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Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by tantalic »

Sol- wrote: post #56
smeej wrote: post #36

Am I the only weirdo who does not want, under any circumstance, to move to a world where head-mounted computer systems are normal? It's bad enough we have the things in our pockets. I don't want mine mounted in front of my eyes. I can hear the replies already, "If you don't want one, don't use one," but if something becomes normal enough, the outside world does change around it. Why invest in street signs, for exampl…

I fondly remember the times where Glassholes were rightfully mocked. Now it's cool to drive around in your Tesla wearing an Apple Vision. It really seems to have become very normalized.

Being cool and getting a lot of views/clicks should not be confused.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by talldayo »

Sol- wrote: post #56
smeej wrote: post #36

Am I the only weirdo who does not want, under any circumstance, to move to a world where head-mounted computer systems are normal? It's bad enough we have the things in our pockets. I don't want mine mounted in front of my eyes. I can hear the replies already, "If you don't want one, don't use one," but if something becomes normal enough, the outside world does change around it. Why invest in street signs, for exampl…

I fondly remember the times where Glassholes were rightfully mocked. Now it's cool to drive around in your Tesla wearing an Apple Vision. It really seems to have become very normalized.

It's funny to me because pretty much every single issue that the Google Glass had still persists:

- it's too damn expensive (you look like a rich klutz wearing one)

- the content is mostly just normal games and videos that you watch in stereo

- the FOV and camera resolution are too poorly miniaturized to do anything serious with

Why doesn't it surprise me that public perception did a 180 when they saw the brushed-aluminum model with an Apple logo on it? At this rate Apple should sponsor a second Hindenberg just to check if their luck's run dry.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by joshmarinacci »

api wrote: post #44

With this and Llama I'm starting to wonder if Meta is making a pivot toward openness similar to what Microsoft did under Nadella. It's not altruism of course. It's a strategy. But it's a different strategy from the closed pure walled garden strategy they have executed previously.

Smells like competition.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by drdaeman »

kypro wrote: post #17

Meta playing 3d chess here. Opening up the OS to other hardware providers is a great strategic move imo. Excited to see what innovations other hardware manufactures add.

Not to devalue their engineering departments, but I really don't remember any innovations in the software space from ASUS, Lenovo or alike hardware vendors. To me they're all essentially the same stuff, with different kind of junkware (or, in case of Lenovo, malware) bundled.

What I read is "we reached out to a bunch of vendors who dabbled in VR/AR/XR/whateveryounameit but failed to produce anything outstanding, so we made a deal of licensing them some software so maybe they'll fare better". Meta did the right thing in a sense that they made some sales, but I wouldn't hold my breath as a end-consumer.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by amarcheschi »

asveikau wrote: post #48
not_your_vase wrote: post #25

Is it based on some prior art (BSD, Linux...), or a new proprietary OS written from scratch? The post is not too rich in actual information, beside that now other tech-giants can use it too...

I can't recall when I first heard the name "OS" used to mean just another linux distro, whereas my increasingly old-man brain expects the term OS to mean a unique kernel, not a repackaging of a different one. Certainly by the 2010s that usage was common. I feel like these days some would even call something an "OS" if it's running in a docker container, without providing any kernel at all. Which is to say the meaning…

I do like the fact that you just accepted the evolution of the term rather than having a rant about how it changed and eventually being accused in the replies of gatekeeping the term os

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by steventhedev »

not_your_vase wrote: post #25

Is it based on some prior art (BSD, Linux...), or a new proprietary OS written from scratch? The post is not too rich in actual information, beside that now other tech-giants can use it too...

> This long-term investment that began on the mobile-first foundations of the Android Open Source Project has produced a full mixed reality operating system used by millions of people.

Which gives some context to the calls for Google to bring the play store content library to Horizon.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by danavar »

EVyesnoyesnoyes wrote: post #14

I would really love to see proper educational content from Meta but i bet this is not were the 'next money thing' is. Imagine a catalog of proper real life skills you can actually train reasonable good: - cooking - soldering - welding - Tons of woodworking things - ... You could also go to a lot of makers of tools and offer them to digitalize their products for them so someone can actually exercise with a cheap to su…

A previous company I worked at was using mixed reality years ago (>4) to train manufacturing operators on manufacturing processes.

It ended up looking like a simulated workbench with low-detail models of CAD parts that needed to be assembled - it was pretty cool. Engineering companies are very ready for this technology.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by brevitea »

ru552 wrote: post #59

With this and Llama, looks like Zuck is trying to be the Linux of whatever the next big wave is

There exists a severe deterioration of trust with respect to Zuckerberg. I don't believe people are as eager to jump on his bandwagon today.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by 999900000999 »

TrueDuality wrote: post #45
999900000999 wrote: post #4

This is awesome, I'm waiting for a VR manufacturer to add an HDMI input. Then I could use it as a monitor without jumping through a bunch of hoops.

You're not going to get HDMI (or at least not directly), but you can now get DisplayPort with many of the XR headsets. They're primarily using the alt-mode of USB-C as the cable is re-used for power as well.

Which headsets support this?
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