designguybrown

Risky.
In public.
Seems like peripheral vision is greatly reduced. Distraction and ability to monitor your surrounding several times per second --the minimum to function in pedestrian … (more)traffic-- is compromised. I don't care about being recorded in public as it is 'assumed' with city public cctv that everyone is being monitored --one shouldn't be acting illegally, immorally, freely, or controversially anyway in the outside world-- that's what your private home is for. Though, i agree that 'safe/ private spaces' for people should be set-up - gyms, bars, clubs - restricted access areas -- where it is 'pre-agreed' that no recording devices be used be widespread - but not assumed - privacy in 'open' public is not a right but a privilege.
It may be possible to create a 'heads-up' quality system, like a fighter jet-- even to supplement your senses with collision warnings, etc. It's unclear how much off-wifi/ off-network content/interactivity/ stored content is available (movie in the subway would be great).
Point: effective/ polite VP use in public is certainly a skill to be learned, not natural or immediate -- but hopefully people will take the time to learn and become functional at it. (less)

We shouldn't be too enthusiastic. Conservation, sustainability, responsibility are often terms that lead to complacency, risk-aversion, shunning of development and adventure, maintaining a … (more)fake link to some idyllic past that never existed. I haven't seen the values of this organization, but I am skeptical that it will embrace colonization and development of the Moon, asteroids, Mars, etc. More likely 'they' will want to create 'protected reserves' without extraction, reduced or limited tourism or business, and just a hands-off approach (maybe under the guise of checking to see if their is some 'life' to be protected). More Elon Musk alpha-adventurer, Less King Charles bleeding-heart virtue-signaller. (less)

Love and still have my first iPad. The home button and proper headphone connector still work well. The size and girth feel like a thin, well-made book -- lighter and thinner are not always … (more)better -- though I also do have the big iPad Pro 2021 which is a productivity and creativity monster. Glad they named it iPad instead of iTablet, despite the tongue-and-cheek blowback comparison with women's sanitary products back then. (less)

Marvin said:

dutchlord said:

$3k for ski goggles? No thanks.

The NYT article is from Tripp Mickle … (more)who never misses an opportunity to put a negative spin on anything Apple is doing. He, like many bloggers/sensationalist authors, is not in a committed relationship with facts. Apple hasn't announced pricing or form factor.

The pundits said the same about the iPad, that it would be too expensive and not functional enough.

waveparticle said:

What things it can do that the flopped Google glasses can't do?

Better hardware design first of all. It will have higher resolution video and it will be able to do fully opaque visuals. Better image stability, UI, interaction, ecosystem, apps.

There's a video here showing some AR using an iPhone (39:00):



The examples at 41:53 and 42:23 are impressive. The car rolling out of the display onto the keyboard shows what capabilities it has:



This will be useful for 3D creators and it will add another dimension to movies and games. I don't expect the entry-level launch price to be higher than $1499, it could easily be $799 and have more memory/power on higher models e.g Reality at $799 (M3 or R3 if they have a special chip), Reality Pro at $1499 (M3/R3 Pro). (less)

"..Reality Pro..." Best name for an AR/VR system ever. I hope that it's true. The advertising copy for such a model name would be endless...

So, it's my understanding that the vast majority of offices are less productive, less creative, less collaborative, less spontaneous, less proprietary-knowledge secure, and overall: are … (more)stagnating. Our Directors said that public knowledge of declining/ plateauing revenue and increasing remote costs would benefit competitors and demoralize, so most companies will not blatantly call remote work as a failure. Many companies were hoping that employees might work for less due to reduced commute, that they might save money due to re-organizing/reducing office space and leases, and they might realize greater moral from reducing distracting workspaces and inter-office conflicts. Nope. Structure and communal-work presence matter. The stick as well as -or more- than the carrot. Besides, if one's work is so easy that they simply stare at a screen all day without research, delegation, collaboration - basically like a telemarketer, they can be easily outsourced - like say, a telemarketer. (less)