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Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

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Re: Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

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post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>* Turn by turn directions I wouldn't touch any kind of AR use case while driving. Seems ripe for lawsuits when you're obscuring a driver's view (especially with an eyepiece compared to putting a HUD on the windshield)

Once head tracking is working, couldn't you show the AR view in the exact same place that a windshield HUD would appear?

Yes, yes you could.

Re: Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

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post #47

As someone with only 1 eye, this is quite suited to me! I am actually sad that the previous crop of "low cost, slim, not earth shattering" AR glasses all died out. A camera built into one stem and some simple text displayed for one eye would suffice for a ton of use cases. A killer app for me would be floating name tags above people's heads, but I imagine that would require better HW than what is available here. I'd…

> A killer app for me would be floating name tags above people's heads, but I imagine that would require better HW than what is available here. This is a societal issue, more than a HW/SW issue. Google Glass explicitly bans this type of feature: https://developers.google.com/glass/policies#c_what_you_cant... > Don't use the camera or microphone to cross-reference and immediately present personal information identifyi…

Pretty wild for congress to raise privacy concerns, considering the ungodly amount of data they harvest every day on both their own citizens and those of other countries across a variety of mediums, agencies, and subsidiaries...

Re: Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

#83
post #47

As someone with only 1 eye, this is quite suited to me! I am actually sad that the previous crop of "low cost, slim, not earth shattering" AR glasses all died out. A camera built into one stem and some simple text displayed for one eye would suffice for a ton of use cases. A killer app for me would be floating name tags above people's heads, but I imagine that would require better HW than what is available here. I'd…

> A killer app for me would be floating name tags above people's heads, but I imagine that would require better HW than what is available here. This is a societal issue, more than a HW/SW issue. Google Glass explicitly bans this type of feature: https://developers.google.com/glass/policies#c_what_you_cant... > Don't use the camera or microphone to cross-reference and immediately present personal information identifyi…

> > A killer app for me would be floating name tags above people's heads, but I imagine that would require better HW than what is available here.

Which is too bad, since I see AR as potentially being a massively useful device for those with memory issues, dementia, or who generally need some help with things like this.

Re: Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

#84

I want an open source monochrome vector display delivered by laser to my retinas directly. I would slambuy such a thing and dedicated the rest of my life to making the best pocketable chorded keyboard. I, like many of you, am very good at telling a computer what to do with letters and symbols. I spend a lot of time in voice calls and I often write little scripts while I'm talking to answer questions, ballpark numbers…

Aren’t lasers high energy? Why would you ever want that pointing into your eye? Why not project regular light? Edit: never mind above TIL lasers are light and can be dimmed

Can/has been done before. To make VRDs safe, they need to be dimmed with a filter, but it's achievable.

Re: Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

#85
post #47

As someone with only 1 eye, this is quite suited to me! I am actually sad that the previous crop of "low cost, slim, not earth shattering" AR glasses all died out. A camera built into one stem and some simple text displayed for one eye would suffice for a ton of use cases. A killer app for me would be floating name tags above people's heads, but I imagine that would require better HW than what is available here. I'd…

I think these are actually kind of lame use cases. They can almost entirely be replaced with a smart watch.

Where this device has a unique advantage is overlay AR. Turn by turn is somewhat there but I think a better way to look at this is passive information. You could walk by a business and see hours on a virtual sign. You could make an app to leave virtual art you could stumble on. I'd like to see more ideas like that. Just a new way to show notifications doesn't cut it for me.

Re: Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

#86
post #30

It'd be cool if something like this could be used to selectively overlay thermal/ir/uv, night vision, or provide a colorblind accessibility tool. I think I would have a use for it then.

I have some AR glasses that plug into a phone, and I've been experimenting with running the camera feed and using it as a third eye (looking up on shelves, eye in the back of the head, etc). It's less disorienting than I expected, and in an integrated product I'm convinced it would be useful. The camera in the Monocle is unfortunately very old and cheap, but a modern phone main sensor could do wonders for accessibility. Besides what you've listed, written text magnification and highlighting has huge potential.

Re: Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

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post #47

As someone with only 1 eye, this is quite suited to me! I am actually sad that the previous crop of "low cost, slim, not earth shattering" AR glasses all died out. A camera built into one stem and some simple text displayed for one eye would suffice for a ton of use cases. A killer app for me would be floating name tags above people's heads, but I imagine that would require better HW than what is available here. I'd…

> Turn by turn directions > Interior building navigation

Disclosure: I worked at one of the companies spending big on AR and worked on these exact use cases. Sadly, the company was not excited by these cases in the short term, so the projects were effectively cancelled. I fully expect them to be revived at some point, but not any time soon.

Re: Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

#88
post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ohh, that makes sense, thanks! If I owned AirPods or really any comparable product I probably would have understood right away.

I own airpods and I was just as confused.

The website definitely needs to clarify that -- I was confused until I saw a photo of the "charging case" somewhere, and then it clicked.

Re: Monocle: A pocket sized open-source AR device

#89

I want an open source monochrome vector display delivered by laser to my retinas directly. I would slambuy such a thing and dedicated the rest of my life to making the best pocketable chorded keyboard. I, like many of you, am very good at telling a computer what to do with letters and symbols. I spend a lot of time in voice calls and I often write little scripts while I'm talking to answer questions, ballpark numbers…

Aren’t lasers high energy? Why would you ever want that pointing into your eye? Why not project regular light? Edit: never mind above TIL lasers are light and can be dimmed

Lasers are regular light, just all pointed in the same direction. The output of the laser (its capacity) is what makes it "high energy" and the number of photons hitting your retina is directly responsible for any warming of the tissue. A laser capable of just a bit of power, enough to outshine regular daylight by a little bit would be more than enough in most cases to make it feasible without concerns to your eyes damaging.
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