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Seriously, can anyone longer-than-5 list AR use cases that make sense? Today I learned about that restaurant menu app, which shows food on top of the empty pla

Seriously, can anyone longer-than-5 list AR use cases that make sense? Today I learned about that restaurant menu app, which shows food on top of the empty plate. Luckily, you can even rotate it! Making the world a better place...

JumpCrisscross 9y ago
Think industrial, not consumer. The latter will be games and art for a while. The former needs to visualise interior design changes, factory layouts or even just overlay navigational information for leisure boat and/or plane piloting. I would love an underwater AR that tells me what fish I'm looking at, or a cosmology one that lets me pinch-and-zoom the night sky. I agree that the middle-income consumer won't see anything grand for a few years. But that's not the point.
- pavlakoos 9y ago
  and porn
KirinDave 9y ago
Data visualization Better ergonomics for workstations Conferencing (of which there are numbers sub-functions that AR can render better) Better, safer driving ui's (HUDs have been shown better for years) Remote controlled device management Gaming, of a lot of types There. 6. But this is kind of a silly demand.
- mendeza 9y ago
  I like ergonomics, I would love to see code and my tabs not all stuck in my “flat window”. A mac extension for AR, would love that!
  - Tanegashima 9y ago
    I think the most obvious application would be on CAM applications.
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malux85 9y ago
As vision models get better there's lots of future applications - a database of all known insect and plant life with realtime overlay. Guided plumbing / electrical repair and teaching. Virtual pets that interact with each other and real objects. Redesign / repaint your interior. Optimal flooring / carpet cutting with easy measurement tool in the demo. The technology is in its infancy, give it a chance
- MBCook 9y ago
  The last time I bought a couch a few years ago I had a horrible time trying to figure out exactly what size to get and what it would look like in my place. The announcement of the IKEA app that let you try out their furniture in your house by showing it in AR is amazing to me. That would've been SO helpful. It seems like it be a lot of possibilities for games, some of the things I've seen posted to Twitter have included people making virtual ruler that's accurate to within an inch or so. That alone would be a pretty useful app just for rough calculations of space sizes. But more than anything… There's probably some pretty cool stuff none of us are going to be able to think of until it shows up in the next six months. And that's what I really want to see.
- npunt 9y ago
  Yep. Most of those are made possible by AR's second, less frequently talked about enabling technology of accurate object detection. With it, the sky's the limit - literally repaint the world with your imagination. Grab objects and place virtual versions of them wherever. Overlay educational material on objects. Alter objects appearance in a much more meaningful way than mere filters. Without object detection though, AR use cases are more limited, which I think a lot of people riff off of when looking into it.
Groxx 9y ago
Faster and more stable live-translation of text: https://petapixel.com/2015/01/14/googles-translate-app-can-now-use-camera-translate-world-real-time/ https://petapixel.com/2015/01/14/googles-translate-app-can-n...
marpstar 9y ago
visualization of underground assets (e.g. sewer, storm, and water pipes) has the potential for real productivity gains: https://twitter.com/Esri/status/878992832291233793 https://twitter.com/Esri/status/878992832291233793
mendeza 9y ago
Here is my attempt: - an app to prototype a showroom “on the fly”, there is value in that for retail right? - Public spaces to play games socially, silly but can be addictive - Use AR face mask to see what you look like before Botox or plastic surgery - turn your classroom into a history/science lesson, subtle advertising for the history channel lol - AR to enhance shopping online (I think this one is the coolest) - Bring Disney world in your living room! There, 6! Lol, I would love to hear what anyone thinks of these ideas!
- pavlakoos 9y ago
  Botox and Disney :) It wasn't easy to come up with that list, was it? My point is - AR and VR is way overhyped. As if a lot of people were trying to find the next big thing and that's the best they could come up with. As an additional layer to smartphone apps, I agree. But the next big thing - a huge NO.
  - mendeza 9y ago
    Well...20 min of deliberation, but some were ideas from request people wanted to be built, that I would of never thought of ( like the Botox one) lol. I think in all seriousness, it will be a big thing for media and entertainment, idk how big though. I’ve been sucked into the AR hype since 2011 and I probably will never get out of it :).
  - simonh 9y ago
    I actually agree, that's one reason I think AR glasses and goggles and especially full VR headsets will always only have a small niche at best. But on the other hand Apple's solution has about a billion compatible devices out there right now. If AR is ever going to have some genuinely useful applications for the general consumer market, this is how it's going to start. In other words if ARKit fails then I really don't see how any other AR approach can have a chance.
    - pavlakoos 9y ago
      Devices are important, because they mean distribution. But the more important question is: do people really need it?
lern_too_spel 9y ago
There are none. Vuforia has been doing this for years on multiple platforms. All we've seen is marketing gimmicks. The only reason people think they are interested now is due to the Reality Distortion Field.
dagw 9y ago
Seriously, can anyone longer-than-5 list AR use cases that make sense? For consumers, using an iPhone/iPad, not really. For industrial use in civil engineering, GIS/surveying, petrochemical industries etc. I can think of dozens of ideas.
istorical 9y ago
Your laptop/phone/tablet/monitor screen is floating to the side of your view at all times without you having to hold it or carry it around, leaving you free to engage in the real world and use both your hands to do other things. Oh and instead of being limited to a small, 2d image your screen can change to be any size, can warp into any shape, isn't flat anymore but instead 3d, and you can directly see anything in the world that can be described and existing in 3d space. Your screen isn't a screen anymore, it's a person, and the next moment it's some piece of information, and the next moment it's instructions showing you the proper hand gesture you need to follow to handtoss pizza dough, and the next moment it's a map pointing you in the right direction to get to a bar you're meeting your friends at. And it follows you around. ... Does that not seem like a large improvement over all existing visualization devices we have currently?

