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I don't doubt the hardware can exist and work well. The question is what is it for? Okay, I have a display on my head that is aware of the world around me, wit
by potatolicious 13y ago
I don't doubt the hardware can exist and work well. The question is what is it for?
Okay, I have a display on my head that is aware of the world around me, with perfect latency and extreme accuracy (still two of the biggest unsolved problems, but let's assume).
I'm walking around on the street. What would this thing be doing? I'm cooking dinner. What would it be showing me? I'm hanging out with my friends. What would...?
There are certainly a lot of niche, professional uses: technicians and engineers can get information hands-free while on all fours or strung up on a high pole. Realtors can use it to show prospective tenants virtual layouts (as you brought up). Professional drivers can use it to get dispatches without taking their eyes off the road.
None of this particularly compels the everyman to wear one regularly. What does it do for the average joe, in their average joe lives?
- prawn 13y agoI don't know that people would wear them all the time, but in a kitchen you could have a recipe HUD or a virtual screen somewhere within glancing distance for watching news/TV/doco without needing to have a physical screen taking up space in your kitchen. Watching TV while lying in bed or anywhere. When driving, traffic alerts or directions overlaid on the road in a way that wasn't too distracting. Shop numbers superimposed on the road so you needn't study signs for inconsistent numbering. Gaming applications are obvious and will be an early driver. Until they're available as contact lenses, I don't think people would wear them all day, but certainly multiple times per day once they're streamlined and improved.