What's the display tech?
They only say "holographic." Based on other products/projects (Intel's Vaunt), I assume projectors/lasers are on the sides, and a holographic reflector is on the back surface of the lens.
Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses
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#32Decent hands on article from the verge with more info
https://www.theverge.com/24253908/meta-orion-ar-glasses-demo...
Wireless compute puck. 70 degree FOV. Resolution high enough to read text. Wrist band detects hand gestures and will be used in another product.
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#33While I understand that this is a prototype, it's unfortunate that they've outlined no specs of any kind. How long is the battery life, how heavy are they, what's the resolution, field of view, etc? As is, it's impossible to really say if this is a dud or a truly remarkable piece of tech.
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#34> Orion has the largest field of view in the smallest AR glasses form to date. Did they say what it is, specifically?
This article says 70 degrees:
https://www.theverge.com/24253908/meta-orion-ar-glasses-demo...
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#36How many more millions are these companies going to flush down the toilet before they get it through their heads that normal people do not like wearing technology on their face? 3D TVs failed. VR gaming failed. Even Apple isn't really pulling off AR. They test and develop these products on their techie early adopter employees and are shocked shocked shocked when normal people who care what they look like aren't willing to look like an idiot in front of their friends.
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#37Reminds of the anime Dennou Coil. I hope someday AR becomes boring tech and we'll be able to buy devices from less-sinister companies that won't be monitoring our eye positions and iris dilation in order to manipulate our attention for profit. Better yet, an AR device that integrates with your PC rather than a cloud-based anything.
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#38Is it just me, or are the videos that look like they're shot through the glasses extremely jerky and at a low frame rate?
For me, buttery smooth animation and synchronization of the physical and projected world are table stakes.
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#39Note that the first image in the article is taken as far away from the glasses as possible, to the extent where you can barely see them
Another comment on Meta advertising and marketing: I, and everyone else I know, do not want to live in world Meta advertises. It’s awkward, sterile, and not believable. Even the images in this article have the “Meta flavour” which I find very offputting. Their video marketing is even worse.
Contrast with Apple, who do this perfectly.
I’m convinced that this is impacting their sales. The Meta Portal was an excellent product for example, but the marketing was dreadful, so it flopped.
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#40Glasses that offer you an AR experience / HUD? Pretty cool Glasses that let you record people without their awareness / consent? Downright creepy I think the best play here would be to release them without any camera functionality at all, or the connotations will be that weird, sweaty guy that no one wants to sit next to on the subway (see: Google Glass).
> Glasses that let you record people without their awareness / consent?
I think in this instance it's probably "let Meta record people and associate the data to their shadow profiles". Doubly creepy.