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The coming AR computing epoch will again increase the hours/day we’re staring at (through?) screens.

by jp555 8y ago

atlasunshrugged 8y ago
Do you mean for work, home, or both? I'm definitely interested to see how AR comes into play in the workplace, for home I think Americans already watch television or are on electronic devices most of their waking hours outside of work (can't find the article but know it was a few hours a day at least) so I'm not sure how much of an impact it'll have there
titzer 8y ago
Not for me. I've been steadily reducing my screen time outside of work on purpose. AR/VR sound like a nightmare when I think about how pervasive obscene advertising will become.
- ben_w 8y ago
  Good point about adverts. I’m so used to using ad blockers that I had completely forgotten about them. In the absence of adverts, I can easily believe I will be a heavy user of augmented reality, as I already find the limited form on my phone extremely useful (translation mainly, but I have also used AR as a ruler, and a previous employer’s main app uses it to tell hikers what the nearby hills are called).
  - trophycase 8y ago
    Forgot about advertisements? They are literally everywhere. On clothes, on cars, at the bottom of your shopping cart, at the gas station, on the plane, even in the baggage screening bins.
    - ben_w 8y ago
      Other than branding, there isn’t any on clothes or cars around here, and only very occasionally on cars in the last place I lived (and even then 3:1 in favour of the advert being a hand written private sale offer for the car itself). Likewise, none on shopping carts or in gas stations around here. The only adverts I’ve seen in aircraft (unless you count in-flight menus) are in RyanAir aircraft, which I avoid. None in any baggage screening bins I’ve used either — those have all been plain grey no matter the airport or country. I presume from you saying “gas station” that you’re in America. The EU doesn’t generally have as much advertising.
rhacker 8y ago
It sounds like ML, just like Glass might be a flop based on yesterday's HN ML review post. Though, it could be like the Newton, it's GOING to happen, but it will take another 25 years of technical innovation.

The coming AR computing epoch will again increase the hours/day we’re staring at (through?) screens.

by jp555 8y ago

The coming AR computing epoch will again increase the hours/day we’re staring at (through?) screens.

Do you mean for work, home, or both? I'm definitely interested to see how AR comes into play in the workplace, for home I think Americans already watch television or are on electronic devices most of their waking hours outside of work (can't find the article but know it was a few hours a day at least) so I'm not sure how much of an impact it'll have there

titzer 8y ago

Not for me. I've been steadily reducing my screen time outside of work on purpose. AR/VR sound like a nightmare when I think about how pervasive obscene advertising will become.

ben_w 8y ago
Good point about adverts. I’m so used to using ad blockers that I had completely forgotten about them. In the absence of adverts, I can easily believe I will be a heavy user of augmented reality, as I already find the limited form on my phone extremely useful (translation mainly, but I have also used AR as a ruler, and a previous employer’s main app uses it to tell hikers what the nearby hills are called).
- trophycase 8y ago
  Forgot about advertisements? They are literally everywhere. On clothes, on cars, at the bottom of your shopping cart, at the gas station, on the plane, even in the baggage screening bins.
  - ben_w 8y ago
    Other than branding, there isn’t any on clothes or cars around here, and only very occasionally on cars in the last place I lived (and even then 3:1 in favour of the advert being a hand written private sale offer for the car itself). Likewise, none on shopping carts or in gas stations around here. The only adverts I’ve seen in aircraft (unless you count in-flight menus) are in RyanAir aircraft, which I avoid. None in any baggage screening bins I’ve used either — those have all been plain grey no matter the airport or country. I presume from you saying “gas station” that you’re in America. The EU doesn’t generally have as much advertising.

rhacker 8y ago

It sounds like ML, just like Glass might be a flop based on yesterday's HN ML review post. Though, it could be like the Newton, it's GOING to happen, but it will take another 25 years of technical innovation.