ehh its stupid prototype r&d. Pay a guy a million a year, and hope something comes of it, but most likely it never will
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Apple Hires Expert in Wearable Computing
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Projectors are glasses in reverse. It's still glasses. And there are compelling reasons to not always want to project light all over the place for others to see, when Augmented Reality can give you identically projected data that are personal and private.
You can have both, and they're going to be in the same pair of glasses.
Has an infinity focus HUD ever successfully been integrated into an eyepiece? I've never seen it - please correct me if I'm wrong.
...and regarding the 6th sense stuff... I REALLY don't want to walk around with a lanyard projecting stuff. Interesting concept, but I'd much rather use an augmented reality device like an iPhone for something like that.
...and regarding the 6th sense stuff... I REALLY don't want to walk around with a lanyard projecting stuff. Interesting concept, but I'd much rather use an augmented reality device like an iPhone for something like that.
Ah hahahahaha. I was wondering the same thing (although they're probably the cheap glasses used for his invention the article discusses).
Since when is that Apple SOP?
If they had a (recent) history of it, then fine on that charge. But Apple since, oh, 13 years ago, doesn't buy anything or anyone unless they're serious about making some use of it.
all we need now is softwares to take a bunch of biometric readings and everyone can have a power level! Who knew Jobs was such a DBZ fan?
You understand that is a research prototype right? We have no clue what it will be implemented into, but cellphone will probably be among the first once pico projectors get small enough (probably the laser driven ones).
If you want cutting edge computing look to Apple
Think Nokia and HTC are doing this?
I think sunglasses that serve as a peripheral to an iPhone/iPod touch would be great. Running apps like Nike+ could project your distance travelled, current speed/pace, heart rate, etc. There has also been a augmented reality game demonstrated recently where you shoot virtual hostiles placed in a real world environment (although the guy was wearing a backpack full of hardware).
Holding your phone in front of you isn't really augmented reality, but looking around naturally and being fed additional information is a lot closer. Of course I've never seen AR sunglasses that look like sunglasses, so the first step would be making something that people are actually willing to wear.
In the future...
Great.
Now we'll have to suffer through thousands of posts in the future like:
* My iGoggles don't run Flash...
(response: It's 2018, Flash was outlawed 3 years ago by President Jobs.)
* I won't buy iEyes unless they come with a stylus!
(response: Stylus!?! You'll poke your eye out kid!)
etc etc etc
Great.
Now we'll have to suffer through thousands of posts in the future like:
* My iGoggles don't run Flash...
(response: It's 2018, Flash was outlawed 3 years ago by President Jobs.)
* I won't buy iEyes unless they come with a stylus!
(response: Stylus!?! You'll poke your eye out kid!)
etc etc etc
"I love the Power Glove. It's so bad!"
As wireless communication and entertainment becomes increasingly popular, I would gather that Apple does not see Blu-Ray as a necessary evil. If anything, burning DVD's will become a thing of the past as wireless communications will take precedent and forgo the of need for hard data (besides, there are probably landfills filled with plastic DVD/CD's, taking a step away from that direction is brilliant for e-waste awareness).
I think having a wearable computer could be a great idea if done properly, although its hard to imagine any type of wearable computer that wouldn't make you look strange wearing it out in public. To be adopted by the mainstream, I think it would have to be very small, maybe something you could clip onto your glasses or be a stylish pair of glasses itself. I think if anyone can make wearable computers stylish though, it's Apple and Johny Ives.
Also, people wear bluetooth headsets all the time nowadays, which is is some ways similar to a wearable computer like device.
I hope if its ever made they use this technology which I think could be the future of computer displays:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display
Also, people wear bluetooth headsets all the time nowadays, which is is some ways similar to a wearable computer like device.
I hope if its ever made they use this technology which I think could be the future of computer displays:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display
Could be working on something as simple as a bluetooth gesture ring. Or some other simple wireless gadget. Wouldn't have to be anything totally unforseeable.
Wearable computers have been used for years, from telephone repair techs to the military. Our little R&D group had a bunch of models demonstrated to us a few years ago. They were still too bulky at the time.
One problem in marketing this stuff is how to make it appealing to the general public.
I don't think many people would want to wear sunglasses all the time.
Even the Sixth Sense kind of setup still seems a little too geeky for mass consumers.
One problem in marketing this stuff is how to make it appealing to the general public.
I don't think many people would want to wear sunglasses all the time.
Even the Sixth Sense kind of setup still seems a little too geeky for mass consumers.
LV gloves and Oliver Peoples shades
(heck, if the Japanese have LV surgical masks, why not? lol)
