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My prediction: it will suck. Why? All AR devices suck, the tech just isn't there.

paxys 4y ago
More than that, I think the underlying problem is that people simply don't want VR/AR. Decades of science fiction writing has convinced us that it is the future, but like..why?
- staminade 4y ago
  Because as depicted in scf-fi, VR would be amazing. The ability to plug-in, or walk onto a holodeck, and frictionlessly experience literally any experience, in perfect, complete sensory detail. Believing people wouldn't want that means disregarding human nature entirely. The problem with VR/AR is that they anything but frictionless or perfect. They are expensive, uncomfortable and limited. They are a million miles away from what's depicted in sci-fi and likely will be for decades, perhaps hundreds of years. If anything, the sci-fi dream works against them by illustrating just what a stark difference there is between fiction and (artificial) reality.
  - JKCalhoun 4y ago
    Yeah, but that's not a headset — that's more like being jacked into the matrix (or "Brainscan" (1994) if you like). We may still have another 50 years before that is ready.
- dmead 4y ago
  One decade. Just the one. Maybe one and a half. Most science fiction doesn't care about VR.
- Duralias 4y ago
  As someone enthusiastic about it, VR is unlikely to go fully mainstream, however it will definitely still exist, but AR is a completely different beast. AR glasses could replace your phone, TV and computer monitors. Of course we are a bit away from that future but just replacing screens alone has the capability to shake up the world.
- root_axis 4y ago
  As a sibling comment pointed out, the vision of this tech in science fiction is far beyond what is currently possible or what may ever be possible. Nobody except enthusiasts will be willing to wear a janky UI sweat box on their face that needs to be charged every 6 hours, the product is DOA.
- MagicMoonlight 4y ago
  It would be cool if it was like the matrix. The problem is it isn’t, it’s just a screen on your face. That inherently makes it shit because having motion in front of your face without real motion makes you ill. It’s an unfixable problem. Instead of fucking around, why don’t they just make siri be like cortana in halo. Give me a cute hologram in the real world with a GPT model behind it. Every house in the world could have a siri pod. Your phone could connect to their siri pod and let your siri come out and talk to you while you’re at their house. That would be some real science fiction. Imagine siri popping up in your car and directing you or warning you about pedestrians it can see that are about to step into the road.

More than that, I think the underlying problem is that people simply don't want VR/AR. Decades of science fiction writing has convinced us that it is the future, but like..why?

staminade 4y ago
Because as depicted in scf-fi, VR would be amazing. The ability to plug-in, or walk onto a holodeck, and frictionlessly experience literally any experience, in perfect, complete sensory detail. Believing people wouldn't want that means disregarding human nature entirely. The problem with VR/AR is that they anything but frictionless or perfect. They are expensive, uncomfortable and limited. They are a million miles away from what's depicted in sci-fi and likely will be for decades, perhaps hundreds of years. If anything, the sci-fi dream works against them by illustrating just what a stark difference there is between fiction and (artificial) reality.
- JKCalhoun 4y ago
  Yeah, but that's not a headset — that's more like being jacked into the matrix (or "Brainscan" (1994) if you like). We may still have another 50 years before that is ready.
dmead 4y ago
One decade. Just the one. Maybe one and a half. Most science fiction doesn't care about VR.
Duralias 4y ago
As someone enthusiastic about it, VR is unlikely to go fully mainstream, however it will definitely still exist, but AR is a completely different beast. AR glasses could replace your phone, TV and computer monitors. Of course we are a bit away from that future but just replacing screens alone has the capability to shake up the world.
root_axis 4y ago
As a sibling comment pointed out, the vision of this tech in science fiction is far beyond what is currently possible or what may ever be possible. Nobody except enthusiasts will be willing to wear a janky UI sweat box on their face that needs to be charged every 6 hours, the product is DOA.
MagicMoonlight 4y ago
It would be cool if it was like the matrix. The problem is it isn’t, it’s just a screen on your face. That inherently makes it shit because having motion in front of your face without real motion makes you ill. It’s an unfixable problem. Instead of fucking around, why don’t they just make siri be like cortana in halo. Give me a cute hologram in the real world with a GPT model behind it. Every house in the world could have a siri pod. Your phone could connect to their siri pod and let your siri come out and talk to you while you’re at their house. That would be some real science fiction. Imagine siri popping up in your car and directing you or warning you about pedestrians it can see that are about to step into the road.