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By the way, here's an example of cool everyday-AR could be, if done right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-4GPSnj94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-4GPSnj
by Razengan 6y ago
By the way, here's an example of cool everyday-AR could be, if done right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-4GPSnj94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-4GPSnj94
The killer applications of AR would be when glasses are as ubiquitous as smartphones and display the same virtual world for everyone:
Imagine walking outside and seeing your neighbor's favorite fictional character mowing their lawn, because that's the avatar they chose to display themselves to other AR users.
Or seeing kids battling their Pokémon in the park. :)
- hn_throwaway_99 6y agoThat YouTube video you showed, though, just left me wondering "why?" I mean, it looked cool, but we've all basically got our phones always in reach. If anything, I'd like to get rid of plastic cards, not get more that would require glasses and an unintuitive interface to figure out what to do. It just looked like a million other AR demos I've seen: gimmicky with less utility than what I've got now. I can imagine a place for AR, but "worse interface for something I can do right now on my phone" is not it.
- Razengan 6y ago> gimmicks > worse interface for something I can do right now on my [computer] Were quite literally the arguments people used against the advent of smartphones. :) What problems do you think smartphones solved? People were not exactly clamoring for them. Why do you think the Apple Watch became so successful? When you don't HAVE to hold a phone to be able to do something, you wouldn't want to. In fact, I could see smartphones being supplanted by a combination of smartwatch + AR glasses.
- postingawayonhn 6y ago> What problems do you think smartphones solved? Mobility
- mirthflat83 6y agothis blew my mind.