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"Forget 3DoF & AR" Sidenote, Quest will be mixing between AR and VR [1]. Maybe it'll take a hardware revision to really bring it to the fore, but the future of

"Forget 3DoF & AR" Sidenote, Quest will be mixing between AR and VR [1]. Maybe it'll take a hardware revision to really bring it to the fore, but the future of AR/VR are quite blurred. [1]: https://tech.fb.com/the-future-of-work-and-the-next-computing-platform/ https://tech.fb.com/the-future-of-work-and-the-next-computin...

k__ 6y ago
The cameras are too crappy for that right now.
jimmySixDOF 6y ago
Passthrough in high end VR will become the early experience of where Magic Leap / Hololense should be in a few generations (AR with wide FOV, High Def Egocentric 360 SLAM, etc). That hardware is almost available (see Qualcomm XR2 specs [1]). This comes with all the high end VR HMD limitations like compute tethering, physical footprint, & mobility issues - but it will have early productivity applications. The blurring of AR/VR/XR/EtcR will be felt less where hardware formats are lightweight low cost like Quest or xyzGlasses [1] https://www.roadtovr.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-xr2-5g-announcement/ https://www.roadtovr.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-xr2-5g-announce...
- mortenjorck 6y ago
  I think the big surprise in the next few years is going to be Apple coming out of left field and taking the lead in the hybrid AR/VR space. Why Apple? Think about the level of software-hardware integration for the camera in the past few generations of iPhones. Imagine that expertise being channeled into an ultra-low latency, 90fps passthrough pipeline combined with exhaustive research on optical distortion, perceptual FOV, etc, and then layering the existing SLAM of ARKit on top of it, advanced by another generation or two. Apple may well realize the original Magic Leap concept videos before Magic Leap does.
  - marrone12 6y ago
    There was an article recently in Bloomberg on the internal, political struggles the AR/VR team at Apple had with other executives. Seems like it is struggling. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-19/apple-team-working-on-vr-and-ar-headset-and-ar-glasses?sref=ExbtjcSG https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-19/apple-tea...
  - shafyy 6y ago
    That's not a surprise... It's pretty well known that Apple is working on VR/AR headsets.
jansan 6y ago
Isn't setting the perimeter already done with AR? I think this is a good start.

k__ 6y ago

The cameras are too crappy for that right now.

jimmySixDOF 6y ago

Passthrough in high end VR will become the early experience of where Magic Leap / Hololense should be in a few generations (AR with wide FOV, High Def Egocentric 360 SLAM, etc). That hardware is almost available (see Qualcomm XR2 specs [1]). This comes with all the high end VR HMD limitations like compute tethering, physical footprint, & mobility issues - but it will have early productivity applications. The blurring of AR/VR/XR/EtcR will be felt less where hardware formats are lightweight low cost like Quest or xyzGlasses [1] https://www.roadtovr.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-xr2-5g-announcement/ https://www.roadtovr.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-xr2-5g-announce...

mortenjorck 6y ago
I think the big surprise in the next few years is going to be Apple coming out of left field and taking the lead in the hybrid AR/VR space. Why Apple? Think about the level of software-hardware integration for the camera in the past few generations of iPhones. Imagine that expertise being channeled into an ultra-low latency, 90fps passthrough pipeline combined with exhaustive research on optical distortion, perceptual FOV, etc, and then layering the existing SLAM of ARKit on top of it, advanced by another generation or two. Apple may well realize the original Magic Leap concept videos before Magic Leap does.
- marrone12 6y ago
  There was an article recently in Bloomberg on the internal, political struggles the AR/VR team at Apple had with other executives. Seems like it is struggling. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-19/apple-team-working-on-vr-and-ar-headset-and-ar-glasses?sref=ExbtjcSG https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-19/apple-tea...
- shafyy 6y ago
  That's not a surprise... It's pretty well known that Apple is working on VR/AR headsets.

jansan 6y ago

Isn't setting the perimeter already done with AR? I think this is a good start.