I can't help but think this is Zuckerberg trying to squeeze even more data out of people. You used to be able to leave Facebook by leaving your computer. Now it's on your phone, too, and you feed it location data. Next it'll be directly on your face tracing your eye movements. Instead of getting spammed for things you've talked about online, imagine getting spammed for things you looked too long at in real life.
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Meta Unveils 'Orion' Augmented Reality Glasses
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I am sure if Apple were to show you their Vision prototypes that aren't constrained by cost they would blow you away.
People dunk on the Vision Pro all the time, but it’s needed to get an OS ready for these types of products. Hoping apple opens up camera access in a thoughtful way in the next visionOS release.
Orion is quite spectacular. Only thing I would add is some sort of bone conduction on the stems to privately relay audio to the user without leakage or needing headphones. That + the neural input is going to be extraordinary.
FWIW, llama 3.2 runs at like 30 output tokens / sec on a base model m1 MacBook Air and, at 2gb, is blowing my mind with how much it knows. Zucchini more than redeems himself with this open source / open weight strategy.
Orion is quite spectacular. Only thing I would add is some sort of bone conduction on the stems to privately relay audio to the user without leakage or needing headphones. That + the neural input is going to be extraordinary.
FWIW, llama 3.2 runs at like 30 output tokens / sec on a base model m1 MacBook Air and, at 2gb, is blowing my mind with how much it knows. Zucchini more than redeems himself with this open source / open weight strategy.
I look forward to the day when these are nearly identical in appearance to traditional glasses (at most maybe some little extra bulge behind the ears). It could be very handy going about your day getting information, identifying things and people you see and such without looking odd. Maybe five more years.
Meta pushing boundaries here. Apple needs to keep an eye out, this could easily be the next big thing. The use cases for this when polished seem self-evident, the user experience would be very low friction and replace a lot of what phones do. Of course Apple might have similar plans, but Meta Ray-Bans already have that low-friction vocal AI tech today. Compare it to pulling out your phone for Apple visual intelligence (which is already great - but this leapfrogs that).
On the other hand, Apple could be positioned well here. They've got the "fashion wearable" history with the Apple Watch initial launch, something similar could work for smart glasses and then AR. (Though Meta has RayBan collaboration which was a smart move.) Then they've got to shrink down that Vision Pro tech and just make sure they're not getting outpaced or hung up on their current phone format.
On the other hand, Apple could be positioned well here. They've got the "fashion wearable" history with the Apple Watch initial launch, something similar could work for smart glasses and then AR. (Though Meta has RayBan collaboration which was a smart move.) Then they've got to shrink down that Vision Pro tech and just make sure they're not getting outpaced or hung up on their current phone format.
Agree. You have to start somewhere. You need real world feedback. You need a platform to experiment on.
What is the resolution of Orion?
CNET says 13 pixels per degree so 910 pixels compared to 3660x3200 for AVP?
Sad but not surprising Meta shamefully withholding their low resolution numbers.
CNET says 13 pixels per degree so 910 pixels compared to 3660x3200 for AVP?
Sad but not surprising Meta shamefully withholding their low resolution numbers.
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A lot of commercial applications.
A mechanic reading spec sheets. Finding something in a warehouse (where you don’t have your face in a device.. much safer) etc.
As long as you can make them reasonably comfortable, reliable, and easy to work with, business could buy a lot.
A mechanic reading spec sheets. Finding something in a warehouse (where you don’t have your face in a device.. much safer) etc.
As long as you can make them reasonably comfortable, reliable, and easy to work with, business could buy a lot.
Zuck vs Cook. I’m here for it. I had to see what Apple fanboy Neil Cybart said. He’s a big Vision Pro booster. Unsurprisingly he’s not a fan. Just check out his replies in the comments.
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Which is what Vision Pro should have been.
What is the point of these things? Like seriously, what are legitimate must-have use cases that these will be a necessity or "replace smartphones" as Zuck hopes in the Verge article?
It's a hot take but voice is the future, not AR.
The Apple Intelligence demo where Craig asked Siri if he could still make his daughter's play if his meeting is rescheduled, that if it comes to fruition, is the future of tech interactions. Not some clunky pair of glasses and wrist bands.
VR has its niche for games, movies and some other things. AR seems even less relevant in your daily life, no matter how good you make the device. People are inherently lazy. If you can just ask Siri to do something for you VS having to find and put on glasses and wrist band, what do you think most people are going to do?
It's a hot take but voice is the future, not AR.
The Apple Intelligence demo where Craig asked Siri if he could still make his daughter's play if his meeting is rescheduled, that if it comes to fruition, is the future of tech interactions. Not some clunky pair of glasses and wrist bands.
VR has its niche for games, movies and some other things. AR seems even less relevant in your daily life, no matter how good you make the device. People are inherently lazy. If you can just ask Siri to do something for you VS having to find and put on glasses and wrist band, what do you think most people are going to do?
Looks like Alex Heath over at The Verge got to take them for a spin - lots of information and insight over there. Especially interesting to me is their use of silicon-carbide lenses and wave guides. The "neural wristband" is also really impressive - electrically detecting gestures instead of visually or mechanically is super cool.
These are gross. This whole category is for ride or die AR nerds. There is zero broad, consumer appeal or even desire for anything in this market segment. Maybe if one day you can't discern them from regular glasses. Until then, think what you want, but statistically nobody cares.
In the very end, this is actually really good for us. Hoping this emboldens Apple even more to come out with something even better.
Getting closer but these still look way too dorky. Waiting for the normal looking glasses to arrive one day
Article got it wrong … quest 3S is not a successor to the quest 3 but the new entry level device
Nobody knows ... they are just making things they think might be cool or they saw in a movie or something
AVP is 34 PPD, but FOV is likely different. PPD and FOV are the relevant numbers, not overall resolution.
