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AR can also lead with more engagement in the world. Remember when, for a moment, Pokemon GO had groups of complete strangers walking outside together and sharin

AR can also lead with more engagement in the world. Remember when, for a moment, Pokemon GO had groups of complete strangers walking outside together and sharing an experience in the real world?

gonehome 4y ago
Not only that - the UX does too. Instead of looking hunched over at little glass displays you're looking at the world and interacting with it more directly.
- subpixel 4y ago
  For pokemons.
- JohnFen 4y ago
  > you're looking at the world and interacting with it more directly. Only sorta. What you're really doing is taking the real world and reducing to an electronic simulacrum of the real world.
  - gonehome 4y ago
    Not if the AR is really good, probably better than what it will be initially. I’m not talking about AR goggle pass through.
    - JohnFen 4y ago
      How is it possible that it's not a simulacrum of the real world? It seems to me that how good it is doesn't actually enter into it. You're still putting a physical barrier between you and the world. We see this happen even when AR isn't involved. Just looking through a window introduces a separation between you and the real world. That separation matters a whole lot to people, and changes how people think about, perceive, and react to what they see.
      - gonehome 4y ago
        When you look through your eye glasses are you seeing a simulacrum of the real world? If it’s the same, but you can do hand gestures to interact with UI that appears and disappears does that change things? Maybe you think so given your example of a window. Indoors is still the real world to me. It’s adding a software UX layer on top that could be more natural than the UX via small displays.
Pulcinella 4y ago
The major AR part of Pokémon Go is the geolocation features of Pokémon and game locations in the real world. Most players turned off the AR camera mode after about 5 minutes or so because it makes the game more annoying to play and uses more battery power.
barbazoo 4y ago
BC, Canada, occasionally I still see people meet up trying to catch em all. Although I don't know how much it is really meeting up and how much is having to be in the same location because that's where a particular pokemon is. Obviously I have no idea how any of that works but it's fun to imagine.

AR can also lead with more engagement in the world. Remember when, for a moment, Pokemon GO had groups of complete strangers walking outside together and sharing an experience in the real world?

gonehome 4y ago

Not only that - the UX does too. Instead of looking hunched over at little glass displays you're looking at the world and interacting with it more directly.

subpixel 4y ago
For pokemons.
JohnFen 4y ago
> you're looking at the world and interacting with it more directly. Only sorta. What you're really doing is taking the real world and reducing to an electronic simulacrum of the real world.
- gonehome 4y ago
  Not if the AR is really good, probably better than what it will be initially. I’m not talking about AR goggle pass through.
  - JohnFen 4y ago
    How is it possible that it's not a simulacrum of the real world? It seems to me that how good it is doesn't actually enter into it. You're still putting a physical barrier between you and the world. We see this happen even when AR isn't involved. Just looking through a window introduces a separation between you and the real world. That separation matters a whole lot to people, and changes how people think about, perceive, and react to what they see.
    - gonehome 4y ago
      When you look through your eye glasses are you seeing a simulacrum of the real world? If it’s the same, but you can do hand gestures to interact with UI that appears and disappears does that change things? Maybe you think so given your example of a window. Indoors is still the real world to me. It’s adding a software UX layer on top that could be more natural than the UX via small displays.

Pulcinella 4y ago

The major AR part of Pokémon Go is the geolocation features of Pokémon and game locations in the real world. Most players turned off the AR camera mode after about 5 minutes or so because it makes the game more annoying to play and uses more battery power.

barbazoo 4y ago

BC, Canada, occasionally I still see people meet up trying to catch em all. Although I don't know how much it is really meeting up and how much is having to be in the same location because that's where a particular pokemon is. Obviously I have no idea how any of that works but it's fun to imagine.