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>* Turn by turn directions I wouldn't touch any kind of AR use case while driving. Seems ripe for lawsuits when you're obscuring a driver's view (especially wi

>* Turn by turn directions I wouldn't touch any kind of AR use case while driving. Seems ripe for lawsuits when you're obscuring a driver's view (especially with an eyepiece compared to putting a HUD on the windshield)

criddell 4y ago
Once head tracking is working, couldn't you show the AR view in the exact same place that a windshield HUD would appear?
- fatnoah 4y ago
  Yes, yes you could.
- vsareto 4y ago
  The easiest way for that is to have the user set that position to account for the car model, driver height, and seat position, but you're not likely to find a way to pick a good safe spot to show it without asking the user. But if you say this is safe to use while driving, you need to handle situations where "this AR app had a bug which drew a solid color over the entire view, obstructing my view, and caused me to miss the pedestrian", while a projected HUD has a limited area it can draw on. If you can't/won't say it's safe to use while driving, then why develop the feature for driving? This being an eye piece which has software control over your entire field of view has potential for danger. Then you will have to make sure all of that doesn't replicate these results from the out set: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/07/heads-up-displays-in-cars-can-hinder-driver-safety/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/07/heads-up-displays-in-ca...
giancarlostoro 4y ago
It could work for walking though.
com2kid 4y ago
> I wouldn't touch any kind of AR use case while driving. Seems ripe for lawsuits when you're obscuring a driver's view (especially with an eyepiece compared to putting a HUD on the windshield) Cities, walking. :) Walking around a city pulling out my phone to check directions is actively stupid, a HUD with arrows telling me what intersection to go down would improve safety on multiple fronts. (Theft and not situational awareness).
- malermeister 4y ago
  Would be nice for public transport, too, if indoors navigation works in some of the more complicated train/subway stations!
  - com2kid 4y ago
    Looking at you, Japanese railway stations! Though honestly on vacation there, I enjoyed getting lost in Shinjuku station. :D Office complexes, finding someone's desk.
- kubanczyk 4y ago
  Yes, teenagers would obviously use it responsibly and not overload the view with distractions. /s Also, there is an ongoing trend to ban mobiles for pedestrians crossing the streets (Honolulu, followed by Jiaxing, Lithuania, Poland, ...). It would be great if AR was regulated from the start to disappear in such semi-risky situations.
mrbombastic 4y ago
You might be right that it is ripe for lawsuits, but a properly designed low distraction overlay seems much better than what most people currently do, which is alternate between looking at their phone and the road.

criddell 4y ago

Once head tracking is working, couldn't you show the AR view in the exact same place that a windshield HUD would appear?

fatnoah 4y ago
Yes, yes you could.
vsareto 4y ago
The easiest way for that is to have the user set that position to account for the car model, driver height, and seat position, but you're not likely to find a way to pick a good safe spot to show it without asking the user. But if you say this is safe to use while driving, you need to handle situations where "this AR app had a bug which drew a solid color over the entire view, obstructing my view, and caused me to miss the pedestrian", while a projected HUD has a limited area it can draw on. If you can't/won't say it's safe to use while driving, then why develop the feature for driving? This being an eye piece which has software control over your entire field of view has potential for danger. Then you will have to make sure all of that doesn't replicate these results from the out set: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/07/heads-up-displays-in-cars-can-hinder-driver-safety/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/07/heads-up-displays-in-ca...

giancarlostoro 4y ago

It could work for walking though.

com2kid 4y ago

> I wouldn't touch any kind of AR use case while driving. Seems ripe for lawsuits when you're obscuring a driver's view (especially with an eyepiece compared to putting a HUD on the windshield) Cities, walking. :) Walking around a city pulling out my phone to check directions is actively stupid, a HUD with arrows telling me what intersection to go down would improve safety on multiple fronts. (Theft and not situational awareness).

malermeister 4y ago
Would be nice for public transport, too, if indoors navigation works in some of the more complicated train/subway stations!
- com2kid 4y ago
  Looking at you, Japanese railway stations! Though honestly on vacation there, I enjoyed getting lost in Shinjuku station. :D Office complexes, finding someone's desk.
kubanczyk 4y ago
Yes, teenagers would obviously use it responsibly and not overload the view with distractions. /s Also, there is an ongoing trend to ban mobiles for pedestrians crossing the streets (Honolulu, followed by Jiaxing, Lithuania, Poland, ...). It would be great if AR was regulated from the start to disappear in such semi-risky situations.

mrbombastic 4y ago

You might be right that it is ripe for lawsuits, but a properly designed low distraction overlay seems much better than what most people currently do, which is alternate between looking at their phone and the road.