Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses
by sterlind on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:24PM
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HUDs like this are already common on fighter jets, and even some passenger aircraft, precisely so you don't have to look away to check gauges. Are you saying riding a motorcycle requires more concentration than flying an FA/18 Hornet?
Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses
by CommitSyn on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @07:29PM
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In the jets, are all parts of the HUD always visible and they train to work around them as if it weren't part of the window but rather a permanent obstruction, or does the text pop up unexpectedly while they're flying?
> Are you saying riding a motorcycle requires more concentration than flying an FA/18 Hornet?
Are you saying that building strawmen is more important than the visibility of an FA/18 Hornet?
Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses
by sterlind on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @09:16PM
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the BMW motorcycle HUD doesn't have text that pops up unexpectedly, as far as I can see from the demo video. quite the opposite: the HUD stays in one place, and it only displays speed and navigation info, and it doesn't seem very obstructing.
maybe we're talking about different smart glasses?
Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses
by CommitSyn on Thursday October 05, 2023 @07:13PM
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In that case yes I believe I envisioned it differently than you. If the text is correctly sized and in a box that's always there, where you expect information to be and doesn't block your view, I don't think that would be distracting.
Worse yet the text is opaque but you have to concentrate on it to read it.
All this would do is give drivers a false sense of security in your directions example. You'll be concentrating on the text regardless, meaning your concentration is off the road.
Even that autopilot sense where you drive your daily routine for 30 minutes and don't remember minutes 20 of it still has your subconscious aware of obstacles in the road, etc. This would require your concentration to be on the text. Whether you want it to or not.