Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand

Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by PaulHoule on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @11:36AM (#28932001)

That will take a while.

AR isn't going to get big unless Facebook recruits other firms to make investments in content.

Those investments are going to happen until a decent AR dev kit exists, but for now very expensive $2500 headsets are not good enough in terms of

   * image quality
   * brightness
   * size
   * drop a pair on anybody right now for a demo

https://kguttag.com/

points out the problems are difficult; industry badly wants full color, but a green-only design helps on all of those fronts.

AR for the military is a real thing. The U.S. spends over $1 million to train an infantry soldier, it can afford to equip one with a $2500 headset.

Consumers will be sick and tired of metaverse promises long before Facebook can deliver.

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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by gfodor on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:36PM (#28932773)

I wasn't referring to a specific hardware stack when I was referring to AR. I was referring to a software stack which also includes experiences that do not incorporate physical reality. And in my opinion the holographic transparent AR glass tech track is largely a dead end. I think passthrough AR devices like the Lynx-R are the best proxy for future consumer devices that incorporate the physical world.

I feel pretty strongly we'll see a good Passthrough AR device from Apple in 2022.

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