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AR. Being able to superimpose software on top of real objects is amazing. It has so much economic potential that it hurts not being in the space already (worki

AR. Being able to superimpose software on top of real objects is amazing. It has so much economic potential that it hurts not being in the space already (working on that though). I feel AR will be the app craze 2.0.

spyspy 9y ago
Iron Man style AR has so much more consumer potential than VR imo. Being able to get real-time info about the world around me without having to wave my phone around would be killer.
- k__ 9y ago
  Isn't the big problem there holograms and not AR?
  - robotresearcher 9y ago
    If you are looking through glasses, holograms become relatively easy.
saosebastiao 9y ago
Beat me to it. Industrial AR is going to be a multi billion dollar industry very soon, and for a very good reason.
mayank 9y ago
> It has so much economic potential that it hurts not being in the space already (working on that though) As someone not familiar with the area, could you elaborate on some examples of what you think the economic potential is? To an outsider like me, being able to overlay virtual objects on a scene seems like a nice curiosity, not particularly an engine for commerce. Edit: specifically, I was curious about areas where AR offers a (financially) meaningful advantage over traditional HUDs (for example).
- gpsx 9y ago
  To me the benefit of AR is not just overlaying virtual objects on the physical world but specifically highlighting real objects in your field of view. Granted, this does just come down to placing a virtual object on the physical world. I can give a specific example that is perhaps of not so great financial advantage, but I think this kind of thing will be useful - using AR to give you directions to build IKEA furniture. You are sitting in front of a pile of materials and the AR will tell you to put _this_ bolt (highlighted) in _this_ hole in _this_ piece of wood. You would not have directions on a piece of paper but rather using the actual objects.
  - tinco 9y ago
    I feel the key AR advantage will be that we don't have to spend half our time glancing down on tiny rectangles anymore. The Oculus is already less than an order of magnitude away from competing with regular LCD panels. Google glass and maybe that magic leap thing give us hints that it will eventually happen for mobile. No more displays, now that's something I would pay for.
    - JKCalhoun 9y ago
      I would rather no-more-displays by way of voice command. If Siri advanced enough, I would love to leave my phone at home and bring only my Apple watch.
    - goatlover 9y ago
      Problem is that not everyone will want to wear something over their eyes on a regular basis if they don't need to.
      - sjg007 9y ago
        It'll be glasses then contacts.
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spyspy 9y ago

Iron Man style AR has so much more consumer potential than VR imo. Being able to get real-time info about the world around me without having to wave my phone around would be killer.

k__ 9y ago
Isn't the big problem there holograms and not AR?
- robotresearcher 9y ago
  If you are looking through glasses, holograms become relatively easy.

saosebastiao 9y ago

Beat me to it. Industrial AR is going to be a multi billion dollar industry very soon, and for a very good reason.

mayank 9y ago

> It has so much economic potential that it hurts not being in the space already (working on that though) As someone not familiar with the area, could you elaborate on some examples of what you think the economic potential is? To an outsider like me, being able to overlay virtual objects on a scene seems like a nice curiosity, not particularly an engine for commerce. Edit: specifically, I was curious about areas where AR offers a (financially) meaningful advantage over traditional HUDs (for example).

gpsx 9y ago
To me the benefit of AR is not just overlaying virtual objects on the physical world but specifically highlighting real objects in your field of view. Granted, this does just come down to placing a virtual object on the physical world. I can give a specific example that is perhaps of not so great financial advantage, but I think this kind of thing will be useful - using AR to give you directions to build IKEA furniture. You are sitting in front of a pile of materials and the AR will tell you to put _this_ bolt (highlighted) in _this_ hole in _this_ piece of wood. You would not have directions on a piece of paper but rather using the actual objects.
- tinco 9y ago
  I feel the key AR advantage will be that we don't have to spend half our time glancing down on tiny rectangles anymore. The Oculus is already less than an order of magnitude away from competing with regular LCD panels. Google glass and maybe that magic leap thing give us hints that it will eventually happen for mobile. No more displays, now that's something I would pay for.
  - JKCalhoun 9y ago
    I would rather no-more-displays by way of voice command. If Siri advanced enough, I would love to leave my phone at home and bring only my Apple watch.
  - goatlover 9y ago
    Problem is that not everyone will want to wear something over their eyes on a regular basis if they don't need to.
    - sjg007 9y ago
      It'll be glasses then contacts.
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