Genuine question.

I know they were the scrappy startup doing different cool things. But, what are the most major innovative things that they introduced, improved or just implemented that either revolutionized, improved or spurred change?

I am aware of the possibility of both fanboys and haters just duking it out below. But there’s always that one guy who has a fkn well-formatted paragraph of gold. I await that guy.

    • Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      Hard to say, but I would guess that by the end of this decade more people will be wearing XR glasses than those still looking at smartphones. My guess too is the price will never be less than an iPhone today but the value will be higher as it will do more. A lot more.

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        11 months ago

        I have xr glasses. They are useful for certain things. However they are really annoying. I pick up my phone a lot because glasses require a very specific situation.

        Low light/ bright situation. Easy example of using them in bright sunlight. Unusable. Hat, unusable. Move them to take a drink.

        I think they will be hard by a niche community. But I think cost and and usefulness

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          11 months ago

          These are the limitations of the tech today, but a wave of innovation is inbound. 7 years from now XR glasses are going to much more slick and solved many of the issues you have raised. If not 2030, some point before 2040 unless we go extinct first.

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            11 months ago

            Potentially yeah. But only if the masses adopt them. Google and Microsoft both dropped the glasses.

            It’s very expensive and will people want to wear them. That’s the crutch. Watches are understandable.

            Something that sits on your face.