After $1.9 billion and seven years, secretive Magic Leap teases Lightwear AR headset

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  • Reply 21 of 29
    Holy cow. SOMETHING finally gets a release date from these guys. Having said that, I think the first model will be a flop. This tech is still too big and intrusive. May be another 5-6 years off from something small and light enough for inconspicuous use.
    Wrong. There would be many applications in the interim, such as in the area of training, both in a classroom setting and out in real environments. And what about aviation? When you're alone or with a copilot in the cockpit, there's no reason to feel self-conscious wearing these. For that matter, truckers and equipment operators would also benefit. There's no need for skepticism at this point.
    It would take years to get approvals to get these in cockpits and this would be overkill in that environment.  What does a pilot need to help her fly a plane?  She doesn't need a virtual human-looking sidekick responding to voice commands.  I expect that, just like with the iPad, adoption by pilots will trail rather than lead consumer adoption.
    You must have missed Apple's AR presentation during the iPhone event. The idea is to have symbolic nav aids and data appear superimposed over the landscape (or lack of it, if it's at night). A goggle-like apparatus would be good for this.
  • Reply 22 of 29
    JinTechJinTech Posts: 1,053member

    Like dude!
    jSnivelyboltsfan17
  • Reply 23 of 29
    badmonkbadmonk Posts: 1,327member
    MacPro said:
    If VR follows every other form of graphic systems ranging from photography to video it will only truly take off when the porn industry put their money behind it.


    and undoubtedly everyone will talk about how Alexa puts out more than Siri for less /s.
    king editor the grate
  • Reply 24 of 29
    MacProMacPro Posts: 19,822member
    badmonk said:
    MacPro said:
    If VR follows every other form of graphic systems ranging from photography to video it will only truly take off when the porn industry put their money behind it.


    and undoubtedly everyone will talk about how Alexa puts out more than Siri for less /s.
    Could be worth having them both eh?  ;)

  • Reply 25 of 29
    thrangthrang Posts: 1,031member
    They're already commercially available...


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  • Reply 26 of 29
    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
    You do realize that the aviation industry was an early iPad adopter

    randominternetperson said:
    Holy cow. SOMETHING finally gets a release date from these guys. Having said that, I think the first model will be a flop. This tech is still too big and intrusive. May be another 5-6 years off from something small and light enough for inconspicuous use.
    Wrong. There would be many applications in the interim, such as in the area of training, both in a classroom setting and out in real environments. And what about aviation? When you're alone or with a copilot in the cockpit, there's no reason to feel self-conscious wearing these. For that matter, truckers and equipment operators would also benefit. There's no need for skepticism at this point.
    It would take years to get approvals to get these in cockpits and this would be overkill in that environment.  What does a pilot need to help her fly a plane?  She doesn't need a virtual human-looking sidekick responding to voice commands.  I expect that, just like with the iPad, adoption by pilots will trail rather than lead consumer adoption.

  • Reply 27 of 29
    tmaytmay Posts: 6,453member
    Holy cow. SOMETHING finally gets a release date from these guys. Having said that, I think the first model will be a flop. This tech is still too big and intrusive. May be another 5-6 years off from something small and light enough for inconspicuous use.
    Wrong. There would be many applications in the interim, such as in the area of training, both in a classroom setting and out in real environments. And what about aviation? When you're alone or with a copilot in the cockpit, there's no reason to feel self-conscious wearing these. For that matter, truckers and equipment operators would also benefit. There's no need for skepticism at this point.
    It would take years to get approvals to get these in cockpits and this would be overkill in that environment.  What does a pilot need to help her fly a plane?  She doesn't need a virtual human-looking sidekick responding to voice commands.  I expect that, just like with the iPad, adoption by pilots will trail rather than lead consumer adoption.
    You must have missed Apple's AR presentation during the iPhone event. The idea is to have symbolic nav aids and data appear superimposed over the landscape (or lack of it, if it's at night). A goggle-like apparatus would be good for this.
    Civil aviation doesn't need this. Military aviation is beyond that with helmet/airframe integrated systems. More to the point, this needs a couple of more revs before it's a viable consumer product, and that's not a given that it will be.
  • Reply 28 of 29
    That small wearable computer has the power of a MBP?
  • Reply 29 of 29
    serendip said:
    I’ve never seen it but The article mentions eye tracking.  That’s not at all common in HMDs.  I’ve never seen it done well in any case.

    so that would be different if this article is correct.
    Considering the company says that they have it in the Magic Leap One set, I'd say that this article is correct based on that, yes.
    I'm not sure what this response means, but I agree with the original poster, eye tracking is not common in HMDs
    You mean not common on consumer HMDs. Right ?
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