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That’s not true at all, off the top of my head there was: -WordLens, which could translate and overlay text in different languages -Star Chart, which overlaye

by everly 6y ago

That’s not true at all, off the top of my head there was: -WordLens, which could translate and overlay text in different languages -Star Chart, which overlayed the name of the star/planet/constellation you were looking at -Don’t remember the name of the app, but it would tell you the color hex code of whatever you focused the lens on Several others that I can’t think of. I agree that a smart watch overlaps in terms of notifications but the glass absolutely did AR and scene detection that put it on another level.

jayd16 6y ago
The display did not augment reality, it was simply a small display in your view. It also did not spatially scan but it did know your rough location and where north was. It did things a smartphone could do but much worse. It's main advantage over a phone was that it was always on and didn't need a hand to hold it, which are key benefits of a smart watch.
- everly 6y ago
  Ok but if you are looking through that small display and you are seeing digital labels placed on real items that you are looking at, how is that not augmented reality? Like I said, there’s definitely overlap but you’re way underselling some key features. Smartwatch also can’t take a photo of whatever you’re looking at simply by winking.
  - jayd16 6y ago
    >how is that not augmented reality Again, if that's how you want to define augmented reality then we already did it much better on phones. A smart watch achieves the goal of a passive HUD better than Glass did. Whats left is a head mounted camera and I don't find that very compelling. The tradeoff between wearing glasses and having a much worse camera vs not having to use your hands to shoot a photo was not good enough in that device. I mean, you're free to like it. You have to admit that its not just me who thought Glass did not have enough compelling features. Hasn't the market spoken for Glass?
    - everly 6y ago
      I wouldn’t say the market has spoken for glass. It was underpowered, expensive, and ahead of its time (not to mention stigmatized socially). Kinda like saying the market had spoken for the iPad because the Newton wasn’t successful. I agree that a smartwatch is a better passive HUD (although it is not really “heads up”...), but there was certainly more functionality in the glass than passive HUD + head mounted camera. I’m curious if you bought one?
      - jayd16 6y ago
        >I’m curious if you bought one? Indeed I did.

by everly 6y ago

jayd16 6y ago

The display did not augment reality, it was simply a small display in your view. It also did not spatially scan but it did know your rough location and where north was. It did things a smartphone could do but much worse. It's main advantage over a phone was that it was always on and didn't need a hand to hold it, which are key benefits of a smart watch.

everly 6y ago
Ok but if you are looking through that small display and you are seeing digital labels placed on real items that you are looking at, how is that not augmented reality? Like I said, there’s definitely overlap but you’re way underselling some key features. Smartwatch also can’t take a photo of whatever you’re looking at simply by winking.
- jayd16 6y ago
  >how is that not augmented reality Again, if that's how you want to define augmented reality then we already did it much better on phones. A smart watch achieves the goal of a passive HUD better than Glass did. Whats left is a head mounted camera and I don't find that very compelling. The tradeoff between wearing glasses and having a much worse camera vs not having to use your hands to shoot a photo was not good enough in that device. I mean, you're free to like it. You have to admit that its not just me who thought Glass did not have enough compelling features. Hasn't the market spoken for Glass?
  - everly 6y ago
    I wouldn’t say the market has spoken for glass. It was underpowered, expensive, and ahead of its time (not to mention stigmatized socially). Kinda like saying the market had spoken for the iPad because the Newton wasn’t successful. I agree that a smartwatch is a better passive HUD (although it is not really “heads up”...), but there was certainly more functionality in the glass than passive HUD + head mounted camera. I’m curious if you bought one?
    - jayd16 6y ago
      >I’m curious if you bought one? Indeed I did.