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"Mind blowing" - When I view that video the first thought is "back blowing" - having to watch something hunched over a table in bad posture will kill backs, and

by chippy 9y ago

"Mind blowing" - When I view that video the first thought is "back blowing" - having to watch something hunched over a table in bad posture will kill backs, and tire arms having to hold the device up. Sure that bug with humans could be fixed, but it will change somewhat - and thats what this demo gets me interested in. What would a human friendly AR entertainment device look like? It reminds me of the early CG movies where they gratuituosly moved the camera around from all and every angle, and later on the camera angles became tamed and good old fashioned framing returned.

the8472 9y ago
VR headset + camera -> synthesized AR. Then add a zoom mode. They would act like magnifying glasses. It would not be quite the same perspective as getting close, but it would involve less hunching. A more low-tech solution is to just sit down. Which could be useful for things like AR boardgames.
- AndrewKemendo 9y ago
  You're describing pass through AR and it's not that simple.
freehunter 9y ago
Y’all realize this is a demo, right? Like... no one looks at “hello world” in a new language and says “man I need to make bigger applications than that, this language sucks because all it does is print to the command line!” Right? So when someone is showing off a demo of a brand new technology you do realize that this isn’t representative of how it will work in the real world, its just to show off some of the capabilities. Right? You realize that right? That you’re not actually going to have to watch a movie hunched over a table like that? You know how I know this will be the next greatest thing? Because 90% of the top level comments here are shitting on it. Meanwhile people in the real world are playing Pokémon Go and looking at dancing hot dogs on Snapchat and actually enjoying AR on their phone right now.
- icebraining 9y ago
  I think the problem is the post's title (which was HN's title initially, and which the previous poster alluded to) describing it as "mind-blowing". Like you said, it's a nice little demo, but it's not doing anything new or exciting compared to what's been on the market for years.

by chippy 9y ago

the8472 9y ago

VR headset + camera -> synthesized AR. Then add a zoom mode. They would act like magnifying glasses. It would not be quite the same perspective as getting close, but it would involve less hunching. A more low-tech solution is to just sit down. Which could be useful for things like AR boardgames.

AndrewKemendo 9y ago
You're describing pass through AR and it's not that simple.

freehunter 9y ago

Y’all realize this is a demo, right? Like... no one looks at “hello world” in a new language and says “man I need to make bigger applications than that, this language sucks because all it does is print to the command line!” Right? So when someone is showing off a demo of a brand new technology you do realize that this isn’t representative of how it will work in the real world, its just to show off some of the capabilities. Right? You realize that right? That you’re not actually going to have to watch a movie hunched over a table like that? You know how I know this will be the next greatest thing? Because 90% of the top level comments here are shitting on it. Meanwhile people in the real world are playing Pokémon Go and looking at dancing hot dogs on Snapchat and actually enjoying AR on their phone right now.

icebraining 9y ago
I think the problem is the post's title (which was HN's title initially, and which the previous poster alluded to) describing it as "mind-blowing". Like you said, it's a nice little demo, but it's not doing anything new or exciting compared to what's been on the market for years.