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Was looking forward to an augmented reality demo. I thought the idea was that info was projected on the "glass". It would be cool to build a hack for a heads

by harshaw 14y ago

Was looking forward to an augmented reality demo. I thought the idea was that info was projected on the "glass". It would be cool to build a hack for a heads up display with some custom telemetry.

wahsd 14y ago
I don't think total augmented reality is the goal with these devices. Besides, I sense that truly useful augmented reality is still so far off; to the point where the AI needed would totally negate the need for AR beyond some one trick pony act that's amusing for about 30 seconds.
- harshaw 14y ago
  I was thinking of something fairly easy and specific. I happen to be married to a Dentist. When she is working she has her hands full and is already wearing protective eye wear. A cool use case is to display patient specific display on an unobtrusive heads up display mounted to the glasses rather than turning her head to look back at the monitor to see the patient's chart. I am sure this technology is possible right now but google glasses would presumably dramatically lower the price and availability. So, this isn't pie in the sky AR but something more specific and approachable in the near term (and great for developer hacking).
  - tjr 14y ago
    I agree. As a musician, I'm looking forward to some sort of heads-up display that I can use to show chord charts. The same sort of system you describe here should work, I would think.
bayleo 14y ago
I would at least like to see the data they already have from Goggles in a live overlay; that way it could at least identify and display information about notable landmarks/stores/etc, but I'm sure they're struggling enough with getting the hardware and the basic OS working that they probably have not had time to refine the content beyond basic camera/G+ functionality.
strife25 14y ago
agreed, I wasn't impressed with this demo - how does it defer from a head mounted camera streaming video through a smartphone? The fact that it is a piece of hardware made by Google? I'm not bashing Google here - I really think AR will be the next big game changer in UI interactions the same way multi-touch was back in 2007, but there is honestly nothing new in that demo technology wise.

by harshaw 14y ago

Was looking forward to an augmented reality demo. I thought the idea was that info was projected on the "glass". It would be cool to build a hack for a heads up display with some custom telemetry.

wahsd 14y ago

I don't think total augmented reality is the goal with these devices. Besides, I sense that truly useful augmented reality is still so far off; to the point where the AI needed would totally negate the need for AR beyond some one trick pony act that's amusing for about 30 seconds.

harshaw 14y ago
I was thinking of something fairly easy and specific. I happen to be married to a Dentist. When she is working she has her hands full and is already wearing protective eye wear. A cool use case is to display patient specific display on an unobtrusive heads up display mounted to the glasses rather than turning her head to look back at the monitor to see the patient's chart. I am sure this technology is possible right now but google glasses would presumably dramatically lower the price and availability. So, this isn't pie in the sky AR but something more specific and approachable in the near term (and great for developer hacking).
- tjr 14y ago
  I agree. As a musician, I'm looking forward to some sort of heads-up display that I can use to show chord charts. The same sort of system you describe here should work, I would think.

bayleo 14y ago

I would at least like to see the data they already have from Goggles in a live overlay; that way it could at least identify and display information about notable landmarks/stores/etc, but I'm sure they're struggling enough with getting the hardware and the basic OS working that they probably have not had time to refine the content beyond basic camera/G+ functionality.

strife25 14y ago

agreed, I wasn't impressed with this demo - how does it defer from a head mounted camera streaming video through a smartphone? The fact that it is a piece of hardware made by Google? I'm not bashing Google here - I really think AR will be the next big game changer in UI interactions the same way multi-touch was back in 2007, but there is honestly nothing new in that demo technology wise.