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> I don't think there is a consumer market for head mounted AR anymore anymore, or yet? I think the biggest barriers are form factor and price. History suggest
by jnsie 3y ago
> I don't think there is a consumer market for head mounted AR anymore
anymore, or yet? I think the biggest barriers are form factor and price. History suggests that price of such devices will increase over time. Whether the tech can be squeezed into a form factor that will be desirable to the masses is another problem altogether. The fact that apple (according to this article) have not managed to do it suggests to me that it might be some time off.
- zamnos 3y agoRight. $3,000 is obviously a luxury/niche product, but $450 Nreal Air (which is a product you can buy today off Amazon) much less so. It's like 3D TVs, the idea will never die. Even if it's doesn't work out time around (which I doubt, having spent a tiny bit of time with an Nreal Air), expect to see it again in 10 years or so.
- verdverm 3y agoOnce there are true smart glasses, things will change. I love the Hololens 2 experience, it just needs better hardware and smaller form factor.
- jnsie 3y agoReally curious about Nreal Air but would love to try before buying. Have you experienced them? If so, what's your take?
- aryc19 3y agoI've used nreal air. The good: - Great form factor - Image quality for screen mirroring is great - Display has good brightness - Decent speakers The bad: - Nebula (AR software that allows projecting multiple screens) has a worse image quality (I see some flickering). It's also buggy (e.g. it doesn't work on latest MacOS) - Slightly heavy. You would start feeling the weight on your ears after wearing it for an hour or so. - When screen mirroring an M1 Mac, the display settings on Mac doesn't allow you to resize the screen. It works on an Intel Mac though. Eventually I decided to return it as I want to wait for the device to mature and I don't really have a strong need for AR glasses at this time. I'd be looking forward to their next version. I think the current AR glasses (Nreal, Rokid, etc) are probably at the same level of maturity as smart watches when they first came out in the early to mid 2010s.
- jnsie 3y agoReally helpful, thank you! Can't tell you how many times I've had this in my amazon cart.
- theshrike79 3y agoDon't own them myself, but there is a huge number of people using them with the Steam Deck. You can get a huge screen in a portable form factor anywhere.
- jnsie 3y agoTypo fix: should have said "History suggests that price of such devices will *decrease* over time."
- rcme 3y agoI think there is a much more important question, which is: what can you do with the tech that makes it valuable at any price point? Like cool, I can augment my vision. Now what? Now much... at least from what I've seen.