In the 90s, prognosticators said that the next big things would be personal digital assistants and set top boxes. A lot of money was dumped into them and a lot of patents were issued.
They didn't pan out. But they set the stage for smartphones and streaming services. The patents were important.
“We need new revenue streams to make the line go up more, but all of our useful ideas are already out there, how about a face computer, that’s a thing”
If you want to augment visual phenomena with computer-generated phenomena, a user could aim a camera and have a separate display that they could lug around behind them as they travel.
Apple went with a display that attaches to the head and eye-tracking to determine regions of interest to the user.
It’s not a replacement for computers entirely though, it’s meant to allow for AR (and VR, but less so for the apple vison) content to be displayed. Sometimes it’s just easier when things can be visualized in the space you’re in
I certainly don't think it will be adopted as widely as smartphones. It also needs another decade or so of development to work out weight issues, create killer apps, and make the experience seemless. I'm not buying one for at least another few generations at least
I wouldn’t exactly call it niche, it’s applications in a ton of fields are already apparent, and that’s only for the professional side of things. We’ve barely scratched the surface when it comes to entertainment content in VR.
It’s not going to be like smartphones but it’s certainly not niche
Riding a bus, or driving, or even walking, is exactly when I don't want my peripheral senses consumed by an engagement device. This is tech with no IRL place outside of maybe an office, some learning enviros or a shutin's efficiency. We used to have a place for this crap called Sharper Image.
Or riding a bus (that you need GPS for, if I'm following your grammar?), and if you think public transit is any safer to have your senses overriden by an engagement display than any other form of mobility, do get out more, or don't rather. Safety first. Smh.
All these people read Necromancer and thought the idea of jacking into an immersive online world sounded great. William Gibson - "that's not really what I was trying to convey"
Honestly, if they marketed this as "take back your wall" and sold it as a replacement for giant TVs in small apartments, they might get people actually wanting them.
Yeah- both are fine and in the same genre but low on the human accomplishment scale given other feats as well as our potential. Corn, on the other hand...
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They didn't pan out. But they set the stage for smartphones and streaming services. The patents were important.
Computer on desk, booo!
Computer on lap no more. Computer now for face.
Apple went with a display that attaches to the head and eye-tracking to determine regions of interest to the user.
It’s not going to be like smartphones but it’s certainly not niche
Unfortunately the pricepoint is still far beyond mass market appeal, the tech isn't quite there yet, and accessibility is still a problem.
VR still needs another 10 years in the oven, IMO.
excruciating
i want an ipod i can where as an earring
Where?
As an earring
Also almost works.