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Maybe I'm not a visionary, but I can't think of a mainstream use case. Maybe as a telepresence thing for better situational awareness? But I think for a lot of

Maybe I'm not a visionary, but I can't think of a mainstream use case. Maybe as a telepresence thing for better situational awareness? But I think for a lot of things the tech we have today is "good enough". I'm not going to jack into cyberspace to pay my water bill "in person" when I can use an app or website with less friction.

dgfitz 2y ago
I can only see it working if you have like, a telepresence device on the other end. An unpopular example might be a robot solider with its “handler” halfway around the globe. Maybe a “better” example would be of the same ilk, a robot in space repairing something with the handler back on earth controlling the thing.
- kevindamm 2y ago
  The radio delay alone will cause vection, I would think, and unless near-term technology advances include something like an ansible I don't see a way around that.
jayd16 2y ago
Just imagine a smart phone but the screen is holograms you can interact with. Apps can be any size of your choosing because you're not limited by a physical screen. Google maps can be a wall sized 2D map or a fully 3D model in you hand. Its not that hard to consider why AR apps would be compelling once the basic interface is sorted out.
- mysterydip 2y ago
  AR I agree I see some options, but VR I don't.
crdotson 2y ago
AR will be as big as smartphones; imagine wait staff seeing people’s orders above their heads, convention attendees seeing virtual name tags, mechanics seeing the engine details overlaid, phone repair personnel seeing the step by step instructions, me seeing arrows pointing to where I left my keys, and so forth. But it has to be on a comfort level of “wearing glasses”, I think.
- crooked-v 2y ago
  I think something around the bulk and weight factor of good ski goggles (about 150g, as compared to the Quest 3's 722g and more if you want a headstrap that's actually comfortable) would be enough for AR devices to start seeing regular professional use (mechanics, plumbers, and so on) and to start showing up as mass-market media consumption/2D-game-console-replacement devices. At that point it would be comfortable enough for non-enthusiasts to wear for a few hours at a time without complaints.
- mysterydip 2y ago
  Ok, if there were glasses I could put on that would in AR show me where everything I have is from the last time I put it down, as an ADHDer that would be a gamechanger. But, I also have zero faith in tech companies letting anything of that sort be private.
- JohnFen 2y ago
  All of your examples except for the keys are the sorts of niche applications I think could work. But they aren't things that will make the average person want to incorporate them into their every-minute life.

dgfitz 2y ago

I can only see it working if you have like, a telepresence device on the other end. An unpopular example might be a robot solider with its “handler” halfway around the globe. Maybe a “better” example would be of the same ilk, a robot in space repairing something with the handler back on earth controlling the thing.

kevindamm 2y ago
The radio delay alone will cause vection, I would think, and unless near-term technology advances include something like an ansible I don't see a way around that.

jayd16 2y ago

Just imagine a smart phone but the screen is holograms you can interact with. Apps can be any size of your choosing because you're not limited by a physical screen. Google maps can be a wall sized 2D map or a fully 3D model in you hand. Its not that hard to consider why AR apps would be compelling once the basic interface is sorted out.

mysterydip 2y ago
AR I agree I see some options, but VR I don't.

crdotson 2y ago

AR will be as big as smartphones; imagine wait staff seeing people’s orders above their heads, convention attendees seeing virtual name tags, mechanics seeing the engine details overlaid, phone repair personnel seeing the step by step instructions, me seeing arrows pointing to where I left my keys, and so forth. But it has to be on a comfort level of “wearing glasses”, I think.

crooked-v 2y ago
I think something around the bulk and weight factor of good ski goggles (about 150g, as compared to the Quest 3's 722g and more if you want a headstrap that's actually comfortable) would be enough for AR devices to start seeing regular professional use (mechanics, plumbers, and so on) and to start showing up as mass-market media consumption/2D-game-console-replacement devices. At that point it would be comfortable enough for non-enthusiasts to wear for a few hours at a time without complaints.
mysterydip 2y ago
Ok, if there were glasses I could put on that would in AR show me where everything I have is from the last time I put it down, as an ADHDer that would be a gamechanger. But, I also have zero faith in tech companies letting anything of that sort be private.
JohnFen 2y ago
All of your examples except for the keys are the sorts of niche applications I think could work. But they aren't things that will make the average person want to incorporate them into their every-minute life.