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I think passthrough has no future. VR games are fun, immersive applications are real, AR adds a dimension to that but without the immersive applications tech b

I think passthrough has no future. VR games are fun, immersive applications are real, AR adds a dimension to that but without the immersive applications tech bros will keep failing at this one.

miladyincontrol 4mo ago
I’m inclined to believe in a future a bit less binary and more MR in general. Devices that can handle a variety of experiences from 1% augmented to 100% virtual.
- malfist 4mo ago
  Well as long as we're all stating opionins at each other, I think bikes with 650b tires are the future
  - bigfishrunning 4mo ago
    In the future, all cars will have fins
nostrademons 4mo ago
VR is for games, AR is for businesses. I've seen legit-useful AR apps for doctors/surgeons, dentists, firefighters, law enforcement, warehouse workers, etc. Basically anything where you need to be out in the real world doing something that would benefit from having situational-awareness of other non-visual conditions. This is a pretty wide swath of professions, with a lot of potential to save lives. Just having a patient's vital signs projected while a surgeon operates could prevent many deaths on the operating table, along with lots of fuck-ups like leaving a scalpel behind in the patient.
dylan604 4mo ago
> AR adds what really worries me would be AR ads
- marssaxman 4mo ago
  If AR glasses could run an adblocker for the real world, that might convince me to buy a pair.
  - VTimofeenko 4mo ago
    I'd pay top dollar for an adblocker that would replace ads with "They Live" references
mrkpdl 4mo ago
I did quite a bit of work in VR about a decade ago. The VR vs AR delineation was a constant conversation back then too. In meetings, at the bar, and so on: “This VR sure isn’t great but just you wait, AR will be the good one”… But in reality it’s splitting hairs. Similar to discussing which tone pot values are better for your Stratocaster. Most people just don’t care, nor should they! “Stop trying to make fetch happen” as they say.

I think passthrough has no future. VR games are fun, immersive applications are real, AR adds a dimension to that but without the immersive applications tech bros will keep failing at this one.

miladyincontrol 4mo ago

I’m inclined to believe in a future a bit less binary and more MR in general. Devices that can handle a variety of experiences from 1% augmented to 100% virtual.

malfist 4mo ago
Well as long as we're all stating opionins at each other, I think bikes with 650b tires are the future
- bigfishrunning 4mo ago
  In the future, all cars will have fins

nostrademons 4mo ago

VR is for games, AR is for businesses. I've seen legit-useful AR apps for doctors/surgeons, dentists, firefighters, law enforcement, warehouse workers, etc. Basically anything where you need to be out in the real world doing something that would benefit from having situational-awareness of other non-visual conditions. This is a pretty wide swath of professions, with a lot of potential to save lives. Just having a patient's vital signs projected while a surgeon operates could prevent many deaths on the operating table, along with lots of fuck-ups like leaving a scalpel behind in the patient.

dylan604 4mo ago

> AR adds what really worries me would be AR ads

marssaxman 4mo ago
If AR glasses could run an adblocker for the real world, that might convince me to buy a pair.
- VTimofeenko 4mo ago
  I'd pay top dollar for an adblocker that would replace ads with "They Live" references

mrkpdl 4mo ago

I did quite a bit of work in VR about a decade ago. The VR vs AR delineation was a constant conversation back then too. In meetings, at the bar, and so on: “This VR sure isn’t great but just you wait, AR will be the good one”… But in reality it’s splitting hairs. Similar to discussing which tone pot values are better for your Stratocaster. Most people just don’t care, nor should they! “Stop trying to make fetch happen” as they say.