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Not too many AR apps have succeeded, only because the massively-available AR hardware is not here, yet. The phone with a camera is not it. You can only do that
by tsenkov 8y ago
Not too many AR apps have succeeded, only because the massively-available AR hardware is not here, yet. The phone with a camera is not it. You can only do that much within that paradigm.
The moment (hopefully it's coming) we have (relatively) normal-looking glasses capable to perform like the Magic Leap's headset (haven't tried it - only judging by the publicly available info and investments), that's when handheld devices become obsolete and that's when we will see AR pick-up and win.
- ghaff 8y agoYou can do a lot with a phone and there's no social stigma associated with walking around with a smartphone. It's an open question for me whether Glassholes 2.0 become a thing even once the tech is there. (Certainly there's a role in niches like doing repairs where information can be overlaid but I'm not convinced it will become a thing when just walking around.)
- coralreef 8y agoViewing the world through your phone's screen/camera lens is just not a great experience. Having stuff just "appear" is way better. Remains to be seen how this will play out in the short run, but the fantasy is something like smart contact lenses.