about how Google put their incentives in place.

- Build new shiny thing -> promoted

- Support shiny thing -> it's not difficult, everyone can do it

This type of culture is influencing future direction of Google products, they put together awesome team, solve problem and get from 0 to 1, then team moves on, others don't have incentive to make 1 to 100.

I feel like, if this was a startup which highly depends on the success of product for their existence they could have pivoted or come up better ideas for adoption. Maybe, Magic Leap was that company, or they got too much investment and thought they will exist for a quite while

Re: Google discontinues Google Glass for enterprise

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Side note: As a marketeer I feel Google need to lay off 'the next big thing' launches. Set up some alpha/labs environment so tech interested people can go there and not allow launches til products hit a critical user number.

Credibility and excitement for Google launches is massively reducing ever since the G+ debacle and something, I feel at least, they should try to get back.

Re: Google discontinues Google Glass for enterprise

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I really hope Apple can do something interesting with AR. I've tried all the major AR things (HoloLens, HoloLens 2, MagicLeap) and tons of the "smart glasses" and there's so much room for improvement.

One of the things we can expect from Apple is to keep on iterating on a new product category over the long haul instead of doing one or two iterations and giving up.

Re: Google discontinues Google Glass for enterprise

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Somewhat related, a question for HN people: Is there a product — perhaps some kind of goggles — that I can wear on my face which will simulate the experience of watching a big television? I don't want virtual reality or augmented reality or anything like that. I just want to be able to sit on a long-haul flight and isolate my eyes and ears in such a way that it feels like I'm sitting alone in a dark room watching a m…

Take a look at this: https://vimeo.com/798231818/660e3a441c?embedded=true&source=...

Re: Google discontinues Google Glass for enterprise

#29

Somewhat related, a question for HN people: Is there a product — perhaps some kind of goggles — that I can wear on my face which will simulate the experience of watching a big television? I don't want virtual reality or augmented reality or anything like that. I just want to be able to sit on a long-haul flight and isolate my eyes and ears in such a way that it feels like I'm sitting alone in a dark room watching a m…

How would having the feeling of watching a movie alone in a dark room while actually sitting on an airplane not be a form of virtual reality?

Re: Google discontinues Google Glass for enterprise

#30
Innovators dilemma. You were early to market, you did all the work, and no one wanted the product. What do you do? Keep going? Or give up from exhaustion? This is the unfortunate situation with many who tackle new spaces like Mobile, VR and AR. Google will no doubt re-enter the space, but only after it's been validated. And that's totally fine. Expect Google to produce quality hardware and software at a time when the market is ready, I don't expect them to innovate. Apple as a market leader has shown that they know how to pull off new hardware trends and drive that to mass market. Others struggle with this significantly. It was a valiant effort by Google, one that I applaud, but now it's time to move on.

Things like Starline are where Google will shine for now. They can come back to AR.

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