They know that the government contracts for real time facial recognition via AR will be massive. They want to make a fortune enabling oppression
Report: Apple CEO “cares about nothing else” Than Building Breakout AR Glasses Before Meta
Submitted 5 weeks ago by Khuda@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.roadtovr.com/report-apple-meta-augmented-reality-glasses-race/
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DrFistington@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
tunetardis@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
This seems like a tech that would be hard to get right? There are a lot of trade-offs involving cost, weight, resolution, processing, battery life, etc.
For my part, I would probably use AR features rather sparingly to maintain my sanity, but they could be very useful in certain narrow applications. Whether these would be sufficient to justify the price tag is uncertain. I also tend to be rough on glasses, so that would be a worry.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
The most useful applications I can think of that would run permanently (while wearing them) would be stuff like name tags for people if you are forgetful, labeling roads in front of you with their names or maybe the destinations in that direction at an intersection and similar low intrusiveness applications. Certainly nothing that could be considered a killer application.
tunetardis@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Yeah, I suppose they could also be useful for translation when travelling someplace where you can’t read the language, provided it’s reasonably accurate and not too laggy?
In terms of occasional use, I was thinking they could be good for loading speeches or music/lyrics when you’re up on a stage. But while that seems like it ought to be a fairly trivial feature to implement, as both a software developer and performer, I could see this being more challenging than you think to get a good experience out of that sort of app.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’d prefer a Mandalorian helmet with a removable physical display inside. OK, walking in such a helmet is a bit weird. But better than bigass glasses, since a helmet can at least be supported with something on your shoulders, have weight and pressure distributed better.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What do AR glasses look like in your imagination?
It’s pretty hard to tell in real life if someone is wearing a stylish frame or AR glasses. They are a bit thicker than normal glasses need to be, but not as thick as glasses that are just thick for no reason other than to look a certain way.
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
so, the iPhone 17 gonna be the same again then
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
They would have been done by now but they’re still figuring how to throttle the batteries from afar so folk’ll have to buy new and improved ultra next-level glasses after their current pair “dies”.