The End of Marae – my attempt to build the AR cloud • Hacker News Board

Post by Gollapalli » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 7:38 AM UTC

rdw wrote: post #25

smoldesu wrote: post #2

> As the next paradigm of human-computer interaction, the emerging AR Cloud will fundamentally change the way we live, play, learn, and work. Tangent: why is AR so attractive to people? I've had VR since the first Oculus Quest came out, so I definitely understand the value in a good spatial experience. I've never had the desire for that immersion to lessen so I can start working with holographic oversight. Much like…

When Google Maps came out in 2004 and revolutionized mapping with the sheer quantity of data presented unbelievably smoothly, there was a similar (though smaller) excitment about "map-based" apps. It seemed like such a big blue ocean had opened and fortunes would be made on the back of new killer apps. I worked on a few prototypes myself and saw many pitches from various maps-based startups. But pretty much only Yelp…

I think the key point with AR is: How do you interact with it? The smartphone works because of the touchscreen. The blackberry was cool, but the smartphone wasn't ubiquitous until the iPhone. Similarly, the PC works because of the mouse. Other computer systems existed, but normal people weren't really using them day to day until you had systems with a mouse.

AR has a peripheral problem. There's just no easy way to interact with it.