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Re: Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses

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Post by jfim »

stevage wrote: post #441
baby wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wanna see the first prototypes for mobile phones? And even then it's really good compared to a Quest, but def. not good enough if you're going to wear this on the daily

The benefit of a mobile phone was extremely obvious to everyone as soon as you said what it was. I've been reading about AR for years and I still have no idea how, if at all, I would use it. Never really come across a use case that's compelling for me. Getting WhatsApp messages without taking my phone out of my pocket feels like the opposite to the direction I'd like to move in.

You could have things overlaid on top of real life content in order to provide you assistance, hands free. For example, think about GPS turn by turn navigation while walking or having a recipe displayed while cooking it.

Re: Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses

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Post by relwin »

_DeadFred_ wrote: post #416
Animats wrote: post #399

Nice hardware. They're down to swim goggle size. Then you see what Facebook wants you to do with it - see screens in front of you all the time. One with Facebook's "Recommended" page, and a video of some talking neckbeard. There's a feeling of "we were promised virtual reality, and all we got was talking heads of influencers." The hardware apparently has GPS, but that's turned off. So, no Pokemon Go yet. Not even Hyp…

I think the preferred term is contentpreneur now, not influencer.

"contentrepanation" - bore a hole into your skull via content.

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Post by blahlabs »

girvo wrote: post #523
_DeadFred_ wrote: post #416

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the preferred term is contentpreneur now, not influencer.

For some reason I read that as "con-trepreneur" and thought "yeah that fits much better" until I re-read your comnment.

Dan Olsen of Folding Ideas on YouTube has a great video about contrepreneurs as a concept.

https://youtu.be/biYciU1uiUw?si=16FKN4fTFj9kSvNZ

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Post by mr_toad »

Xenoamorphous wrote: post #351
bigstrat2003 wrote: post #328

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If anything, high fashion is extremely goofy. Have you seen the stuff those people wear?

What is considered “normal” clothes today was probably considered “goofy” by many/most at some point.

Modern men’s clothing often originated as work clothing (e.g. jeans) or military clothing (e.g. chinos), or something with practical use (ties stopped you spilling food on your shirt).

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Post by DHPersonal »

pitaj wrote: post #144
ang_cire wrote: post #85

This is cool from a technical standpoint, but ultimately just feels like another gimmick. This feels like it's doing stuff that I could do faster or better (and definitely, more safely) on a computer or phone. I don't personally see the appeal of hands-free as a paradigm in most cases. Do we really want people talking on and looking at Zoom as they walk around the office? Or as they drive? Or as they are out shopping…

> I don't personally see the appeal of hands-free as a paradigm in most cases. Do we really want people talking on and looking at Zoom as they walk around the office? Or as they drive? Or as they are out shopping I can see this being extremely useful, especially if the person on the other can see what you're looking at. Interactive remote troubleshooting! > Can you imagine how goofy you'd look sitting at a coffee sho…

Especially for the blind. There are many volunteers who help blind people do normal day-to-day tasks and having a view through glasses affixed to a blind person’s face would make it that much easier. https://www.bemyeyes.com/

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Post by OccamsMirror »

zmmmmm wrote: post #466
Twirrim wrote: post #12

I know it's a prototype, but yikes those are large and goofy looking. Reminds me of the old 80's NHS glasses in the UK (which you could get for free if you couldn't afford otherwise). Or for those of you old enough, Brains from the old Supermarionation versions of the Thunderbird show ( https://i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article8451975.ec... )

I was an early adopter of the Galaxy Note which looked outlandishly large and goofy, back when people still spoke in awe of how Jobs made the 3.5" iPhone to fit the human hand naturally and no other form factor could possibly be right. Fast forward today and nearly every phone looks like a galaxy note. Turns out when the utility is there, people will adapt.

Personally I miss the smaller devices. I wish Apple still made a premium spec small phone.

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Post by Loughla »

Kiro wrote: post #280
Twirrim wrote: post #12

I know it's a prototype, but yikes those are large and goofy looking. Reminds me of the old 80's NHS glasses in the UK (which you could get for free if you couldn't afford otherwise). Or for those of you old enough, Brains from the old Supermarionation versions of the Thunderbird show ( https://i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article8451975.ec... )

Thick rims like those are considered high fashion right now. It's the opposite of goofy and says a lot about the audience here that you're all oblivious to this fact.

Are they? College students stopped wearing those like 3-5 years ago.

Re: Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses

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Post by Loughla »

jfim wrote: post #531
stevage wrote: post #441

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The benefit of a mobile phone was extremely obvious to everyone as soon as you said what it was. I've been reading about AR for years and I still have no idea how, if at all, I would use it. Never really come across a use case that's compelling for me. Getting WhatsApp messages without taking my phone out of my pocket feels like the opposite to the direction I'd like to move in.

You could have things overlaid on top of real life content in order to provide you assistance, hands free. For example, think about GPS turn by turn navigation while walking or having a recipe displayed while cooking it.

Facial recognition is the killer app for me. Being able to keep track of people and their information would be amazing.
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