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I wonder if we just hit a technology wall. The glasses were a pain, the non glasses ones didn't work so well and nothing else better could be found. People wer
by SilverRed 6y ago
I wonder if we just hit a technology wall. The glasses were a pain, the non glasses ones didn't work so well and nothing else better could be found.
People were willing to put up with the inconvenient version for the novelty but they quickly wanted something better and no one could provide better. 3D video may come back with mobile VR devices.
I don't think that people simply didn't like 3D video, only that we weren't able to give a good enough experience for it and one day if someone invents something that does it better, it will come back.
- spookthesunset 6y agoI think that is a good take. It is a technology wall, but I have no idea what technology would make truly painless 3D.
- axiolite 6y ago> I have no idea what technology would make truly painless 3D. Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.
- JKCalhoun 6y agoI don't think it was ever about technology. Or perhaps you expected sculpture would have supplanted painting? 3D isn't really what we want for every medium. I would argue the same is true for VR.
- k4rli 6y agoVR seems more promising than AR for consumers. Do regular people really have valid AR use cases?
- slfnflctd 6y agoI honestly think AR is poised to blow up, there has been a lot of sustained activity in the space for years - including lots of exploration of business/industrial uses - and we haven't even seen a true consumer device yet (Google Glass doesn't count). It's going to simplify/streamline a decent subset of the top uses for smartphones, while also providing novel experiences. I do believe VR is here to stay, but I really think that's going to be more gamer-centric. The 'social' aspects of VR seem to be very, very niche; most of what users are talking about (and spending time/money on) is games.
- SilverRed 6y agoAll of the AR use cases seem to have been mostly replaced with the smart watch. The only thing the smartwatch is missing is having an always on camera and mixing real and fake images which seems to be not as useful as getting notifications and navigation info on your watch.
- SilverRed 6y agoI don't think 3D video was really a different class of media. 3D would never replace animation but imo real 3D would replace 3D projected on to a 2D screen just like 4K replaced FHD and FHD replaced HD.
- syoc 6y agoMight have been the wrong form of 3D. VR has arguably been a larger success, even if it is exponentially more inconvenient to use.