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Not really. In terms of AR, Google Glass is doing absolutely nothing new, so it wouldn't be the first.
The 'new' part of Google Glass is likely to be 'being on your face most of the day'.
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The 'new' part of Google Glass is likely to be 'being on your face most of the day'.
Sure. But that isn't really a significant development in AR technology. The Oculus Rift certainly won't be worn all the time.
Reducing that requirement by having it on your face is a fantastic first step. We have no idea whether the next Glass iteration will be stereoscopic, or cover your field of vision or what. It's that market preparation I am excited to see.
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We've had one at our house for a few days now--even the relatively rough devkit delivers on the promise, in spades. The only thing it needs to is to be completely USB powered (probably not possible given the power envelope, or at least have a way of powering it from a battery pack for portability reasons). People using it (we had a party recently, showed it off) do feel disorientation, mostly due to a lack of seeing…
Actually, someone modified the Rift to run exclusively off of USB with little effort. Google around for it.
I've played with an Oculus VR, and I think they're amazing. But I'm not convinced that they're ready for the mass market yet. Not because of any failing on their part, but because I think that they need games, and controllers, specifically designed to work with VR. You can't use mouse/keyboard well if you can't see the mouse/keyboard. UIs that float at the bottom of the screen feel very odd when you move your head ar…
I haven't used an Oculus, but just thinking about it I suspect the solution is going to be to locate HUD elements in world space locked to the player's position.
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Not really. In terms of AR, Google Glass is doing absolutely nothing new, so it wouldn't be the first.
Nothing new by default, but its opening up a lot of hardware potential. Its not just a screen and camera that's at eye level, its also setting new social norms that make that acceptable. Even now, Glass isn't far from Bluetooth levels of socially okay, which is say annoying to most but acceptable. Once it reaches that point, I expect AR to be a focal point of development. It only makes sense. A simple street view ove…
Conversely I'd happily install an app that put art over billboards. It would be nice to go to Times Square and feel like you're in the Louvre.
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Nothing new by default, but its opening up a lot of hardware potential. Its not just a screen and camera that's at eye level, its also setting new social norms that make that acceptable. Even now, Glass isn't far from Bluetooth levels of socially okay, which is say annoying to most but acceptable. Once it reaches that point, I expect AR to be a focal point of development. It only makes sense. A simple street view ove…
A simple street view overlay + wikipedia filter would be basic AR, and that doesn't seem difficult at all. It would be extremely difficult. It would use a lot of processing power to examine the camera input and attempt to extrapolate positioning for overlayed elements. I'm not sure Glass has that power.
What camera input? Why go all in such a roundabout way, processing the image to determine the location?
What he proposes just needs the GPS/compass (if Google Glass has one, else it's trivial to add one). You get relevant wikipedia articles for your location (including the direction you're looking) using Glass's GPS, and the screen displays them.
This is good news for Oculus, but I worry about them having two locations at such an early stage. They're going to have to work very hard to keep everyone on the same page. Hopefully they're not going to split hardware and software development.
I guess they could do some virtual reality meetings.