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I want one of these things for software development. Being able to have one giant screen which encompasses your field of vision could work wonders for develope

I want one of these things for software development. Being able to have one giant screen which encompasses your field of vision could work wonders for developers who feel constrained by monitors. Add in some sort of motion sensor and you can arrange your items on your giant virtual window with your hands. Throw a camera on the front of it so that when you need to look down at some paperwork, you can still see it.

1stop 13y ago
at 1080p... and what pixel density... it'd have to be pretty high to be bareable
catshirt 13y ago
check out https://www.spaceglasses.com/ https://www.spaceglasses.com/ they are essentially a full screen Google Glass with "touch" based UI. i am excited for the opportunity to use something like this as an IDE.
- 72deluxe 13y ago
  They look very interesting. Steve Mann is on their team I see. He looks very amusing with his Borg-style facial additions and his cheery grin. Hopefully the product will be good. But I can't see myself using one and sat there waving my arms around like a lunatic. Instead of typing on a virtual keyboard, why not just use a laptop or netbook or something? It seems to be built to fix a problem that doesn't exist.
  - catshirt 13y ago
    one benefit is this seems to be, by far, the best hardware for augmented reality. aside... AR boardgames would be cool... it could be good collaboration tool, many people touching/moving parts of the same application (or presentation, etc). and as the video suggests, this interface makes more sense for something like 3d modeling (on paper).
luxpir 13y ago
My thoughts exactly. A portable system powered by a pocket-sized computing device, or a more powerful desktop, or the portable device dialling into the desktop. Perhaps rather than a camera a simple (Blade Runner-ish) SLR-type of screen flipper to show you RL in an instant, no extra battery power required. I can also see a glove, similar to the early Nintendo efforts, with a keyboard that slides down over (or under) the hand, pivots 90 degrees and locks out between both hands. Speech recognition is of course great and all, but slightly humiliating to use (from experience), getting progressively moreso on a sliding scale of how many people can hear you talking to a computer. What we really need is either the sensor, as you mention, for 'air keyboard', or a brainwave reader that can intercept and interpret thought. Obviously one of those is more workable than the other, but no harm in planning ahead.

1stop 13y ago

at 1080p... and what pixel density... it'd have to be pretty high to be bareable

catshirt 13y ago

check out https://www.spaceglasses.com/ https://www.spaceglasses.com/ they are essentially a full screen Google Glass with "touch" based UI. i am excited for the opportunity to use something like this as an IDE.

72deluxe 13y ago
They look very interesting. Steve Mann is on their team I see. He looks very amusing with his Borg-style facial additions and his cheery grin. Hopefully the product will be good. But I can't see myself using one and sat there waving my arms around like a lunatic. Instead of typing on a virtual keyboard, why not just use a laptop or netbook or something? It seems to be built to fix a problem that doesn't exist.
- catshirt 13y ago
  one benefit is this seems to be, by far, the best hardware for augmented reality. aside... AR boardgames would be cool... it could be good collaboration tool, many people touching/moving parts of the same application (or presentation, etc). and as the video suggests, this interface makes more sense for something like 3d modeling (on paper).

luxpir 13y ago

My thoughts exactly. A portable system powered by a pocket-sized computing device, or a more powerful desktop, or the portable device dialling into the desktop. Perhaps rather than a camera a simple (Blade Runner-ish) SLR-type of screen flipper to show you RL in an instant, no extra battery power required. I can also see a glove, similar to the early Nintendo efforts, with a keyboard that slides down over (or under) the hand, pivots 90 degrees and locks out between both hands. Speech recognition is of course great and all, but slightly humiliating to use (from experience), getting progressively moreso on a sliding scale of how many people can hear you talking to a computer. What we really need is either the sensor, as you mention, for 'air keyboard', or a brainwave reader that can intercept and interpret thought. Obviously one of those is more workable than the other, but no harm in planning ahead.