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Can you say anything about potential applications? What do you think will be the killer app for this?

by Judgmentality 5y ago

jeffbee 5y ago
What would be any app for this? It's not immediately apparent why anyone would want this.
- stevewodil 5y ago
  Turn by turn navigation that shows you the path to follow in AR that's overlaid on the real road. No more missing your exit, no more not being exactly sure which turn it wants you to take, etc. Would that appease you?
  - gotostatement 5y ago
    sounds dangerous to wear AR glasses while driving
    - gotostatement 5y ago
      lol only on hacker news would this statement be controversial
  - ffggvv 5y ago
    would be coool while walking. alot of cars already have HUDs like that overlayed onto the windshield
- vineyardmike 5y ago
  Do you understand why anyone would use existing Snapchat filters? If not, then of course you wouldn’t understand the Spectacles.
- deleted 5y ago
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- sixothree 5y ago
  Sounds like a lack of imagination. Construction - Show size/length of objects, show if object is level, highlight location of needed tool. Navigation - Show arrow on top of uber/lyft, show directions. Show restaurant cleanliness score and rating. Food safety - Show how long food has been out of fridge Social - remind you of a persons name
  - mrfusion 5y ago
    It would make a cool ikea app to guide you to the right part and highlight where it goes
    - sixothree 5y ago
      or spot a lost object in your home.
  - mncharity 5y ago
    > Social - remind you of a persons name There was an MIT startup years ago, based on the observation that for some (impaired?) population, when glasses flashed a name, if it was correct, name recall improved, but if it was wrong, there was no negative impact. So low-accuracy recognition was ok.
upwardbound 5y ago
This page has several videos of potential applications: https://www.spectacles.com/creators https://www.spectacles.com/creators Deep links: Fitness: https://youtu.be/trd2LT8-G3Y https://youtu.be/trd2LT8-G3Y Travel: https://youtu.be/bzTfMoyBdlM https://youtu.be/bzTfMoyBdlM Learning dance moves: https://storage.googleapis.com/spectacles-v3/NzVlNzU3OWQtY2U2Ny00OGQ3LTljMGEtMGU4MmQ2ZDY0NDcx/creators/people/kat-video_1.mp4 https://storage.googleapis.com/spectacles-v3/NzVlNzU3OWQtY2U... 3D paint: https://storage.googleapis.com/spectacles-v3/NzVlNzU3OWQtY2U2Ny00OGQ3LTljMGEtMGU4MmQ2ZDY0NDcx/creators/people/matt-video_1.mp4 https://storage.googleapis.com/spectacles-v3/NzVlNzU3OWQtY2U...
- noja 5y ago
  Interesting how all these example videos are outside, but I can't see that really happening: outside are other people to bump into, surfaces to pay attention to, hazards. I don't want to learn to dance while standing distracted next to the edge of a cliff.
  - orangepanda 5y ago
    Good that you can still see the edge of a cliff then, no?
    - noja 5y ago
      Ideal.
jedmeyers 5y ago
Catching pokemon with those should be fun.
pkaye 5y ago
I have hearing aids and know how bad they can be in noisy environments. I wish there were glasses that captioned what it heard to assist in comprehension. Might be useful for those whose hearing loss progressed a lot. The only caution is one must not rely on them too much or your listening skills will degrade.
swiley 5y ago
being able to position X11 (or wayland, I don't care really) windows in space and not have to deal with monitors would sell them for me.
- jayd16 5y ago
  You can do this on some of the VR and AR headsets already. The resolution is just almost but not quite good enough. Its getting there though.
langitbiru 5y ago
Conversation helper. Imagine you talk to a person. It can give you a list of ice breakers to open up the conversation based on the person's appearance and surroundings. It can alert you whether the person is not comfortable or very attracted to you. Some people like to miss these subtle cues. You can combine this AR technology with Deep Learning technology such as Pose Tracker. https://blog.tensorflow.org/2021/05/next-generation-pose-detection-with-movenet-and-tensorflowjs.html https://blog.tensorflow.org/2021/05/next-generation-pose-det...
- upwardbound 5y ago
  Although I can only speak for myself and not for Snap, I would discourage these ideas. I think these ideas are a violation of the privacy rights of the person you are looking at. If I were on the Lens review team I would reject these lenses.