JumpCrisscross 9y ago

Think industrial, not consumer. The latter will be games and art for a while. The former needs to visualise interior design changes, factory layouts or even just overlay navigational information for leisure boat and/or plane piloting. I would love an underwater AR that tells me what fish I'm looking at, or a cosmology one that lets me pinch-and-zoom the night sky. I agree that the middle-income consumer won't see anything grand for a few years. But that's not the point.

pavlakoos 9y ago
and porn

KirinDave 9y ago

Data visualization Better ergonomics for workstations Conferencing (of which there are numbers sub-functions that AR can render better) Better, safer driving ui's (HUDs have been shown better for years) Remote controlled device management Gaming, of a lot of types There. 6. But this is kind of a silly demand.

mendeza 9y ago
I like ergonomics, I would love to see code and my tabs not all stuck in my “flat window”. A mac extension for AR, would love that!
- Tanegashima 9y ago
  I think the most obvious application would be on CAM applications.

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malux85 9y ago

As vision models get better there's lots of future applications - a database of all known insect and plant life with realtime overlay. Guided plumbing / electrical repair and teaching. Virtual pets that interact with each other and real objects. Redesign / repaint your interior. Optimal flooring / carpet cutting with easy measurement tool in the demo. The technology is in its infancy, give it a chance

MBCook 9y ago
The last time I bought a couch a few years ago I had a horrible time trying to figure out exactly what size to get and what it would look like in my place. The announcement of the IKEA app that let you try out their furniture in your house by showing it in AR is amazing to me. That would've been SO helpful. It seems like it be a lot of possibilities for games, some of the things I've seen posted to Twitter have included people making virtual ruler that's accurate to within an inch or so. That alone would be a pretty useful app just for rough calculations of space sizes. But more than anything… There's probably some pretty cool stuff none of us are going to be able to think of until it shows up in the next six months. And that's what I really want to see.
npunt 9y ago
Yep. Most of those are made possible by AR's second, less frequently talked about enabling technology of accurate object detection. With it, the sky's the limit - literally repaint the world with your imagination. Grab objects and place virtual versions of them wherever. Overlay educational material on objects. Alter objects appearance in a much more meaningful way than mere filters. Without object detection though, AR use cases are more limited, which I think a lot of people riff off of when looking into it.

Groxx 9y ago

Faster and more stable live-translation of text: https://petapixel.com/2015/01/14/googles-translate-app-can-now-use-camera-translate-world-real-time/ https://petapixel.com/2015/01/14/googles-translate-app-can-n...

marpstar 9y ago

visualization of underground assets (e.g. sewer, storm, and water pipes) has the potential for real productivity gains: https://twitter.com/Esri/status/878992832291233793 https://twitter.com/Esri/status/878992832291233793

mendeza 9y ago

Here is my attempt: - an app to prototype a showroom “on the fly”, there is value in that for retail right? - Public spaces to play games socially, silly but can be addictive - Use AR face mask to see what you look like before Botox or plastic surgery - turn your classroom into a history/science lesson, subtle advertising for the history channel lol - AR to enhance shopping online (I think this one is the coolest) - Bring Disney world in your living room! There, 6! Lol, I would love to hear what anyone thinks of these ideas!

pavlakoos 9y ago
Botox and Disney :) It wasn't easy to come up with that list, was it? My point is - AR and VR is way overhyped. As if a lot of people were trying to find the next big thing and that's the best they could come up with. As an additional layer to smartphone apps, I agree. But the next big thing - a huge NO.
- mendeza 9y ago
  Well...20 min of deliberation, but some were ideas from request people wanted to be built, that I would of never thought of ( like the Botox one) lol. I think in all seriousness, it will be a big thing for media and entertainment, idk how big though. I’ve been sucked into the AR hype since 2011 and I probably will never get out of it :).
- simonh 9y ago
  I actually agree, that's one reason I think AR glasses and goggles and especially full VR headsets will always only have a small niche at best. But on the other hand Apple's solution has about a billion compatible devices out there right now. If AR is ever going to have some genuinely useful applications for the general consumer market, this is how it's going to start. In other words if ARKit fails then I really don't see how any other AR approach can have a chance.
  - pavlakoos 9y ago
    Devices are important, because they mean distribution. But the more important question is: do people really need it?

lern_too_spel 9y ago

There are none. Vuforia has been doing this for years on multiple platforms. All we've seen is marketing gimmicks. The only reason people think they are interested now is due to the Reality Distortion Field.

dagw 9y ago

Seriously, can anyone longer-than-5 list AR use cases that make sense? For consumers, using an iPhone/iPad, not really. For industrial use in civil engineering, GIS/surveying, petrochemical industries etc. I can think of dozens of ideas.

istorical 9y ago

Your laptop/phone/tablet/monitor screen is floating to the side of your view at all times without you having to hold it or carry it around, leaving you free to engage in the real world and use both your hands to do other things. Oh and instead of being limited to a small, 2d image your screen can change to be any size, can warp into any shape, isn't flat anymore but instead 3d, and you can directly see anything in the world that can be described and existing in 3d space. Your screen isn't a screen anymore, it's a person, and the next moment it's some piece of information, and the next moment it's instructions showing you the proper hand gesture you need to follow to handtoss pizza dough, and the next moment it's a map pointing you in the right direction to get to a bar you're meeting your friends at. And it follows you around. ... Does that not seem like a large improvement over all existing visualization devices we have currently?