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Post by lp0_on_fire »

rainsil wrote: post #584
ThinkBeat wrote: post #542

As usual I get quite hopeful when I hear about a new operating system. We so absolutely need paths to move away from what we have today. I didn't even know what "mixed reality operating system" was so that made me hopeful. May include some nifty quantum processing. Alas, it is just stuff built on top of Android, which is built on top of the Linux kernel. Perhaps "Meta Horizon SDK for Android" would be a better label?…

What unexplored space do you think is ripe for a totally new operating system?

A space where operating systems exist to service the operator and not the OS vendor.

One that isn’t just a vehicle to push ads and subscriptions to -as-a-service or otherwise act as a siphon to send telemetry up to the mothership.

Yes, I know *nix exists but it’s so fractured and every little variant has its own quirks making it difficult to be a general purpose OS that the masses could adopt, IMO.

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Post by Aloisius »

creativenolo wrote: post #264
LZ_Khan wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think "mixed reality" is the marketing term for augmented reality. Easier to understand for some people.

Typically “mixed reality” is used to mean mixing your vision with virtual content. Whereas, “augmented reality” has typically meant displaying a live video feed on a single screen. They are two quite different experiences and use cases. Once both are common it would make sense to call both augmented reality but I haven’t heard any better terms for describing the difference to people yet.

The term "augmented reality" was coined to refer to see-through heads-up displays. Pilot synthetic vision system HUDs have been referred to as augmented reality for decades.

Best I can tell, mixed reality is augmented reality, but with mixed interaction. You hit the fake ball with a real bat in mixed reality and it bounces off the real wall. Maybe you even feel it hit.

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Post by kernal »

babypuncher wrote: post #278
ec109685 wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You’re discounting the huge number of android devices that use it as a base OS. E.g. Amazon and Peloton use android without Google services for consumer devices.

These are devices built with a specific use case in mind that need an operating system that is easy to develop for. Non-Google versions of Android have struggled to make much headway in markets like smartphones. Even Amazon's own phone flopped pretty hard.

>Non-Google versions of Android have struggled to make much headway in markets like smartphones. Even Amazon's own phone flopped pretty hard.

Not much headway? Pretty much all Android phones used in China do not come with GMS.

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Post by rock_artist »

This seems like a great move. Similar to existing Android ecosystem, If this ends up making standardization of AR/VR, meta benefits from being the tone setter just as Google for Android. I wonder if the Qualcomm lock-in would stay or Mediatek and others would also onboard.

The biggest test is how much current partners (Asus, Lenovo, etc) will sell. This will verdict the future of this idea.

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Post by philo23 »

modeless wrote: post #5

Official blog post: https://about.fb.com/news/2024/04/introducing-our-open-mixed... Short video from Zuckerberg: https://twitter.com/NathieVR/status/1782436898654273981 This is an interesting move and feels like a response to complaints that Meta is hypocritical when complaining about closed platforms while running one themselves. But this isn't open source. I don't know why any OEMs would want to compete with Meta's…

I think the mention of Steam will be to do with the Steam Link app they released for Meta quest devices fairly recently that lets you stream your VR games from your desktop computer to the quest wirelessly https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0E2C-406B-9135-38...
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