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Re: Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses

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Post by HarHarVeryFunny »

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The technology they've packed into these things is amazing - it's an incredible achievement. But, that said, there's also plenty of room for negativity around the actual product conception. It may have niche applications, but it just doesn't seem that most people need or want AR for everyday use - it's a solution looking for a problem. For gaming VR seems a better fit than AR, and same for Metaverse in general. AR se…

I think it's telling that any movie or game with cool AR visuals includes access to huge(!) amounts of data, like face recognition + criminal history.

So you're imagining a future where the police are wearing these, strolling the streets and scanning for undesirables?

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Post by sebastiennight »

Interesting name collision with the recent OpenAI announcement.

I mean, did either company use cat-names-from-the-Man-In-Black-franchise in their product line nomenclature recently?

I just wonder at how unlikely it is to collide on a high-profile name out of all the millions of other one-word options.

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Post by alex1138 »

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My non-computer-nerd midwestern friends, some of whom are blue collar and zero of whom are anywhere near making coastal FAANG or finance money, all hate Facebook.

Yes, but are they on Instagram though?

Why is this an argument? First of all x many people using something doesn't necessarily mean something is good (network effects if not fake accounts) but also buying up competition is somehow seen as a positive?

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Post by baby »

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They just launched the next twitter (Threads)

i have a long post why this is the future on my google wave

it's not because you don't use it that a lots of others aren't, it's pretty lively there whereas google wave never really saw any traction

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Post by baby »

benreesman wrote: post #665
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i have a long post why this is the future on my google wave

It’s been a minute since I actually laughed out loud via reading an HN comment. In fairness, I think the GP was also being sarcastic.

Are you being sarcastic?

https://www.reuters.com/technology/metas-threads-hits-over-1....

> Meta's Threads hits 175 million users ahead of one-year anniversary

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Post by alex1138 »

marknutter wrote: post #839
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The negativity goes both ways. I wonder if Mark Zuckerberg will think we're "dumb fucks" for buying this new gizmo.

My god, he said that when he was in college. What is it with this recently popular opinion that nobody is capable of changing for the better?

I just want to elaborate on something here, the full quote is "yeah so if you ever need info on people just ask; I have over 4000 email, sns, addresses" "What? How'd you manage that one?" "people just submitted it, I don't know why. They 'trust me', dumb fucks"

That's not a great look seeing what they've done since then and people always focus on the wrong part of the quote. "I would've said the same thing" (would you?) - he was offering his friend user info.

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Post by jazzyjackson »

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They are as small as the technology can be made today. Meta knows that they are still too big. Zuckerberg said on stage that they will attempt to miniaturize them further and this is not a consumer product today. Making them as small as they are is an incredible feat actually. They are better than Hololens in every respect and Hololens is absolutely massive in comparison. There are at least 5 cameras, two HD projecto…

It's not that much bigger than the prada frames on the sunglasshut bestsellers page: https://www.sunglasshut.com/us/best-sellers

Now that you mention it I can see from Prada's side they need to get out ahead of the clunky AR goggle game and make it a fashion statement and meet the technology in the middle once it's miniaturized a little more

Meta's got the RayBans colab but they're gonna need the Prada colab if they want to sell at 5 kilobucks

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Post by Morphiak »

aggie wrote: post #939
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My killer feature will be a keyboard (/mouse) in a wristband(s), which comes along with, or nearby 6dof (also worthy, but not a personal grail). Electromyography is an awesome technology, among other reasons, because it can (or will) detect neural signals below the activation (movement) threshold, meaning you should be able to train yourself to type without moving your fingers. A viable way to thought control without…

Unless EMG signal processing has had some breakthrough in the past 10 years, it is not a very precise interaction mode. I worked in a lab developing it for quadriplegics to use with the muscle on their temple (we tested above the thumb as well). You can get rough 2-axis control with some practice, but that's with an adhesive EMG pad. Can a wrist band get a clean signal? For typing, I'd expect you need to combine with…

Thanks for the reality check. Wait some more, use voice for now, is what I hear... Although a decade is a long time in signal processing and Meta has dumped a boatload of cash into this.

No 6dof either ?

Sorry for using you as the 'say something wrong, get corrected' research method, but kudos for jumping in. ;}

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