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Random HN poll: How many people here are actually considering buying Magic Leap's product when it becomes available?

neuronic 9y ago
This question is not okay because it equates to asking if "people" would by a "random AR product" from a firm that "received a lot of funding". We simply do not have the information to even consider, let alone form a conclusion.
PaulHoule 9y ago
If it is similar to the Hololens in capability and half the price I would think about it, but it is far in line behind "upgrade my stereo system" or "go skiing in Japan".
nl 9y ago
Of course, if it works and has interesting software.
ryandrake 9y ago
How can one even consider buying something if they don’t know what it is, what it does, or if and when it will even be available?
- Holomakerbot 9y ago
  Read this to find out what it is and what it does: https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/lightwear-introducing-magic-leaps-mixed-reality-goggles-w514479 https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/lightwear-intro... Release is this year. Pricing will come at time of preorder.
Theodores 9y ago
Nope. Not ever. I think augmented reality is going to come from a very different direction, the medical-eyesight-healthcare world making products for old folks that can't see properly or remember stuff. Not trendy companies making games for young people who can see perfectly and don't want to be seen with clumsy gadgets bolted to their heads. The 'apps' could be quite simple, imagine any product barcode gets read and you can just look down to read the ingredients and what-not, using a few physical buttons on a watch to skip sections. The payment for such a device could be on healthcare, glasses that magically make reading possible despite needing reading glasses. Maybe they tell you when to take your pills and keep track of your toilet visits too. Perhaps it is too obvious a product for the games crowd, a 'basic' set of AR glasses that just let people read stuff and get directions. That 'stuff' being real world, e.g. product in supermarket, or messages, e.g. that picture of the grandchild just posted to the family channel.

This question is not okay because it equates to asking if "people" would by a "random AR product" from a firm that "received a lot of funding". We simply do not have the information to even consider, let alone form a conclusion.

PaulHoule 9y ago

If it is similar to the Hololens in capability and half the price I would think about it, but it is far in line behind "upgrade my stereo system" or "go skiing in Japan".

nl 9y ago

Of course, if it works and has interesting software.

ryandrake 9y ago

How can one even consider buying something if they don’t know what it is, what it does, or if and when it will even be available?

Holomakerbot 9y ago
Read this to find out what it is and what it does: https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/lightwear-introducing-magic-leaps-mixed-reality-goggles-w514479 https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/lightwear-intro... Release is this year. Pricing will come at time of preorder.

Theodores 9y ago

Nope. Not ever. I think augmented reality is going to come from a very different direction, the medical-eyesight-healthcare world making products for old folks that can't see properly or remember stuff. Not trendy companies making games for young people who can see perfectly and don't want to be seen with clumsy gadgets bolted to their heads. The 'apps' could be quite simple, imagine any product barcode gets read and you can just look down to read the ingredients and what-not, using a few physical buttons on a watch to skip sections. The payment for such a device could be on healthcare, glasses that magically make reading possible despite needing reading glasses. Maybe they tell you when to take your pills and keep track of your toilet visits too. Perhaps it is too obvious a product for the games crowd, a 'basic' set of AR glasses that just let people read stuff and get directions. That 'stuff' being real world, e.g. product in supermarket, or messages, e.g. that picture of the grandchild just posted to the family channel.