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Always love a new Karl Guttag article, and I'm pleased to see people doing all this fundamental engineering and science work. The more of them I read the more
by WhatIsDukkha 5y ago
Always love a new Karl Guttag article, and I'm pleased to see people doing all this fundamental engineering and science work.
The more of them I read the more I tend to think that in ten years the best solution is going to be VR with video passthrough. That seems (as a layperson) to have a very clear (at least comparatively) engineering path to delivering a high quality experience.
So many (seemingly unsolveable) issues with AR displays.
This doesn't even touch the software side which seems to need AGI to actually deliver the AR that people actually expect in the end. The trivial things for AR are better served by smartphones and watches for the medium and longterm still.
- nradov 5y agoThere's probably also a market for smart eyeglasses which don't deliver a real AR experience but just use a tiny laser to project a few data fields on the retina. There have been a few attempts already that were a bit too early like North Focals that didn't take off but I think the technology will be suitable for mass market adoption soon.
- WhatIsDukkha 5y agoThe low rez displays have been around in different forms for years. Whenever I see them I have trouble coming up with actual applications I would want to use them for that aren't better supplied by say a smartwatch?
- nradov 5y agoAlternative to a smartwatch for people who don't like wearing watches, or can't wear them in some situations. Alternative to Bluetooth headsets. Heads up display for workers and athletes who don't want to keep glancing down at a watch.