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My bet is that AR is going to go the way of 3D TVs.

by kleiba 5y ago

thefounder 5y ago
100% sure...or shall I say like the VR? It has its use but we are not there yet. Maybe in 10-20 years.
lostgame 5y ago
Since 3D TV's never got to a glasses-less state, they were always an incredible compromise. AR already works better than 3D TV's ever did, in that regard. I always said, back in the day - 'I'll invest in 3D when we don't need glasses for it' - and I guess enough people collectively said that at the same time that it shut down the industry and never matured to that level.
handrous 5y ago
Every major tech vendor seems certain AR glasses are going to be the "next Smartphone", if you will, in terms of UI and market trends. Nothing else could explain their continued emphasis on AR tools & demos for platforms that suck to use for AR except as a novelty (i.e. all current platforms).
- na85 5y ago
  I'm 100% certain that's because every major tech vendor sees nothing but dollar signs due to the advertising potential. AR will quickly devolve into an advertising hellscape, if it takes off at all.
  - rcMgD2BwE72F 5y ago
    >like the Web people browse and the apos they scroll?
joshstrange 5y ago
3D TVs were always a solution in search of problem. I've seen 3D movies before and it was always lackluster. I even have a 3D TV because that's all that was being sold when I bought mine, I never bought glasses for it or even cared to try it out. AR is a whole other ballgame, it's a layer on top of reality whereas 3D was a super-niche format that could only be viewed with special glasses in front of a special screen. If you remove the need for the screen OR the glasses then you have something interesting and that's what AR is. If my TV could do 3D without glasses I might be slightly more interested in it.
Winsaucerer 5y ago
I am absolutely sure that AR will one day be everywhere used by everyone. There's going to be so many useful applications opened up by people being able to have a wearable always available AR view. How soon, I don't know -- probably not before the technology isn't an inconvenience to wear.

My bet is that AR is going to go the way of 3D TVs.

by kleiba 5y ago

My bet is that AR is going to go the way of 3D TVs.

thefounder 5y ago

100% sure...or shall I say like the VR? It has its use but we are not there yet. Maybe in 10-20 years.

lostgame 5y ago

Since 3D TV's never got to a glasses-less state, they were always an incredible compromise. AR already works better than 3D TV's ever did, in that regard. I always said, back in the day - 'I'll invest in 3D when we don't need glasses for it' - and I guess enough people collectively said that at the same time that it shut down the industry and never matured to that level.

handrous 5y ago

Every major tech vendor seems certain AR glasses are going to be the "next Smartphone", if you will, in terms of UI and market trends. Nothing else could explain their continued emphasis on AR tools & demos for platforms that suck to use for AR except as a novelty (i.e. all current platforms).

na85 5y ago
I'm 100% certain that's because every major tech vendor sees nothing but dollar signs due to the advertising potential. AR will quickly devolve into an advertising hellscape, if it takes off at all.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 5y ago
  >like the Web people browse and the apos they scroll?

joshstrange 5y ago

3D TVs were always a solution in search of problem. I've seen 3D movies before and it was always lackluster. I even have a 3D TV because that's all that was being sold when I bought mine, I never bought glasses for it or even cared to try it out. AR is a whole other ballgame, it's a layer on top of reality whereas 3D was a super-niche format that could only be viewed with special glasses in front of a special screen. If you remove the need for the screen OR the glasses then you have something interesting and that's what AR is. If my TV could do 3D without glasses I might be slightly more interested in it.

Winsaucerer 5y ago

I am absolutely sure that AR will one day be everywhere used by everyone. There's going to be so many useful applications opened up by people being able to have a wearable always available AR view. How soon, I don't know -- probably not before the technology isn't an inconvenience to wear.