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What is AR supposed to be good for anyways? I see all those fancy demo videos (which are of course fake) and still ask myself what problem AR could solve. Magic

What is AR supposed to be good for anyways? I see all those fancy demo videos (which are of course fake) and still ask myself what problem AR could solve. Magic Leap as well as the HoloLens require much computing power sitting next to you under the table, so you are not mobile with those headsets. So what real problem could this solve?

bsenftner 8y ago
It will end up being a "better phone". The best application is telepresence: create a virtual space to work with a team, but no one is physically present, everyone is remote. Yet able to turn on/off presence in the shared space as needed to accomplish their group task at hand. Kind like Slack, but with the ability to communicate in nearly any form, from small non-obtrusive msg bubbles (like a text) to full video windows when necessary showing whatever needs to be visualized to answer questions. The "killer app" is enabling ones physical location to be irrelevant to working with others.
tokyodude 8y ago
What is AR good for today? Almost nothing. What is it's potential? HUGE Why do you need monitors if you have AR contact lens. Project as many monitors as you want where ever you want them. Sit in cafe and make it appear as if you have a 60 inch monitor on the table in front of you and a few tablets on the table. In a conference room show a 3D model of building, bridge, or physical project and discuss it with the team pointing directly at parts of the model that appear simulated in the shared projection. Basically imagine any hologram scene in a Sci-fi movie like say showing the 2nd Death Star in Return of the Jedi. Those scenes assume some kind of magic 3D projector. Maybe that will be possible someday but it's nearly possible today if everyone is wearing AR glasses or contacts Project data about people at a conference next to each person. Just like people at a conference wear badges except with AR badges they can be much larger with more info. Have the AR point out the person you're looking for by putting a marker over their head or draw navigation prompts as you walk around. Show virtual drawing surfaces allowing you to draw or annotate anything. just a few ideas
- tokyodude 8y ago
  A few links Here's something you should be able to do with AR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYhDu59UmSs#t=15m52s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYhDu59UmSs#t=15m52s And here's some actual work on it https://vimeo.com/232230096 https://vimeo.com/232230096

bsenftner 8y ago

It will end up being a "better phone". The best application is telepresence: create a virtual space to work with a team, but no one is physically present, everyone is remote. Yet able to turn on/off presence in the shared space as needed to accomplish their group task at hand. Kind like Slack, but with the ability to communicate in nearly any form, from small non-obtrusive msg bubbles (like a text) to full video windows when necessary showing whatever needs to be visualized to answer questions. The "killer app" is enabling ones physical location to be irrelevant to working with others.

tokyodude 8y ago

What is AR good for today? Almost nothing. What is it's potential? HUGE Why do you need monitors if you have AR contact lens. Project as many monitors as you want where ever you want them. Sit in cafe and make it appear as if you have a 60 inch monitor on the table in front of you and a few tablets on the table. In a conference room show a 3D model of building, bridge, or physical project and discuss it with the team pointing directly at parts of the model that appear simulated in the shared projection. Basically imagine any hologram scene in a Sci-fi movie like say showing the 2nd Death Star in Return of the Jedi. Those scenes assume some kind of magic 3D projector. Maybe that will be possible someday but it's nearly possible today if everyone is wearing AR glasses or contacts Project data about people at a conference next to each person. Just like people at a conference wear badges except with AR badges they can be much larger with more info. Have the AR point out the person you're looking for by putting a marker over their head or draw navigation prompts as you walk around. Show virtual drawing surfaces allowing you to draw or annotate anything. just a few ideas

tokyodude 8y ago
A few links Here's something you should be able to do with AR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYhDu59UmSs#t=15m52s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYhDu59UmSs#t=15m52s And here's some actual work on it https://vimeo.com/232230096 https://vimeo.com/232230096