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An intriguing idea, but a few issues make this a very hard sell: 1) resolution is too low, 2) eInk's slow refresh time will make it look like your entire world
by notfried 3y ago
An intriguing idea, but a few issues make this a very hard sell: 1) resolution is too low, 2) eInk's slow refresh time will make it look like your entire world is flashing, 3) due to the low resolution, you can only render like a paragraph worth of text; there will be a lot of page scrolling, and 4) price is too high for a one-utility device. Maybe there could be a v3 or v4 that can solve these issues.
- drcode 3y agoI don't think the eink will make it look like the world is flashing, because I'm guessing the text is fixed in one place, moving with you when you turn your head. which is also not great for entirely different reasons
- valine 3y agoI doubt it. To pull that off you need a high frame rate and lots of motion tracking.
- jasonjmcghee 3y agoI think parent is saying the opposite of what you think. No tracking, no VR. Just e-ink screens in sunglasses > moving with you when you turn your head As in, unlike vr it doesn't stay in place- much dumber tech. just Kindle on your face
- valine 3y agoYeah that makes sense, their original wording was ambiguous.
- tiltowait 3y agoIt won't look like the world is flashing, because eInk just doesn't work that way anymore. Any modern eInk display can go many page turns without a full-screen refresh. IIRC Kobos, Nooks, and Kindles come preconfigured to only refresh on chapter breaks.
- jetrink 3y agoGood points, but I'd quibble about the price being too high for a single use device. There is a segment of the population that spends a lot of time reading and they don't mind spending money for a device that provides a good reading experience. The original Kindle cost $399 back in 2007 and sold out in hours. The high-end Kindle still costs $250.