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I can't really see AR Glasses replacing Smartphones even if the tech is there. Sure it's nice to have a display you can always see while keeping your hands fre

I can't really see AR Glasses replacing Smartphones even if the tech is there. Sure it's nice to have a display you can always see while keeping your hands free, but even when it perfectly recognizes what you say voice input is still slower and clunkier than using your hands. Gaze tracking is similarly clunky compared to multitouch. Not to mention the privacy aspect (would you want everyone around you to know exactly what you're typing/searching for/interacting with?) You could have some kind of physical input device you keep in your pocket - but at that point you're carrying around more stuff than if you just had a smart phone. (Edit: sensors on your fingers so you can type on an imaginary keyboard?) Basically it just doesn't seem to make any sense to me, but hey maybe I'm missing something. Useful tech for certain use cases sure, but I don't think those use cases really overlap enough with what we use smartphones for to replace them.

germinalphrase 5y ago
I don’t require input devices to with the world around me (generally). Why should AR be that different?
- tsimionescu 5y ago
  Does the world around you include lots of text projected onto your retinas, with no physical support?
LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
Maybe you could wear some sleek data glove, having gesture recognition by twitching your fingers 'just so' like described in 'Ancillary Justice' by Ann Leckie. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencefiction/comments/2ige0f/im_ann_leckie_the_author_of_ancillary_justice_ama/ https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencefiction/comments/2ige0f/im_a... Or type on some sort of virtual [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard (Octima) combined with something like [3] https://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/ https://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/ combined with something like [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text) or by 'grunting/subvocalizing' into some tiny pearl fitted to your neck/larynx (from the outside OFC).

germinalphrase 5y ago

I don’t require input devices to with the world around me (generally). Why should AR be that different?

tsimionescu 5y ago
Does the world around you include lots of text projected onto your retinas, with no physical support?

LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago

Maybe you could wear some sleek data glove, having gesture recognition by twitching your fingers 'just so' like described in 'Ancillary Justice' by Ann Leckie. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencefiction/comments/2ige0f/im_ann_leckie_the_author_of_ancillary_justice_ama/ https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencefiction/comments/2ige0f/im_a... Or type on some sort of virtual [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard (Octima) combined with something like [3] https://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/ https://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/ combined with something like [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text) or by 'grunting/subvocalizing' into some tiny pearl fitted to your neck/larynx (from the outside OFC).