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Imo this "mobile AR" is a stupid product category. This category is like Apple Watch on your face. You get to look at notifications, AR popups, messages and so

by Geee 2y ago

Imo this "mobile AR" is a stupid product category. This category is like Apple Watch on your face. You get to look at notifications, AR popups, messages and so on. It's mostly for consuming light-weight content on the go. First product in this category was the Google Glass. This category focuses on mobility, instead of pushing computing capability. In another category, we have PCVR and Vision Pro, which are optimized for high-end computing experiences, and compete with high-end PCs with multiple displays in terms of capability. This category pushes the boundaries of what's possible to do with computers, and has the chance to elevate productivity to a completely new level. There aren't yet any devices / software that do this, but the idea is there. These two categories might converge into a similar form factor somewhere in the far future, but as of now they represent the polar opposites of computing experience. However, I simply don't want the "mobile" experience in my life at all, and I don't think anyone wants it. When I'm moving or spending time with friends, I try to put away all devices, and expect everyone to do the same. Also, I hate notifications and pop ups, and definitely don't want them on my face. On the other hand, when I'm alone, I want to immerse myself in CAD, programming or games, and I want to use the most capable devices and software. Only PCVR and Vision Pro are devices which might elevate the experience beyond of what we have today.

PKop 2y ago
>This category pushes the boundaries of what's possible to do with computers, and has the chance to elevate productivity to a completely new level. It probably has something to do with mass-production for a mass audience (not that they'll even succeed here). Look at the success of smartphones and compare their capabilities to full powered computers. They want to make it up on volume, so you have a quantity over quality dynamic of iOS-ified lowering of productive capacity. >When I'm moving or spending time with friends, I try to put away all devices, and expect everyone to do the same. Also, I hate notifications and pop ups, and definitely don't want them on my face. On the other hand, when I'm alone, I want to immerse myself in CAD, programming or games, and I want to use the most capable devices and software. Only PCVR and Vision Pro are devices which might elevate the experience beyond of what we have today. Yea, very respectable usage of technology and I relate completely, but our type is a minority of the addressable market. So toy-computers is what will be produced. This is the pessimistic reality of "democratization of technology". It makes you miss the glory days when the main target market for computers was more advanced users. Offerings for that segment could be a larger portion of sales and would thus get focus from product development that would lack today's lowest-common-denominator designs.
alasdair_ 2y ago
The point of AR is all the new stuff you can do with it. For example, imagine running facial recognition on it to remind you the name of someone you met once a year ago. Or having your map route overlayed as a blue trail like a videogame. Without new future apps, it’s just a toy but with them, it’s the next iphone.
XorNot 2y ago
The light weight nature of these is interesting for an application like electronics repair: an app which could live-search chip serials and pinouts as you look over a board (or pull a digital microscope feed up onto your vision in one eye while you work) could be quite the productivity booster.

by Geee 2y ago

PKop 2y ago

>This category pushes the boundaries of what's possible to do with computers, and has the chance to elevate productivity to a completely new level. It probably has something to do with mass-production for a mass audience (not that they'll even succeed here). Look at the success of smartphones and compare their capabilities to full powered computers. They want to make it up on volume, so you have a quantity over quality dynamic of iOS-ified lowering of productive capacity. >When I'm moving or spending time with friends, I try to put away all devices, and expect everyone to do the same. Also, I hate notifications and pop ups, and definitely don't want them on my face. On the other hand, when I'm alone, I want to immerse myself in CAD, programming or games, and I want to use the most capable devices and software. Only PCVR and Vision Pro are devices which might elevate the experience beyond of what we have today. Yea, very respectable usage of technology and I relate completely, but our type is a minority of the addressable market. So toy-computers is what will be produced. This is the pessimistic reality of "democratization of technology". It makes you miss the glory days when the main target market for computers was more advanced users. Offerings for that segment could be a larger portion of sales and would thus get focus from product development that would lack today's lowest-common-denominator designs.

alasdair_ 2y ago

The point of AR is all the new stuff you can do with it. For example, imagine running facial recognition on it to remind you the name of someone you met once a year ago. Or having your map route overlayed as a blue trail like a videogame. Without new future apps, it’s just a toy but with them, it’s the next iphone.

XorNot 2y ago

The light weight nature of these is interesting for an application like electronics repair: an app which could live-search chip serials and pinouts as you look over a board (or pull a digital microscope feed up onto your vision in one eye while you work) could be quite the productivity booster.