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Say what you want about Zuckerberg. But once again you have witnessed the heavy investment in reality labs to create a new XR glasses platform that potentially
by rvz 2y ago
Say what you want about Zuckerberg. But once again you have witnessed the heavy investment in reality labs to create a new XR glasses platform that potentially ticks all the boxes that will take consumer XR glasses mainstream:
* Looks very cool and more natural. (In comparison, look at Snap XR Glasses)
* No wires sticking out.
* Not a huge VR headset.
* Can see what you see through the lenses for XR capabilities.
* Controllable through eyes, hands and neural interface to cover almost all scenarios without looking awkward in public.
* Integrates with an existing app ecosystem.
Orion is very promising and appears to be in the lead for mainstream XR glasses so far.
In general, it appears that everyone here misjudged and betted against Meta and Zuck when they were at $93 with calls for Zuck to be 'fired' when the stock crashed. [0] Now the stock is at all time highs.
Remember. They didn't even mention Threads. At all. It is another way for them to monetize that if they want to.
That is true founder mode and the death of Meta Platforms Inc. has been absolutely exaggerated.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36452808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36452808
- rchaud 2y agoI agree, founder mode in SV doesn't seem to be much more than creating something with good UX and proceeding to ruin it by attempting to turn it into a "platform".
- regularfry 2y agoThe "doesn't look too dorky" benchmark for me is the XReal Air line. They're a few years old now, and they aren't exactly AR glasses in the same way, but you'd expect the headline of this iteration of tech to be better looking. Not worse. I wonder what's actually in the frames. You wouldn't put bulk there if you had any other choice.
- zmmmmm 2y agoXReals have no battery or standalone function and top out at 50 degrees or so field of view. So the fact Orion is doing all of those function at 70 degrees, self powered and wireless is stunning.
- regularfry 2y agoYeah, I'm not saying they're on par. You'd expect a 2024 device to be a functional step up from a 2022 device. I'm just surprised by how much less slick they look, given the comparator.