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> availability of quality, affordable AR glasses And since Intel, Google, Facebook etc keep buying startups that produce cool things and preventing them from p
by vdqtp3 5y ago
> availability of quality, affordable AR glasses
And since Intel, Google, Facebook etc keep buying startups that produce cool things and preventing them from producing more cool things (North Focals being the most recent I'm aware of) it's gonna be a while
- Moru 5y agoAnd if someone actually makes something remotely useful and successful, Google or Amazon will create a direct competitor and totally run you over.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoSeems like the scenario the patent system is supposed to prevent.
- t-3 5y agoEpson and others are still going strong, but AR has been pigeonholed into drone piloting and industrial applications space for several years. The software ecosystem (especially compelling and usable interfaces for input and programming) is what's really lacking for broad adoption, the hardware works well and will only have incremental improvements and price reductions at this point.
- vdqtp3 5y agoAre any of those accessible to hobbyists? As in, can I order a pair of glasses and have a reasonably open SDK?