Earlier quoted context omitted.
Early PCs were VERY expensive at the time.
Apple II is easy 5 figures today
$1,300 in 1977 is $7,450 today. Not quite 5 figures.
SPECS Augmented Reality Glasses
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Re: SPECS Augmented Reality Glasses
#32I think they're chasing the wrong dream. Most of the use cases they're proposing won't suffer much from being attached to a battery/processing puck, and in some cases being attached to a laptop. e.g. I'm not watching a movie while walking down the sidewalk. It would be nice to just sit on a comfy sofa someplace my laptop isn't and watch a movie, but not pay-an-extra-$1800 nice. especially when there are similar devic…
Additive display AR is not a good movie experience anyway.
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#33"Our new waveguide uses billions of invisibly small nanostructures, so small that more than 10,000 can fit on the tip of a single hair. SPECS use the same advanced technology found in Boeing 787 Dreamliner windows, so the electrochromic lenses gently shift from clear to tinted in just 10 seconds."
This sounds slightly like Texas Instruments DLP (digital light processing) in that there's something actually physically moving. Does anyone have any more info about what this actually is?
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#34I'm happy with my XReal one Pro.
Wired, dumb, no way to lock me into an ecosystem like when I bought Oculus Quest and then had to deal with Facebook's bullshit
Did I mention much cheaper?
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#35Seeing augmented reality/technology/ads all day through my glasses sounds like a version of hell to me
Makes me think of the short film HYPER-REALITY by Keiichi Matsuda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs
Re: SPECS Augmented Reality Glasses
#36I'm happy with my XReal one Pro. Wired, dumb, no way to lock me into an ecosystem like when I bought Oculus Quest and then had to deal with Facebook's bullshit Did I mention much cheaper?
Do the image quality/fov on those work well for working (terminal, reading documents, etc.)? I've only really seen people talk about watching movies and stuff on them.
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#37A few tech specs for those who don't want to read through the announcement: * 51 degree field of view. Stated as being like you're working at a 24" monitor. * 4 hours of mixed-use battery life with the case holding another 20 hours * 132/136 grams depending on size * Supports prescription lenses, easily interchangeable/swappable Priced at $2195 w/ $200 deposit, arrival expected in Fall.
Tech specs for specs tech!
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#38This but cut out a hole for the camera and https://www.skmproducts.com/product/original-tv-hat/ :^)
Specs will have more data collection and ads though
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#39Killer app: ad blocker for real life.
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#40So.... this is weird... but in their video demo it has the address as "2772 State St" but the video was actually taken 100 State Street.... almost 16 blocks away.
Not only that but the augmented reality images have their "location" on the wrong corner.
I can understand not wanting to use a real restaurant (i guess?) but if you are faking literally everything then what is even the point of the demo? I sort of assumed it would be an overlay of video taken from the glasses along with the re-created output... but this just seems like they created the visuals after the fact to match the recorded glasses footage.
Here is a link to their screenshot from the video: https://images.ctfassets.net/o1znirz7lzo4/4CwEXSX8icqDQAtDrD...
(Note: I would like to thank my years of delivering pizzas in Santa Barbara during college for the knowledge to debunk this video.)