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What can I say, I'm a compulsive early adopter =P I also have an Apple Watch and a Myo armband, but haven't found a ton of compelling uses for them yet. I didn'

What can I say, I'm a compulsive early adopter =P I also have an Apple Watch and a Myo armband, but haven't found a ton of compelling uses for them yet. I didn't want to miss out on the opportunity to develop for it early if I was wrong and I had the cash to buy it. The difference from 15 years ago is that the hardware is actually here and practical. We have the tracking and displays and they are actually really good. It really creates presence, there is 0 comparison between Oculus/Vive and VR experiences of yesterday, such as the Aladdin ride in Downtown Disney. Hell, HTC is literally pivoting the entire company to the Vive. HTC/Valve + Facebook + Sony + Samsung is a ton of top-notch engineering effort being put into just the first generation of devices/software. See my comment above, but basically I imagine it'll create new media/experiences rather than replace. I don't think "floating monitors in space" will ever be compelling (maybe in AR), and I don't think "movies" as we think of them now will be practical (though I do think there is room for a more "theatre-like" approach).

tfinniga 10y ago
If the displays get a lot higher res, I could see myself using stacks of floating displays for apps instead of my current multimonitor display. Imagine being completely surrounded by digital paper that defies the laws of physics.
- carlosdp 10y ago
  For me, the headsets would also need to be way lower profile. I think by then the distinction between AR/VR will be very small though.
  - tfinniga 10y ago
    Research is promising: https://research.nvidia.com/publication/near-eye-light-field-displays https://research.nvidia.com/publication/near-eye-light-field...
    - kbenson 10y ago
      Wow, that's cool. Light-weight, close to actual sunglasses size, and able to correct for prescription? I want to try these.
      - boulos 10y ago
        They were letting people try them on at the Emerging Technologies booth at SIGGRAPH. You could get yourself one of the cheap passes and come down to Anaheim in a couple of weeks, I'm sure they'll have their latest revision.
        kbenson 10y ago
        I'm actually going to be in Anaheim the weekend of the 16th (Disneyland), but making it back down there a week later isn't going to work with my already planned vacation later. :/ If only I could find a way to convince my employer that this conference is related to the job at hand...

tfinniga 10y ago

If the displays get a lot higher res, I could see myself using stacks of floating displays for apps instead of my current multimonitor display. Imagine being completely surrounded by digital paper that defies the laws of physics.

carlosdp 10y ago
For me, the headsets would also need to be way lower profile. I think by then the distinction between AR/VR will be very small though.
- tfinniga 10y ago
  Research is promising: https://research.nvidia.com/publication/near-eye-light-field-displays https://research.nvidia.com/publication/near-eye-light-field...
  - kbenson 10y ago
    Wow, that's cool. Light-weight, close to actual sunglasses size, and able to correct for prescription? I want to try these.
    - boulos 10y ago
      They were letting people try them on at the Emerging Technologies booth at SIGGRAPH. You could get yourself one of the cheap passes and come down to Anaheim in a couple of weeks, I'm sure they'll have their latest revision.
      - kbenson 10y ago
        I'm actually going to be in Anaheim the weekend of the 16th (Disneyland), but making it back down there a week later isn't going to work with my already planned vacation later. :/ If only I could find a way to convince my employer that this conference is related to the job at hand...