Did you see some of the videos in the last couple of days showing Zuckerberg trying on the new AR glasses prototype, and showing it being used for some really pathetic uses. Check out this video: the game of virtual ping pong looks as lame as lame can be:
The other use mentioned here - the glasses taking you to a recipe using ingredients that it sees on a counter - this is a case of expensive and somewhat clumsy technology saving all of - what? 20 seconds? - to type in "give me a recipe for a main meal using X, Y & Z"
Apart from some highly specialised industrial uses (say, using AR to help an engine mechanic apprentice find their way around a complicated task), I just see no compelling reason why AR is ever going to be more than a novelty for the home user that quickly wears off.
Why can't Zuckerberg and his pals see that too?
No comments:
Post a Comment