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Re: I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]

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Post by _dark_matter_ »

gavinray wrote: post #26

I am so unbelievably excited for consumer-grade, useful AR. There was a lot of hype around VR, but for the last 10 years I've been following progress on AR glasses. The thing about AR is that it has the ability to enhance everything in your daily life, versus VR which is meant to be a separate experience. Both Meta and Samsung are due to put out consumer AR glasses later this year and I think this might be the first…

I want one thing - tell me people's names. I have the unholy ability to say your name several times and have an hour long conversation, and still not remember it next time I see you. People take this so personally that I've started avoiding some social gatherings where I only lightly know people! I'd love to "know" the name of everyone I've met because I'd be so much more comfortable seeing and talking to them again!

Re: I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]

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Post by jeffwass »

_dark_matter_ wrote: post #51
gavinray wrote: post #26

I am so unbelievably excited for consumer-grade, useful AR. There was a lot of hype around VR, but for the last 10 years I've been following progress on AR glasses. The thing about AR is that it has the ability to enhance everything in your daily life, versus VR which is meant to be a separate experience. Both Meta and Samsung are due to put out consumer AR glasses later this year and I think this might be the first…

I want one thing - tell me people's names. I have the unholy ability to say your name several times and have an hour long conversation, and still not remember it next time I see you. People take this so personally that I've started avoiding some social gatherings where I only lightly know people! I'd love to "know" the name of everyone I've met because I'd be so much more comfortable seeing and talking to them again!

Are you me? I have the same issue, when I see someone not in my immediate circle and out of context, say on the street, it takes me some time to recall their name from my jumbled memory.

If there’s context (eg I go to another department at work, or see my child’s friend with their parent) I can get their name easier. But that barrier for being out of context can be difficult to surmount.

I’m curious if you also find yourself having trouble to remembering other names when in conversation (eg what was that politician called, what’s that city name, it begins with an F…)

Usually it’s proper nouns that I have trouble recalling. It’s almost like I need an Anki to refresh my mental DRAM and keep things recallable.

Re: I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]

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Post by _dark_matter_ »

jeffwass wrote: post #52
_dark_matter_ wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want one thing - tell me people's names. I have the unholy ability to say your name several times and have an hour long conversation, and still not remember it next time I see you. People take this so personally that I've started avoiding some social gatherings where I only lightly know people! I'd love to "know" the name of everyone I've met because I'd be so much more comfortable seeing and talking to them again!

Are you me? I have the same issue, when I see someone not in my immediate circle and out of context, say on the street, it takes me some time to recall their name from my jumbled memory. If there’s context (eg I go to another department at work, or see my child’s friend with their parent) I can get their name easier. But that barrier for being out of context can be difficult to surmount. I’m curious if you also find…

Yes I very much have those problems. It's strange because I'm objectively a good engineer, but semantic retrieval is very difficult for me. It has been my entire life.

When I was a kid I did a round of testing for ADHD, and one of the tests is category fluency. Basically they gave me a category (e.g. Breakfast foods) and told me to say as many words in that category as I could in 60 seconds. I failed miserably; the administrator told me it was essentially as bad as people with severe cognitive deficiency. I just haven't worked about it since then! (Except with names!!)

Re: I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]

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Post by mock-possum »

_dark_matter_ wrote: post #51
gavinray wrote: post #26

I am so unbelievably excited for consumer-grade, useful AR. There was a lot of hype around VR, but for the last 10 years I've been following progress on AR glasses. The thing about AR is that it has the ability to enhance everything in your daily life, versus VR which is meant to be a separate experience. Both Meta and Samsung are due to put out consumer AR glasses later this year and I think this might be the first…

I want one thing - tell me people's names. I have the unholy ability to say your name several times and have an hour long conversation, and still not remember it next time I see you. People take this so personally that I've started avoiding some social gatherings where I only lightly know people! I'd love to "know" the name of everyone I've met because I'd be so much more comfortable seeing and talking to them again!

God yea please - I’ve wanted this for decades.

Facial recognition, with name, where I know you from, and last time I saw you.

Basically I want the same notes my dental hygenist or optometrist uses to make light conversation with me during a checkup.

