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A lot of old technologies tend to hang on within a niche that they are optimal within. We still have radio, cinema, and telephones even when each of those tech
by 7952 12y ago
A lot of old technologies tend to hang on within a niche that they are optimal within. We still have radio, cinema, and telephones even when each of those technologies has a better more modern equivalent. I don't doubt that AR will find a niche but I doubt it will be replacing 10$ keyboards or 50c dials on thermostats. It is fantastic that Magic Leap has moved beyond the horribly mundane "helping people find a restraunt in San Fransisco" model that Glass seemed to adopt. Fantasy AR overlays sound ridiculosly addictive as it would allow contsant enveloping escapism.
- orbifold 12y agoI'm not sure if Fantasy AR overlays are really all that compelling. Unless they make significant progress in AI as well, most likely those will be entirely predictable and boring after a while. Although who knows maybe there are enough people around who want to have a virtual pet dragon. Most of the real world outside is entirely unsuitable as a canvas for any kind of interesting movie like experience. Traditional movie story telling artfully uses both cuts in time and transitions in space to tell a compelling story, neither of which is readily available.