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Apparently it's real: https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/lightwear-introducing-magic-leaps-mixed-reality-goggles-w514479 https://www.rollingstone.com

Apparently it's real: https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/lightwear-introducing-magic-leaps-mixed-reality-goggles-w514479 https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/lightwear-intro... Common concerns, like FOV (not very big), are addressed in this article: > The viewing space is about the size of a VHS tape held in front of you with your arms half extended. It’s much larger than the HoloLens, but it’s still there.

abritinthebay 9y ago
That sounds only slightly larger than HoloLens tbh. For a company with this much funding and hype I expected more than just “a slightly better hololens”.
- empath75 9y ago
  I think it hinges on whether the lightfield projection is as revolutionary as they say. All the other specs pale in comparison.
  - abritinthebay 9y ago
    At that FoV? I doubt it matters practically from a consumer standpoint
- moron4hire 9y ago
  Hololens is about the size of a smartphone at that half-arm-length distance. It's pretty significant. The question remains, what are the resolution and tracking like? The Meta 2 similarly has a wider FOV, but the visuals are fuzzy and the tracking is the worst of any device I've ever used.
  - IshKebab 9y ago
    Nah hololens is bigger than that (unless your totally standardised smartphone size is massive), and also square. VHS at half-arms length does sound only a bit bigger than the hololens.
electrichead 9y ago
I wonder how many people would have no idea how big a VHS tape is.
- mikestew 9y ago
  Our family had one of the early consumer VCR/camcorders around 1980. I still had to go grab one out of an old box to see how good my memory of its dimension is. Answer: meh, kinda close, but not an accurate unit of measurement even for a guy that used them from the beginning. And that’s because even old people haven’t touched one in a good ten years. But, hey, Stranger Things, amirite? We’re all 80s-ophiles or something.
- smellf 9y ago
  Personally, I would have gone with "the size of a trade paperback". Or maybe "the size of a large hardback book held with the arm fully extended." Honestly it sounds really small. Not sure how you could have a viable product that only works in a small rectangle in the center of your vision.
KallDrexx 9y ago
The thing is the FOV on the original Hololens prototype was massive, but the FOV had to be constrained down for the actual product because the FOV needed a full backpack computer (instead of the headset). So it's all well and good that the demo units have a slightly bigger FOV than Hololens but I'm not going to hold my breath until we see the released product have a higher FOV than Hololens.
Dirlewanger 9y ago
New outlets do sponsored shit all the time. I wouldn't put it past them for this to be just free advertising and it be 100% lies.
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abritinthebay 9y ago

That sounds only slightly larger than HoloLens tbh. For a company with this much funding and hype I expected more than just “a slightly better hololens”.

empath75 9y ago
I think it hinges on whether the lightfield projection is as revolutionary as they say. All the other specs pale in comparison.
- abritinthebay 9y ago
  At that FoV? I doubt it matters practically from a consumer standpoint
moron4hire 9y ago
Hololens is about the size of a smartphone at that half-arm-length distance. It's pretty significant. The question remains, what are the resolution and tracking like? The Meta 2 similarly has a wider FOV, but the visuals are fuzzy and the tracking is the worst of any device I've ever used.
- IshKebab 9y ago
  Nah hololens is bigger than that (unless your totally standardised smartphone size is massive), and also square. VHS at half-arms length does sound only a bit bigger than the hololens.

electrichead 9y ago

I wonder how many people would have no idea how big a VHS tape is.

mikestew 9y ago
Our family had one of the early consumer VCR/camcorders around 1980. I still had to go grab one out of an old box to see how good my memory of its dimension is. Answer: meh, kinda close, but not an accurate unit of measurement even for a guy that used them from the beginning. And that’s because even old people haven’t touched one in a good ten years. But, hey, Stranger Things, amirite? We’re all 80s-ophiles or something.
smellf 9y ago
Personally, I would have gone with "the size of a trade paperback". Or maybe "the size of a large hardback book held with the arm fully extended." Honestly it sounds really small. Not sure how you could have a viable product that only works in a small rectangle in the center of your vision.

KallDrexx 9y ago

The thing is the FOV on the original Hololens prototype was massive, but the FOV had to be constrained down for the actual product because the FOV needed a full backpack computer (instead of the headset). So it's all well and good that the demo units have a slightly bigger FOV than Hololens but I'm not going to hold my breath until we see the released product have a higher FOV than Hololens.

Dirlewanger 9y ago

New outlets do sponsored shit all the time. I wouldn't put it past them for this to be just free advertising and it be 100% lies.

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