AR will be massive.
Potentially replaces monitors. Directions / Maps. Art and design. Engineering. Fitness will a big use.
and the biggest use, of course, games.
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AR will be massive.
Potentially replaces monitors. Directions / Maps. Art and design. Engineering. Fitness will a big use.
and the biggest use, of course, games.
And a reason/purpose
Tech overreach...just like "Google Glass". Trying to force a market where there is none. The exception being the "Tech is God" types. You know the type. They open their mouths to swallow every time a tech company squats over and squirts something out and then say "thank you sir may I have another".
AR is so useless and such a gimmick in its current form. The whole „show a random statue / item / product“ in a real environment approach just seems silly to me.
The only cool thing I can think of is an AR enabled wind shield to show u stuff in real time as you are driving such as stop sign alerts etc
The only cool thing I can think of is an AR enabled wind shield to show u stuff in real time as you are driving such as stop sign alerts etc
Why don’t they stick to non-augmented reality and augment their keyboard
They're really trying to make AR a thing, huh?
My point being that most of these things are only marginally better experiences than real life, and the rest are kinda useful. Nothing is a must-have like the iPhone was, and none of these things necessitate hardware. What I don't like is the idea that people will wear glasses or contact lenses that will project overlays onto the world that will scan each person's face you walk by and bring up every piece of information about them. Super creepy and a big part of why I have been withdrawing from social media even more than I already have—which is a pretty small footprint. I'm typically a futurist but I feel like we're getting to the point where technology—at least the general computing/software kind and not other areas such as medicine or engineering—has improved our life enough and now it's causing more harm than good. It's disconnecting us from each other and pitting us against one another more than ever.
My iPhone already tells me where to go and I can see it in the dock next to my steering wheel.
You can already do this. It's called looking in shop windows and finding more about them by going inside.
Can be useful when buying things online, but if you're walking around at stores, you could just try them on in person. Also tape measures have worked fine for furniture for ages, but it can be nice to see how it looks.
My point being that most of these things are only marginally better experiences than real life, and the rest are kinda useful. Nothing is a must-have like the iPhone was, and none of these things necessitate hardware. What I don't like is the idea that people will wear glasses or contact lenses that will project overlays onto the world that will scan each person's face you walk by and bring up every piece of information about them. Super creepy and a big part of why I have been withdrawing from social media even more than I already have—which is a pretty small footprint. I'm typically a futurist but I feel like we're getting to the point where technology—at least the general computing/software kind and not other areas such as medicine or engineering—has improved our life enough and now it's causing more harm than good. It's disconnecting us from each other and pitting us against one another more than ever.
Here's another medical AR application; brief and easy to understand. Endless disciplines in other fields, endless possibilities.
So very cute, so very pointless.
Now can Apple PLEASE get back to fixing the software bugs in all their OSses? Jeez... all that money, all that talent, and everything is being wasted on AR and AI and whatnot, but can we get a decent stable OS for either the Macintosh line or the iDevices?
Apple, you're losing me and I'm not the only one...
Now can Apple PLEASE get back to fixing the software bugs in all their OSses? Jeez... all that money, all that talent, and everything is being wasted on AR and AI and whatnot, but can we get a decent stable OS for either the Macintosh line or the iDevices?
Apple, you're losing me and I'm not the only one...
Absolutely. Whenever I hear about it, I have to stifle a yARn, sorry yawn.
When I first bought a 3DS, I did have fun watching Mario run around my kitchen table though....for 5 minutes
Great, Apple. Make some glasses or a magic windshield that you can sell to vehicle manufacturers. Short of those two things, I don't see how this technology is useful.
The potential and virtures of any tech are only as worthwhile as what the user base does with it. As we've seen, consumers prefer toys.
It's really about one's imagination. I think some are less sclerotic than others.
Yep.
I can see potential for technical/professional applications, but aside from driving navigation, all other consumer applications appear to be fluff and nonsense.
Needless distractions to enhance your life, your workouts, your relationships etc.
Pfft.
Look up from your phone/tech once in a while, you might like it.
This is what I don’t get about AR . It seems like a convoluted way of delivering/revealing information in many circumstances.
I’m not going to say it’s pointless or there’s no use cases, but I don’t see it as necessarily inevitable in daily use.
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It’s embarrassing, the lack of imagination and forward-thinking of some; seems especially prevalent among the typical Apple-hate crowd.
We get it... you’re bored with the world, bored with life, and not even thoughts of the future possibilities can penetrate the pessimism that envelops you. I’ll bet none of the naysayers have ever been called a visionary, or even thought of themselves as one.
But such people do exist, and some of them work at a company that spends upwards of $1.5 billion per month on researching and developing the products we’ll be using in the next five or ten years.
AR and/or VR may—or may not—be one of these future technologies that become as much a part of our everyday life as the current iPhone. I’m reminded of a quote:
We get it... you’re bored with the world, bored with life, and not even thoughts of the future possibilities can penetrate the pessimism that envelops you. I’ll bet none of the naysayers have ever been called a visionary, or even thought of themselves as one.
But such people do exist, and some of them work at a company that spends upwards of $1.5 billion per month on researching and developing the products we’ll be using in the next five or ten years.
AR and/or VR may—or may not—be one of these future technologies that become as much a part of our everyday life as the current iPhone. I’m reminded of a quote:
“The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were and ask ‘why not’?” — John F. Kennedy
More people are going to die using augmented reality. I live in NYC and saw dozens of people almost get hit by cars at the height of the AR pokemon craze a few years ago.
Apple is so out of touch with reality that they think this is the killer app for AR.
Would rather have a history walk. Would love see old roman and medieval ruins come back to life or where some old buildings have been standing.
So everyone can walk around super uncomfortably with their phones out in front of their faces.
I don’t think Apple realizes how uncomfortable it is to do that for an extended period of time. JuT not worth it
I don’t think Apple realizes how uncomfortable it is to do that for an extended period of time. JuT not worth it
Right - but this can be done through any number of already existing apps. All of the use cases I have seen in B2B and the enterprise space can already be solved through faster/cheaper/more accurate means.
We’ve been thinking about this stuff for 20 or 30 years, ever since the Lawnmower Man and the VR Mechs I used to “pilot” when I was a kid (expensive and not very good!).
People absolutely see what this product CAN be, but realize it is NOT THERE YET.
I have zero reason to walk around the street holding my phone in front of my face looking at streets and buildings.
Will one day AR be profound? Maybe! But that day is not today and it doesn’t appear all that close on the horizon.
That’s all people are saying. Why bash them for it?