New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

Post by canadianfella » Thu, May 20, 2021, 9:35 PM UTC

upwardbound wrote: post #71

shoto_io wrote: post #70

Ok, I am gonna say it out loud: This is nice and all. Great hardware work for sure. But: This is not going to work commercially. Watch the twitter videos and you'll know why [1]. It's all nice and shiny, but it has no utility whatsoever. People will get bored after day 2. And then, 3-5 years from now Apple will come in with their iGlasses and everyone will absolutely love them. Because they will integrate them deeply…

If Apple copies anything from us, I hope they copy this: The computer-generated voice we used in the Spectacles V4 out-of-box experience tutorial is a gender-neutral voice. We did this as the start of a journey of attempting to convince the software industry to stop making A.I. assistants be female so often. Having female A.I. assistants perpetuates the gender wage gap by creating the idea that assistant jobs are a w…

Post by willidiots » Thu, May 20, 2021, 9:50 PM UTC

slg wrote: post #44

upwardbound wrote: post #13

From the website: 26.3 degree diagonal field of view (stereo). Display brightness up to 2,000 nits. I worked on these but am not allowed to say anything other than citing public sources.

It is good to see the brightness improving, but as someone who has played around with some AR devices I think AR is still waiting for the FOV to take a leap forward before these have mainstream appeal. It is just so unnatural when objects disappear from view if you aren't looking directly at them. This isn't as big of a problem in VR when your peripheral vision is just black and therefore your mind can easily learn t…

Post by pugworthy » Thu, May 20, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

sva_ wrote: post #47

pugworthy wrote: post #19

I can tell you what I definitely would not be wearing or interacting with on the beach or in the forest: these for digital distractions and games.

It could be interesting to use them for info visualization and interaction though. Placing ideas in your surroundings while on a nice walk through the forest pondering about something you're passionate about sounds pretty intriguing to me.

Post by reasonabl_human » Thu, May 20, 2021, 10:28 PM UTC

upwardbound wrote: post #13

From the website: 26.3 degree diagonal field of view (stereo). Display brightness up to 2,000 nits. I worked on these but am not allowed to say anything other than citing public sources.

Post by gotostatement » Thu, May 20, 2021, 10:42 PM UTC

gotostatement wrote: post #39

stevewodil wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Turn by turn navigation that shows you the path to follow in AR that's overlaid on the real road. No more missing your exit, no more not being exactly sure which turn it wants you to take, etc. Would that appease you?

sounds dangerous to wear AR glasses while driving