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That’s a phone. You are describing a smartphone. Does this make all phones “AR” devices?
by teddyh 2y ago
That’s a phone. You are describing a smartphone. Does this make all phones “AR” devices?
- loeg 2y agoThis you? https://as2.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/01/36/71/61/1000_F_136716109_nKVAugc5Nzjpj9iuCpMzeNctkCZuby9F.jpg https://as2.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/01/36/71/61/1000_F_136716109_nK... Glasses are a fundamentally different UX than a smartphone.
- teddyh 2y agoPut your phone in a shirt pocket, its camera visible. Add headphones (wired or bluetooth). Done. The question remains: Does an audio-only interface qualify as “AR”?
- gmueckl 2y agoYes! The true magic of AR is a computer understanding the user's real wolrd context. The UX modality is secondary.
- Izkata 2y agoThere was an app over a decade ago called Layar that used the camera, screen, and GPS for AR.
- hughesjj 2y agoAlso for VR there's, of course, https://arvr.google.com/cardboard/ https://arvr.google.com/cardboard/ Imo whether you overlay an image on your eyes or if they just do binocular camera passthrough, they could both count for VR. It's just most phones can't do binocular passthrough due to the lack of appropriately spaced cameras. This is relevant for stuff like the f35 where you can look "through" the jet