Actually augmented reality glasses will be really cool when I don’t have to wear a brick over my eyes to use it.
So much is not being done with VR technology, mostly because Meta aren’t a technology company. They’re an acquisitions and holding company posing as a tech company.
Give devs the ability to convert QR codes into VR objects.
In this case this VR experiencer would look at two QR codes on a sign at the start of the walk, and the VR map could then be correctly overlayed onto the real forest.
Or another use case: putting QR codes on exercise weights so the game can track them, rather than struggling to track your hands or controllers.
The stupid looking thing hanging off your face is still going to be a huge turn off.
Until they fix the form factor, VR isn’t going to be a real thing.
Agreed, and that’s one of the main reasons why the Apple headset failed (other than the price, and the fact that it’s a VR headset that can’t play VR games, of course).
Three things need to happen before outdoor VR/headset AR becomes mainstream:
- It needs to look like a normal pair of glasses,
- It needs a to have mainstream software support,
- It needs to be affordable (less than $500, ideally under $300).
1 can never happen, at least if you’re defining “normal” as currently fashionable sunglasses. AR maybe, but VR needs full color displays at a certain distance so the eye can focus and it needs to block out other light sources. And then the power source and computer needs to connect somehow. Maybe, as in sci-fi maybe, we can develop a superdense high-definition display that beams directly into the retina while compensating for the lens, variable focus, and general motion of the eye so it can sit an inch away and look crisp, but I can’t imagine that being realistic this side of fifty years (and it doesn’t solve the energy or processing problems). VR is either not going to be mainstream in our lifetime or everyone is going to accept wearing a shoebox on their face for the experience.
2 and 3 are reasonable requests, there should be headsets that are as attainable and compatible as a standard monitor.
Boomer humor
If she has to announce it, then she’s not
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