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You don't "have to be using" anything. That said, there are a lot of great applications of AR, and surely more to come as people began to see it in use more br

You don't "have to be using" anything. That said, there are a lot of great applications of AR, and surely more to come as people began to see it in use more broadly. One idea that struck me as a great use case was something my son came up with while we were watching something on TV with subtitles on. The subtitles were being rendered in such a way that they blocked the faces of the actors in the scene, making them pretty annoying. His idea: if we had AR glasses, not only could we render the subtitles off screen through the AR glasses, but those in the room who couldn't stand having subtitles on in the first place could just watch without AR glasses. There are lots of tiny little ideas like this that start to make the idea of AR pretty interesting. Whether those ideas work well in reality, I don't know. What I do know is that once it starts becoming more widely used, the potential of the tech will likely become even more obvious as people develop novel ideas that hadn't yet been considered.

zamnos 4y ago
AR glasses that are the same as glasses we've all seen other people wear is one thing. Giant bulky ski goggle like-things which obstructs the user's face is another thing entirely. I'm sure society will find a use for the latter, but let's not let our imaginations get away from ourselves before there's hardware to run our dreams on. That said, not just subtitles for movies, but translations when talking to. someone in a different language.
- buffington 4y ago
  > Giant bulky ski goggle like-things which obstructs the user's face is another thing entirely. I agree. I'm not even a fan of wearing glasses, despite needing corrective lenses to see (I wear contact lenses instead). I think for AR tech to succeed it needs to be as close to being "invisible" as possible. I need to be able to put in a contact lens, or be able to have plenty of potential styles/shapes of frames with the tech built in (without it causing those frames to be heavier/bulkier). > let's not let our imaginations get away from ourselves before there's hardware to run our dreams on I very much disagree. Letting our imaginations get away from ourselves can help encourage huge leaps forward. That's not to say that's the only way innovation happens, but not encouraging what's not currently possible is a bit like trying to win the lotto without buying a ticket.

zamnos 4y ago

AR glasses that are the same as glasses we've all seen other people wear is one thing. Giant bulky ski goggle like-things which obstructs the user's face is another thing entirely. I'm sure society will find a use for the latter, but let's not let our imaginations get away from ourselves before there's hardware to run our dreams on. That said, not just subtitles for movies, but translations when talking to. someone in a different language.

buffington 4y ago
> Giant bulky ski goggle like-things which obstructs the user's face is another thing entirely. I agree. I'm not even a fan of wearing glasses, despite needing corrective lenses to see (I wear contact lenses instead). I think for AR tech to succeed it needs to be as close to being "invisible" as possible. I need to be able to put in a contact lens, or be able to have plenty of potential styles/shapes of frames with the tech built in (without it causing those frames to be heavier/bulkier). > let's not let our imaginations get away from ourselves before there's hardware to run our dreams on I very much disagree. Letting our imaginations get away from ourselves can help encourage huge leaps forward. That's not to say that's the only way innovation happens, but not encouraging what's not currently possible is a bit like trying to win the lotto without buying a ticket.