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Google Glass was ahead of its time, for a while. They re-engineered the guts of a cellphone to fit into an eyeglass frame. The visual 'cube' that forms the disp
by donpdonp 12y ago
Google Glass was ahead of its time, for a while. They re-engineered the guts of a cellphone to fit into an eyeglass frame. The visual 'cube' that forms the display was a novelty and kept the project within the bounds of whats possible to be manufactured today.
Then Google came across a fiber optic eye-ball projector that made the Glass visual interface look like an 8-Track of the Doobie Brothers. They immediately realized this and dumped a half billion dollars on the project, Magic Leap.
http://gizmodo.com/how-magic-leap-is-secretly-creating-a-new-alternate-rea-1660441103 http://gizmodo.com/how-magic-leap-is-secretly-creating-a-new...
Some day, Google will spring a productized version of this on the public and it'll be like nothing before, including Oculus. Its the best shot we've got at 'true' augmented reality.
- MrScruff 12y agoWhile I'm excited about Magic Leap as well, I don't see it in the same category as Oculus. AR will certainly be useful, but less so for the 'experience' type audience that VR is seeking. But yeah, probably worlds ahead of Glass for AR.
- daturkel 12y agoGlass actually offloads most of the work to your phone, rather than fitting all that hardware inside the frame.
- 3_2__1 12y agoGoogle will never bring a Glass-like product to market successfully. Period. They are incapable.
- andrewfelix 12y agoYou need to elaborate. Adding the term 'Period' doesn't magically strengthen your argument. Genuinely interested in your rationale though.