Can you say anything about potential applications? What do you think will be the killer app for this?

jeffbee 5y ago

What would be any app for this? It's not immediately apparent why anyone would want this.

stevewodil 5y ago
Turn by turn navigation that shows you the path to follow in AR that's overlaid on the real road. No more missing your exit, no more not being exactly sure which turn it wants you to take, etc. Would that appease you?
- gotostatement 5y ago
  sounds dangerous to wear AR glasses while driving
  - gotostatement 5y ago
    lol only on hacker news would this statement be controversial
- ffggvv 5y ago
  would be coool while walking. alot of cars already have HUDs like that overlayed onto the windshield
vineyardmike 5y ago
Do you understand why anyone would use existing Snapchat filters? If not, then of course you wouldn’t understand the Spectacles.
deleted 5y ago
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sixothree 5y ago
Sounds like a lack of imagination. Construction - Show size/length of objects, show if object is level, highlight location of needed tool. Navigation - Show arrow on top of uber/lyft, show directions. Show restaurant cleanliness score and rating. Food safety - Show how long food has been out of fridge Social - remind you of a persons name
- mrfusion 5y ago
  It would make a cool ikea app to guide you to the right part and highlight where it goes
  - sixothree 5y ago
    or spot a lost object in your home.
- mncharity 5y ago
  > Social - remind you of a persons name There was an MIT startup years ago, based on the observation that for some (impaired?) population, when glasses flashed a name, if it was correct, name recall improved, but if it was wrong, there was no negative impact. So low-accuracy recognition was ok.

upwardbound 5y ago

This page has several videos of potential applications: https://www.spectacles.com/creators https://www.spectacles.com/creators Deep links: Fitness: https://youtu.be/trd2LT8-G3Y https://youtu.be/trd2LT8-G3Y Travel: https://youtu.be/bzTfMoyBdlM https://youtu.be/bzTfMoyBdlM Learning dance moves: https://storage.googleapis.com/spectacles-v3/NzVlNzU3OWQtY2U2Ny00OGQ3LTljMGEtMGU4MmQ2ZDY0NDcx/creators/people/kat-video_1.mp4 https://storage.googleapis.com/spectacles-v3/NzVlNzU3OWQtY2U... 3D paint: https://storage.googleapis.com/spectacles-v3/NzVlNzU3OWQtY2U2Ny00OGQ3LTljMGEtMGU4MmQ2ZDY0NDcx/creators/people/matt-video_1.mp4 https://storage.googleapis.com/spectacles-v3/NzVlNzU3OWQtY2U...

noja 5y ago
Interesting how all these example videos are outside, but I can't see that really happening: outside are other people to bump into, surfaces to pay attention to, hazards. I don't want to learn to dance while standing distracted next to the edge of a cliff.
- orangepanda 5y ago
  Good that you can still see the edge of a cliff then, no?
  - noja 5y ago
    Ideal.

jedmeyers 5y ago

Catching pokemon with those should be fun.

pkaye 5y ago

I have hearing aids and know how bad they can be in noisy environments. I wish there were glasses that captioned what it heard to assist in comprehension. Might be useful for those whose hearing loss progressed a lot. The only caution is one must not rely on them too much or your listening skills will degrade.

swiley 5y ago

being able to position X11 (or wayland, I don't care really) windows in space and not have to deal with monitors would sell them for me.

jayd16 5y ago
You can do this on some of the VR and AR headsets already. The resolution is just almost but not quite good enough. Its getting there though.

langitbiru 5y ago

Conversation helper. Imagine you talk to a person. It can give you a list of ice breakers to open up the conversation based on the person's appearance and surroundings. It can alert you whether the person is not comfortable or very attracted to you. Some people like to miss these subtle cues. You can combine this AR technology with Deep Learning technology such as Pose Tracker. https://blog.tensorflow.org/2021/05/next-generation-pose-detection-with-movenet-and-tensorflowjs.html https://blog.tensorflow.org/2021/05/next-generation-pose-det...

upwardbound 5y ago
Although I can only speak for myself and not for Snap, I would discourage these ideas. I think these ideas are a violation of the privacy rights of the person you are looking at. If I were on the Lens review team I would reject these lenses.