Re:An Apple Headset Is Coming. Can It Be More Than a Nerd He...
by Qweiuu on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @04:36PM
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I think there is a problem with AR: usefulness vs. Effort.
Effort: Expensive, needs energy (a lot it's a display, needs to track things), needs to be weared, breaks your outfit (makeup hair)
Benefit: ?
I can see people sitting on a couch or in the bed with switch like controllers but
Re:An Apple Headset Is Coming. Can It Be More Than a Nerd He...
by keenmaster on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @04:44PM
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It won’t require tabletop space, but can show you any number of screens, presumably can track where you’re looking for context, and theoretically can use less energy to power its display than 1 large laptop display and certainly less than 2 (laptop + external monitor) - you can always carry a powerbank and/or charger in your backpack, which you’re used to if you lug around a laptop or gaming device. You can also use an AR device while mobile, unlike a laptop.
This is just talking of the “panoramic monitor” capability, without getting into more AR-native features which will become increasingly important and be more impactful.
Re:An Apple Headset Is Coming. Can It Be More Than a Nerd He...
by Qweiuu on Thursday May 18, 2023 @03:28AM
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I have tabletop space. Our whole system provides them, plenty of it.
Most people lug it around comfortable in a backpack.
And what ar features would you want to use?
Navigation in the car perhaps but even than I would put in a cheap car display in because I don't want to wear something on my face
That’s assuming it’s physically large. As it gets smaller, it becomes more of a general purpose AR device that can overlay any context, information, or visual transformation onto your environment and allow solo or social physical-digital interaction on the go. First gen should in theory be that too, but in practice if it does look too big then people won’t use it in that manner as much as they use it as a panoramic monitor.