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If you wanted to you could make a pair of sturdy sunglasses, I think they are designed to break right now. With regard to AR glasses, I would put the expensive
by jay_kyburz 4y ago
If you wanted to you could make a pair of sturdy sunglasses, I think they are designed to break right now.
With regard to AR glasses, I would put the expensive part in my pocket like a phone, and the glasses would be just like the wireless earbuds, easily disposable / replaceable.
- VectorLock 4y agoThey're not designed to break, they're simply picking the trade-off point that tends towards the "lightweight enough to wear all day" end of the continuum.
- jay_kyburz 4y agoI don't believe it. I have this pair of safety glasses I bought from the hardware store for $5 and they are super light weight and rock solid. I could wear them all day and not even notice. Sometimes I even forget I am wearing them and wear them around inside for a while when I'm finished my work. If they had some tint and UV protection and I would consider using them as shades. update: I talked myself in looking at the hardware store website and my next sunglasses will be be some 3M safety glasses with a dark tint and uv. And less than $20.
- VectorLock 4y agoThose aren't prescription glasses are they?
- foobazgt 4y agoI'm really surprised I haven't heard this more often, because it seems like a given. AR glasses should be trying to offload as much work as they can to the supercomputers we carry around in our pockets. They have a much larger form factor that can support more compute, more battery, a better antenna, etc. edit To be clear, I don't think we're anywhere near having cheap AR glasses that can just delegate all the work - rather I think there's so much compute that's necessary, we need the combination of what we can fit onboard the glasses and in our phones to make a compelling product.