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> Why would I want to strap this phone to my face? This is VR’s biggest problem. Normal people aren’t willing to put on a bucket on their face, even if it repr
by chaostheory 4y ago
> Why would I want to strap this phone to my face?
This is VR’s biggest problem. Normal people aren’t willing to put on a bucket on their face, even if it represents the future. Instead most people would rather form all kinds of weird and untrue speculation. Case in point:
“I don't need a VR library full of fake volumes of Encyclopedia Brittanica, because I already have Wikipedia”
No one has actually built a library in VR because the screen resolution is too poor for reading large amounts of text. All you’ve proved is that you still haven’t tried modern VR.
- Animats 4y agoThat's where Apple comes in. Apple convinced people that wearing iDweebs in their ears in public was OK.
- acdha 4y agoI think that illustrates the scale of the problem: wearing headphones in public was already normalized at least as far back as the Walkman craze, AirPods are arguably the most successful AR experience on the market with their unobtrusive experience, and they’re towards the higher end of the price range but not outliers for a premium product. It is not unreasonable to fear that personal AR isn’t going to get popular until goggles are comparable in size to regular glasses.
- wkat4242 4y ago> It is not unreasonable to fear that personal AR isn’t going to get popular until goggles are comparable in size to regular glasses. They're not all that far: https://www.engadget.com/2019-01-03-vuzix-blade-hands-on.html https://www.engadget.com/2019-01-03-vuzix-blade-hands-on.htm...
- chaostheory 4y agoI agree, but I feel that even Apple isn’t very confident in this space. It’s rumored that they’re selling their upcoming $3000 headset at cost. I feel that the entire industry is waiting for Apple to magically make XR socially acceptable. If they can pull this off without Jobs and Ive, it will be a miracle.