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It'll happen but only when it is so subtle, cheap and unobtrusive that users don't even notice it gaining a foothold. The technology will advance to a point and

It'll happen but only when it is so subtle, cheap and unobtrusive that users don't even notice it gaining a foothold. The technology will advance to a point and a use case will evolve where people will end up wearing AR devices in their daily lives and then the lame advertising model will take hold. Why FB et al is jumping straight to the endgame and not building the must-have killer app first, I don't understand.

KerrAvon 4y ago
Why will it happen? I don’t understand. 1. VR/AR goggles 2. ???? 3. Profit
- KerrAvon 4y ago
  I think what’s happening is that tech CEOs think the next big disruptive thing is overdue — 1984: Mac. 1994: Web. 2007: iPhone. 2010: social media — “S-curve” theory is astrology for tech executives, and they all buy into it because they don’t understand how anything actually works in real life. Steve Jobs was an exception, but he’s long gone, RIP. To make VR work for the masses requires display devices that haven’t been invented yet, or a killer app that makes a new generation of children willing to do it. Adults aren’t going to strap goggles to their faces for 8 hours a day. They’re just not.
- lithos 4y ago
  It's not ???, it's closer to an advertiser's dream: camera access to the room, eye tracking, mouth tracking, heart/blood pressure (anything that fits on a fitness watch), driver level access to the PC, and user forced to use your walled garden. Along with getting rid of all the threats the browser has with ad blocking, Javascript blocking, and lack of being able to scan user files (even the supposed privacy champion Apple scans user files).
epistemer 4y ago
I don't see how AR will be useful without face recognition. The killer app is something like I go get a coffee and instantly know the barista's real name and they know my real name from AR face recognition. People are not interested though in that level of personal interaction. VR with a headset is an obvious dead end. The real litmus test is that blind people find VR interesting. It is incredible how we have solved basically nothing in this space and still only have a better version of VRML.

KerrAvon 4y ago

Why will it happen? I don’t understand. 1. VR/AR goggles 2. ???? 3. Profit

KerrAvon 4y ago
I think what’s happening is that tech CEOs think the next big disruptive thing is overdue — 1984: Mac. 1994: Web. 2007: iPhone. 2010: social media — “S-curve” theory is astrology for tech executives, and they all buy into it because they don’t understand how anything actually works in real life. Steve Jobs was an exception, but he’s long gone, RIP. To make VR work for the masses requires display devices that haven’t been invented yet, or a killer app that makes a new generation of children willing to do it. Adults aren’t going to strap goggles to their faces for 8 hours a day. They’re just not.
lithos 4y ago
It's not ???, it's closer to an advertiser's dream: camera access to the room, eye tracking, mouth tracking, heart/blood pressure (anything that fits on a fitness watch), driver level access to the PC, and user forced to use your walled garden. Along with getting rid of all the threats the browser has with ad blocking, Javascript blocking, and lack of being able to scan user files (even the supposed privacy champion Apple scans user files).

epistemer 4y ago

I don't see how AR will be useful without face recognition. The killer app is something like I go get a coffee and instantly know the barista's real name and they know my real name from AR face recognition. People are not interested though in that level of personal interaction. VR with a headset is an obvious dead end. The real litmus test is that blind people find VR interesting. It is incredible how we have solved basically nothing in this space and still only have a better version of VRML.