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Precisely - it's a massive challenge they're undertaking. I think they'll omit cameras on such a device for this reason. Smart glasses have never been "cool",
by synaesthesisx 9y ago
Precisely - it's a massive challenge they're undertaking. I think they'll omit cameras on such a device for this reason.
Smart glasses have never been "cool", but keep in mind that prior to the iPhone smartphones were generally uncommon for average users - unless you were a geek (I used to use a Palm Treo/PDAs in HS).
I think what they're aiming for will be something like the AirPods but intended to be worn all the time like Apple Watch. If AirPods were slightly smaller and had all-day battery life or wireless charging they could stay in your ears all day as a "wearable", like how many wear hearing aids today. AR Glasses would have to be lightweight and as un-intrusive as possible - they'd have to appeal not only to people who wear eyewear regularly but also to users who are not accustomed to doing so.
Perhaps they'll incorporate a retinal projector like Magic Leap or some other novel tech...
- sangnoir 9y ago> I think they'll omit cameras on such a device for this reason How would they track objects in 3D without a camera? Accelerometers are not accurate enough to to overlay-type augmentation they demoed. Unless you mean that the user won't be able to record pictures/videos so they won't call it a camera.
- thefalcon 9y agoApple seems like the kind of company that would bother including cameras and then be able to stand behind a decision to lock users out of using them.
- evan_ 9y agowell then that wouldn't save any space, would it?
- thefalcon 9y agoI mean that they would disallow saving photos/videos for privacy reasons, and could stand behind their hardware being secure enough that people don't have to worry if they're still being secretly filmed by hacked iRis's or whatever.
- r00fus 9y agoI must admit I was turned off by Google Glass as a consumer product because I don't want to be "that guy" suspected of recording what really should be off-the-record. Still - an AR device without a camera?
- synaesthesisx 9y agoAR devices rely on cameras for surface mapping - which could be accomplished with some sort of depth sensor (using infrared like the Kinect or otherwise).
- jpalomaki 9y agoNot very much related, but you can also go wrong with IR. Something like 20 years ago Sony shipped night vision mode on camcorders. Turned out the functionality also allowed to see through clothes [1] which created a controversy. [1] https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=faf_1385072214 https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=faf_1385072214
- untog 9y agoApple did definitely make the smartphone cool, but I'm dubious that they've made smartwatches cool. They're still very niche. I can see these glasses being the same, if not more so.
- omarforgotpwd 9y agoI don't think it's a niche. I see a lot of people wearing them. It's not a success on the level of the iPhone, but nothing is. If Apple Watch was a separate company it would be listed on the fortune 500 (according to Tim Cook on last earnings call)
- microtherion 9y agoThat "niche" appears to have consisted of 21.1M watches in 2016, so roughly 80% the size of the Swiss watch industry (25.4M watches): http://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2067481/smartwatch-market-hits-record-211-million-sales-2016-apple-pulls-ahead-samsung http://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2067481/smartwatch-market-h...