Re: I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]

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Post by necubi »

yusina wrote: post #49
schwartzworld wrote: post #29

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> The goal should always be to not need it anymore, and while using the sheet, it's like using a crutch. Uh, why? Lots of pros use sheet music, especially for complex pieces. I’ve never heard of an orchestra conductor insisting everyone be off-book. It’s one thing to memorize pop songs or whatever, but nobody is out there shaming people for not memorizing Rachmaninov

People who are good at playing a technically hard piece essentially know it by heart. They couldn't play it on sight, they have invested significant time to be able to play it. It's just the few remaining percent of reminders and the comfort of having the sheet "just in" case as well as the being-used-to-it factor that makes them stare at the sheet. But if they can play it really well then they don't _actually_ need…

The soloist had their concerto memorized (and they’ve probably performed it dozens of times before). But the members of the orchestra are responsible for playing hundreds of pages of music a week. They’ve practiced any particularly exposed or technical sections, but otherwise they’re basically sight reading for the performance.

Re: I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]

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Post by mock-possum »

schwartzworld wrote: post #28
bambax wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I just stopped having to look down at the keyboard Maybe the next step is an app for people who don't read sheet music; it would light up the keys on the keyboard that you need to press, when you look at it...? Same for guitar, highlight where to put your fingers on a fret for each chord.

Various products have done this over the years. Forget app, actual keyboards and guitars that light up. It’s not a good way to learn.

It’s not even a good way to play. The delay between seeing the cue, and moving to play it, completely ruins the flow of playing (and listening to) the music - it introduces too many hiccups in timing.

Re: I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]

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Post by nullhole »

gavinray wrote: post #26

I am so unbelievably excited for consumer-grade, useful AR. There was a lot of hype around VR, but for the last 10 years I've been following progress on AR glasses. The thing about AR is that it has the ability to enhance everything in your daily life, versus VR which is meant to be a separate experience. Both Meta and Samsung are due to put out consumer AR glasses later this year and I think this might be the first…

I'd be neat to have information displayed while driving a car. A subset of information currently displayed on a dashboard would be an obvious first choice (speed for one).

You could also maybe perhaps tie in a car's knowledge of adjacent vehicles, which is something I've wanted for ages. Since some newer models have some level of awareness about the speed / distance to / relative location of cars around your car, you could eg overlay the speed/acceleration info onto adjacent cars, so you'd know if you'll need to pass or speed up. Seems at least possible since the glasses have awareness of your head's orientation, something missing from any existing windscreen-style HUD system.

Re: I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]

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mk_stjames wrote: post #31

All these glasses have so many layers of abstraction I don't want between something I develop and the display. Let me connect via bluetooth direct to the glasses with anything and just tx/rx via a serial port and some low level protocol to get pixels/text on the screen. This is also the only way I'd be able to buy a pair and feel safe it won't be able to be bricked in 2 years when some company shuts their server down…

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Re: I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]

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Post by Dlemo »

gavinray wrote: post #26

I am so unbelievably excited for consumer-grade, useful AR. There was a lot of hype around VR, but for the last 10 years I've been following progress on AR glasses. The thing about AR is that it has the ability to enhance everything in your daily life, versus VR which is meant to be a separate experience. Both Meta and Samsung are due to put out consumer AR glasses later this year and I think this might be the first…

I'm only aware of a handful good use cases

Navigation and speed in a car for example

Re: I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]

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Post by dang »

swyx wrote: post #18
dang wrote: post #8

This project is cool so we're hoping to arrange with Kevin to do a Show HN about it, so stay, er, tuned!

wow that's a special honor. is there a way to search up the "specially invited" Show HNs?

There's a very incomplete list at https://news.ycombinator.com/invited - incomplete because it only includes posts that technically got an invitation link by email, but there are plenty of others. You can also look at https://news.ycombinator.com/pool (explained at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308) and find Show HNs in there. But that list includes many Show HNs that we didn't specifically help with beforehand.

(So I guess you can have either a list of too many or a list of too few )

p.s. If anyone notices really cool work that would be even better if the creator did a Show HN, please let us know at hn@ycombinator.com.

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