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The most widespread, successful use case AR which I can see currently is AR Filter i.e. snapchat filters and those who copied it. The reason IMO, is most of th
by Abishek_Muthian 7y ago
The most widespread, successful use case AR which I can see currently is AR Filter i.e. snapchat filters and those who copied it.
The reason IMO, is most of the users who use snapchat filters wouldn't even know what Augmented Reality is. It is that intuitive use case which can make high-tech get widespread consumer adoption.
Looking at the rate at which limited attention, instant gratification apps are conquering market, the demand for AR filters aren't going to decline anytime soon and those who offer AR as a service would have enough buyers in the form of the copy cat apps wanting AR filters.
In fact, snapchat itself supposedly acquired the AR filter tech from a Ukranian company called Looskery in 2015.
- RangerScience 7y agoConsumer AR is very, very different from industrial AR. The business case for industrial is huge, I have no idea what the business case is for consumer :P
- jackbrookes 7y agoNow instead of content being constrained to a tiny 2D rectangle - it can now encompass your entire field of view. The world will be overlaid with holograms that everyone can see and interact with.
- joezydeco 7y agoThis video always comes to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs
- RangerScience 7y agoI can see why other people want me to have that experience, but not why I would want to have that experience (as a consumer). Then again, I'm not exactly a representative sample.
- sfifs 7y agoThe problem with Industrial AR is that most use cases I've seen (maintainance, instruction manuals, support etc) are cost centers, not profit centers. It will generally cost more to produce than the current methods - so business investments will me made only where the benefits are an order of magnitude than the "paper or iPad manual" solution. I'm sure there will be a few use cases but not as many as most people seem to expect.
- michaelbuckbee 7y agoThis isn't a disagreement, but I was thinking the other day that the most widespread practical (non entertainment) AR app has got to be backup cameras and displays in cars. Modern ones show both the actual live view + a composited on graphic of where your current backup line will take you based on the tire angle, etc.
- misterprime 7y agoI wouldn't have categorized this as AR, but perhaps you're right. Would this instead be called a "heads up display"? I guess not, since it's not something that's shown on the windows you're looking through.
- pathartl 7y agoI'd say it's more of a HUD. If there was a 3D render of where walls might be or bumps might be, then I'd consider that AR.
- myself248 7y agoBut it's the literal opposite of heads-up; you lower your view and stare at the radio to see the camera. If you were looking at the mirror and it was adding to the normal reflection you're already seeing, that would be heads-up.
- mycall 7y agoTechnically, a wrist watch is AR since it is augmenting your reality with information.
- sixstringtheory 7y agoI would agree this is AR. It's similar to the AR introduced in sports broadcasts that overlayed first-down lines or field goal long-distance records onto football fields, hockey puck trails for speed indication, and on and on...
- AndrewKemendo 7y ago