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A former colleague of mine works at Humane as an engineer, and the laser tech is apparently closely guarded. They were reluctant to even give a demo when we ran

A former colleague of mine works at Humane as an engineer, and the laser tech is apparently closely guarded. They were reluctant to even give a demo when we ran into each other, stating that the laser tech was particularly sensitive topic. I got the sense it was very custom.

rasz 2y ago
You know who eles secretly guarded demos of magical display tech that turned out to be garbage? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Leap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Leap
- hbn 2y ago
  Also the RED Hydrogen One if anyone remembers that
- TiredOfLife 2y ago
  The tech used for investors was different to what ended up in the product. There are some videos of Oculus/Meta VR labs that show what a room filled with mirrors, lasers and cameras can demonstrate.
mikestew 2y ago
...stating that the laser tech was particularly sensitive topic. Perhaps it's my jaded view seasoned by the observation of decades of tech bullshit, but that could go one of two ways: 1. The laser tech is full of trade secrets that we dare not reveal just yet. 2. We don't want anyone to find out that we bought these laser things off AliExpress. (Or maybe it's tech you could buy off Amazon ten years ago, who knows? https://www.amazon.com/Brookstone-FBA_mp-796246-Projection-Virtual-Keyboard/dp/B008D6IUG4 https://www.amazon.com/Brookstone-FBA_mp-796246-Projection-V...)
- ericlewis 2y ago
  I wanted to replicate many parts of the Ai pin and did research into laser projectors. It’s probably a MEMs projector. The cyan color they use is custom, at least. Minifying that tech and making it robust enough to be knocked around on a wearable device is pretty challenging and I couldn’t find anything of a similar size off the shelf. They also run pretty hot and apparently the pin has heat issues (and according to folks at CES (?) using the laser a lot makes it over heat.

rasz 2y ago

You know who eles secretly guarded demos of magical display tech that turned out to be garbage? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Leap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Leap

hbn 2y ago
Also the RED Hydrogen One if anyone remembers that
TiredOfLife 2y ago
The tech used for investors was different to what ended up in the product. There are some videos of Oculus/Meta VR labs that show what a room filled with mirrors, lasers and cameras can demonstrate.

mikestew 2y ago

...stating that the laser tech was particularly sensitive topic. Perhaps it's my jaded view seasoned by the observation of decades of tech bullshit, but that could go one of two ways: 1. The laser tech is full of trade secrets that we dare not reveal just yet. 2. We don't want anyone to find out that we bought these laser things off AliExpress. (Or maybe it's tech you could buy off Amazon ten years ago, who knows? https://www.amazon.com/Brookstone-FBA_mp-796246-Projection-Virtual-Keyboard/dp/B008D6IUG4 https://www.amazon.com/Brookstone-FBA_mp-796246-Projection-V...)

ericlewis 2y ago
I wanted to replicate many parts of the Ai pin and did research into laser projectors. It’s probably a MEMs projector. The cyan color they use is custom, at least. Minifying that tech and making it robust enough to be knocked around on a wearable device is pretty challenging and I couldn’t find anything of a similar size off the shelf. They also run pretty hot and apparently the pin has heat issues (and according to folks at CES (?) using the laser a lot makes it over heat.