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I am honestly thrilled about VR. But it makes me wonder, if people are excited about the possibilities of VR, let's just wait for AR to mature and have things l

by kensai 11y ago

I am honestly thrilled about VR. But it makes me wonder, if people are excited about the possibilities of VR, let's just wait for AR to mature and have things like Meta 2 (http://www.roadtovr.com/meta-2-development-kit-hands-on-could-do-for-augmented-reality-what-oculus-rift-dk1-did-for-virtual-reality/ http://www.roadtovr.com/meta-2-development-kit-hands-on-coul...) or HoloLens (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/holoportation/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/holoportation/) really working as advertised. I feel that AR has even more applications than VR, although honestly when both will be sufficiently advanced they will merge. VR will eventually be AR with the external (world) "signal" turned off.

hbosch 11y ago
I think VR and AR slot into the same use cases Mobile and Desktop currently occupy, with AR eventually being the lightweight, transportable solution and VR being the more capable but less mobile counterpart. At least for the foreseeable decade(?). For instance, I think input methods for (Desktop-powered) VR will advance much more quickly than input methods for AR and that will be a major factor.
recursive 11y ago
> AR with the external (world) "signal" turned off. That's a big step. How are you going to avoid running into stuff?
- milesokeefe 11y ago
  The Vive has already solved that problem with its chaperone system[1]. [1]: http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/05/htc-vive-virtual-reality-chaperone/ http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/05/htc-vive-virtual-reality-...
matznerd 11y ago
I agree with the merging in the future, but for the next few years consumer VR will be upfront. It will be 2+ years for consumer AR to really happen, even with meta and magicleap out there. The super small field-of-vision (FOV) on the hololens currently makes it dead in the water at the moment, and it looks nothing like the videos purport...

by kensai 11y ago

hbosch 11y ago

I think VR and AR slot into the same use cases Mobile and Desktop currently occupy, with AR eventually being the lightweight, transportable solution and VR being the more capable but less mobile counterpart. At least for the foreseeable decade(?). For instance, I think input methods for (Desktop-powered) VR will advance much more quickly than input methods for AR and that will be a major factor.

recursive 11y ago

> AR with the external (world) "signal" turned off. That's a big step. How are you going to avoid running into stuff?

milesokeefe 11y ago
The Vive has already solved that problem with its chaperone system[1]. [1]: http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/05/htc-vive-virtual-reality-chaperone/ http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/05/htc-vive-virtual-reality-...

matznerd 11y ago

I agree with the merging in the future, but for the next few years consumer VR will be upfront. It will be 2+ years for consumer AR to really happen, even with meta and magicleap out there. The super small field-of-vision (FOV) on the hololens currently makes it dead in the water at the moment, and it looks nothing like the videos purport...